Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Jacob loves oysters. A lot. So we figured we should include an oyster related activity into our vacation plans. Jacob knew of an oyster farm in Saldanha Bay – just up the coast from us – via Instagram. He contacted them and arranged himself a little tour. The kids and I fended for ourselves while Jacob was comparing notes. We grabbed a cupcake and spent 6 minutes on the dirty city beach then waited at the wharf. Let’s just say Saldanha Bay won’t be making my must revisit list.

After the tour we decided to grab a drink and a small bite at Damhuis. The play area is just so great. Jacob and I managed to have almost our whole drink and app uninterrupted 🙌

That was Tuesday, on Wednesday it all went to shit, literally. Both kids and Jacob got quite sick. They all spent the day on the couch while I ran off for some alone time at the beach in the afternoon. Nora and I snuck out later to Klein Roosboom to meet up for some wine with Wendy. Now I’m not saying I’m glad the kids were sick but it was awfully nice to get some time alone or with only one child. Wendy and I actually got to have a full conversation and I didn’t have to chase anyone around the restaurant.

Thursday we hired a cleaning lady to come in and disinfect the cottage. She spent the entire day scrubbing this place so we had to come up with some ways to stay busy outside the cottage. It’s just not big enough to hold everyone. We headed to Eden on the Bay for breakfast where everyone whined for an hour before we finished eating. With still almost an entire day to kill we headed into the city to find a relatively low energy activity. We gave Charlie the choice to go on the V&A Ferris wheel, Green Point Park or the Blue Train, he chose the train. All three kids really loved the train actually and for three blissful minutes there was no whining. Luckily it takes about 35 minutes each way to drive into the city so we successfully burned almost an hour and a half.

We came home and completed the second round of antibiotics, took a rest and headed back out (Monica still wasn’t done!). We were just going out to grab some supper for the kids and let them whine at a Wimpy’s play area when we stumbled upon 23 Jump Street. The kids played for a whole hour before anyone cried and finally the day was over.