Ratanga Junction

Friday the 13th - the sun is shining and it's the Collins Mob's last full day in Cape Town. We decided that Ratanga Junction would be a great way to end off the holidays. Juliana and Julie joined us for the day. Jordan joined the Collins Mob.

Twirling around....


Shake it up.....

Brian's enjoying the wind in his hair!
Michaela, Julie and Bianca enjoyed the Carousel whilst the rest of the mob were on the Boat.

After that we went on The Cobra. It was the first time for Brandan, Dylan and Jordan. Bianca had braved it once before. Juliana very firmly offered to look after Julie and Michaela. Watch out Juliana; Julie's not going to remain short forever!! ha ha Samantha and I got to sit right in front. It was awesome. What a view!

The day had warmed up, so it was time to get wet....

On to the Monkey Falls.... I think that this was one of the kids favourite rides!




We also went on some slower rides.

Sam is practicing her "Royal" wave - the Queen better watch out!

Bianca pleaded for more; but alas the day had come to an end. No worries - it will be open in September again!

Ten Pin Bowling

After an eventful SPUR dinner - with Brian ending up with Chinese takeaways - we hit the ten pin bowling.
Next time I'll have to play with the kids because I was the gutter girl - I did manage to get a few measly points - only just!

An early Saturday morning

Brandan and Dylan didn't even have a chance to catch up on the sleep they missed the night before because of their midnight flight into Cape Town. We fetched them early on Saturday so that they could join us for ice skating. Robyn slept over so she came along for the fun. She did very well considering that she has hardly skated before. It was hard to tell that Brandan and Dylan had only been on the ice once before - they skated like pros.

Look out Wimpy - Skating makes us all hungry.....

The Collins Mob Come to Town

Samantha surprised the boys with a trip to Cape Town for their birthday. They couldn't have ordered better weather for the week. We had sunshine for most of their stay. The girls went to holiday care, but we still got to see a lot of each other. The kids got on like a house on fire. The last time they had all been together was in August 2002.

It was awesome seeing Samantha, Brian, Brandan and Dylan. We love you guys! Come again SOON!