Our family holiday to 'Chicken'!

We've had such a lovely week away. Both children were really good on the flights and the hotel was really nice. It was so nice to have a week where it was just the 4 of us, we didn't tie ourselves to any day trips and just took every day as it came. The weather was really kind to us the first two days, lovely bright and sunny. The rest of the week was a bit hit and miss really, a mixture of cloud and showers with occasional sun, we even had a huge thunder storm! We didn't let the weather hamper us in any way, the hotel had an indoor pool so we went swimming most days, we were all inclusive so enjoyed visiting the patisserie, restaurants and bars during the day and the hotel was right on the beach with a lovely promenade so we'd go for nice walks in between the rain! Side (pronounced 'seeday') was a delightful place, we both enjoyed the atmosphere in the old town. All the Turkish trying to get you in their shops to sell you their 'rubbish' as they'd tell you! The marina area was quite nice too and we took a little boat ride out around the coastline. Side is also steeped in history, there's a huge amphitheatre surrounded by historical ruins, it was quite rough ground to walk around so we told Charlie we were walking on the moon, he kept calling me 'Space Mummy!!' In fact Charlie came out with a few funny things on holiday, he's going through that cute comical stage and he has us laughing so much! One of his cuties was when we were on the coach on the transfer to the hotel, there were some orange and lemon trees in the field along the road. I pointed them out to Charlie and asked him what was growing on the trees.......'leaves Mummy' was his reply! LOL!
The cross stitch is going well too, I managed one complete cat and one cup on holiday! (since the holiday the second cat is almost complete)