We had a long weekend for Easter break, so we decided to spend the time in a small touristy and country town called Nottingham Road in South Africa. We actually have not celebrated Easter yet, though, because we will do that during our next long weekend when we are with our friends.
During our long weekend in Nottingham Road, we enjoyed the country life while we stayed in a cottage at a horse ranch. The girls loved seeing the animals everyone day right outside the door. When we woke up the first morning, Taelyn ran in to our room to tell us that she was sitting in bed and then just heard a "neighhhh" like a horsey. So we took her outside to see the actual horse that was just across our doorstep. She and Kaelia both loved it! Kaelia took more of a liking to the ducks, though. There were several baby ducklings following their mama around, and both girls tried to follow all of them around.
After some time on the ranch, we headed off to town where the girls got to play on a playground and then tried their own candle dipping. They each took a candle shaped like a ball and dipped it in to various colors. Taelyn was hesitant about the hot wax, and Kaelia definitely lost interest after she dropped her candle in during the first dip and the wax splattered all over us. But both girls were eager to choose the colors to dip their candles in and then loved dipping the candles in to water to cool. They were also pretty excited to see their candles when they were done and even insisted on sleeping with their candles for the rest of the weekend!
The next day, we took the girls to another horse stable where they got to ride their first ponies. They both LOVED this experience! Taelyn was such a champ on her pony. She didn't need either of us to stand beside her, and she did so well on the pony that the instructor had the pony trot! When she was done, Taelyn cried quite a bit because she wanted to take the pony with her. Kaelia, being a bit younger, needed my help to keep her on the pony during the ride, but she had a great time as well. She liked petting the pony and often said "go horsey!" as she was riding. Her favorite part was when the pony walked over a rainbow colored stick, and she kept saying, "go horsey colors" because she wanted to go over the stick again.
Other than the stable experience, Justin and I had a nice time as well. We went to a vineyard for some wine tasting and enjoyed the local brewery - the main reason why the town has a name on the map in South Africa. One of the nicest features, however, was the fireplace in our cottage. We made a fire every night as we ate dinner and watched some family movies.
The weekend was perfect! Stay tuned to hear about our upcoming Easter celebration.
During our long weekend in Nottingham Road, we enjoyed the country life while we stayed in a cottage at a horse ranch. The girls loved seeing the animals everyone day right outside the door. When we woke up the first morning, Taelyn ran in to our room to tell us that she was sitting in bed and then just heard a "neighhhh" like a horsey. So we took her outside to see the actual horse that was just across our doorstep. She and Kaelia both loved it! Kaelia took more of a liking to the ducks, though. There were several baby ducklings following their mama around, and both girls tried to follow all of them around.
After some time on the ranch, we headed off to town where the girls got to play on a playground and then tried their own candle dipping. They each took a candle shaped like a ball and dipped it in to various colors. Taelyn was hesitant about the hot wax, and Kaelia definitely lost interest after she dropped her candle in during the first dip and the wax splattered all over us. But both girls were eager to choose the colors to dip their candles in and then loved dipping the candles in to water to cool. They were also pretty excited to see their candles when they were done and even insisted on sleeping with their candles for the rest of the weekend!
The next day, we took the girls to another horse stable where they got to ride their first ponies. They both LOVED this experience! Taelyn was such a champ on her pony. She didn't need either of us to stand beside her, and she did so well on the pony that the instructor had the pony trot! When she was done, Taelyn cried quite a bit because she wanted to take the pony with her. Kaelia, being a bit younger, needed my help to keep her on the pony during the ride, but she had a great time as well. She liked petting the pony and often said "go horsey!" as she was riding. Her favorite part was when the pony walked over a rainbow colored stick, and she kept saying, "go horsey colors" because she wanted to go over the stick again.
Other than the stable experience, Justin and I had a nice time as well. We went to a vineyard for some wine tasting and enjoyed the local brewery - the main reason why the town has a name on the map in South Africa. One of the nicest features, however, was the fireplace in our cottage. We made a fire every night as we ate dinner and watched some family movies.
The weekend was perfect! Stay tuned to hear about our upcoming Easter celebration.
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