Day 6

With the holiday drawing to a close the boys have been swimming every single day this week. Towards the later end of the week I took a risk and let Joshua come down the adult water slides riding on Daddy's belly. The slides said not for children under 2 years old but I figured Joshua is only a month away and he is pretty robust. So there we were standing at the top of this huge water slide waiting for the light to show green indicating that the previous person and popped out of the other end. As soon as the red light went out we pushed off with me laying flat and gripping Joshua sitting on my belly. We meandered down the tube and through the tunnels at a rapid speed and at times Joshua was getting thrown around. Then we hit the plunge pool at the bottom at which point I lifted Joshua up high to keep him above water and went completely under myself. Once I popped up to the surface I checked on Joshua and boy did he have a grin from ear to ear. Then the words "again", "again", "again". Joshua swam to the edge of the plunge pool and then started racing off up the steps shouting "self", "self", "self" - the cheeky bugger wanted to go down the slides on his own!!!

Everyone that saw him was amazed at his thrill seeking no fear attitude. Having conquered the second biggest slide I took him on the "BIG ONE". This was just that bit higher, bit faster and a longer tunnel at the end. With the big one Joshua had to lay on your belly rather than sit as it was just a little harder to hold onto him. But he loved this one even more and then kept saying "BIG ONE", "BIG ONE", "BIG ONE". Anyway here is a picture of Joshua coming down one of the water slides with Mummy. Check out his grin in the second photo as he is walking through the plunge pool.





Whilst Joshua was playing on the big water slides Brandon was just chilling out at the side of the pool watching all the babes and seeking as much attention as possible with cute smiles.

After swimming we went along to a "make a memory" session where both Joshua and Brandon had some clay moulds taken of their hands/feet. We also made some paint impressions of their hands and feet on some paper which includes a poem. A nice little keep sake from the holiday. This was a pretty messy process as you can see from Joshua's red foot.

After the clay and painting was completed Joshua sat down with Mummy and decorated his mould box by gluing all sorts of odds and ends on it.

With lunch and the boys afternoon nap out of the way we decided to brave the lake and take the boys out for their first ever ride on a pedalo boat. Joshua and Brandon both wore their life jackets like really good boys and were very well behaved on the boat. A few times I got a bit too close to the fountain resulting in us getting a bit of a soaking which Joshua found funny (Tina was not impressed).

With the boat ride over we spent a bit of time on the beach letting the boys play in the sand. Joshua also went for another dip in the water and found it amusing to play in some of the other water sports boats.

By Day 6 the afternoon ice cream had become a regular part of the holiday routine and was often the only time Joshua would sit down for 10 minutes. I think we need a little booster cushion for Brandon to stop him getting elbowed in the face!!!

At the end of Day 6 it was out for dinner again and Joshua got all dolled up in this posh looking shirt and jacket. What a handsome chap.