I ummed and ahhed about booking a holiday for a while, we
had not been in years, I wasn’t sure I could manage another year without a break
away...
I researched and researched, somewhere close, short
flight, somewhere familiar, somewhere safe.
We decided on Palma Nova, Richard and I have been there
plenty of times, well more Magaluf, but those days are gone! So Palma Nova it
was. Short flight – check! Somewhere familiar – check!
I found a beautiful family friendly hotel which was close
to the beach. It had extras; free passes to the Katmandu Hotel & theme park
– sold!
We flew out the day after Richards 30th
Birthday Party; thank goodness I got us an afternoon flight!
Austin was a dream for the take-off, he had a nap as soon
as we got on the plane, woke up half way through just in time for some food. He
needed a nappy change – absolute nightmare, there just is not enough room in
there!
The decent was not so dreamy, and he started crying,
holding his ears and crying, I wanted to cry my poor little baby was in pain,
he wouldn’t take any snacks or drink his water to help himself. He calmed down
as soon as we landed and he saw the trucks and buses!
We went to baggage claim and waited over an hour for all
our bags and his pram, Austin wasn’t phased, he was just enjoying running
around the airport in the new surroundings.
We had a bit of a drama checking in and searching for a
shop open at midnight to get Austin some milk, in the end I took him to the bar
to fill his milk up, then straight to bed ready to start our holiday!
I absolutely love that we have done BLW with Austin; it
made eating with him on holiday so easy and stress free.
We went for breakfast our first morning, getting fry ups
and fruit and yogurt for us all to share, ready to head to the beach.
Oh did I mention that it had been a heat wave! Like a
paranoid lunatic mum I spent the majority of my time chasing after him with the
factor 50+ and putting him in the shade or the beach tent!
We had so much fun playing on the beach and lost track of
time (mummy burnt too busy worrying over Austin!) So quick showers all round
and out for tea.
Our first night we went to a beach BBQ restaurant, daddy
ordered steak (too rare to share) I order chicken kebab skewers with veg and
rice, and garlic bread (which features a lot on our holiday!)
Austin was restless, it was too late for him, and so we
ate and took him back to the room for him to sleep. Mummy and daddy chatted on
the balcony with a few beers/ ciders / wine.
The next day we had breakfast in the room, I took my ‘Organix
cereals’ and we had fruit and toast and headed to Marine land to see dolphins
and sea lions. It was an amazing day; I was kissed by a sea lion! Austin loved
the dolphin show clapping and dancing along.
Other activities included; the Katmandu house, which he
loved, pressing all the buttons, we took him again later on in the holiday to
the soft play centre – it was 42degrees, he needed somewhere cool and shaded to
play and run.
Pirates family show – amazing as always, this was more
for us, Austin got fed up by the second half, but I let him have some ice cream
so this certainly cheered him up!
We had a pool day, letting him float in his new rubber
ring, more beach days, including mummy being stung by a jelly fish, having a
giant nose bleed.
It was a great time, some stressful times, but mostly
amazing and fabulous memories made which will last forever.
