You Can Use Mine

On Monday life resumed as normal. I headed off to school where I was thrilled to see all my little friends again. We all quickly caught up with each other’s going-ons and then we all got down to some hard play. At mid-morning we all headed into the car park for a road safety lesson.

It was awesome. There were carpets that looked like roads that were rolled out, battery powered cars were lined up ready for our lesson, and a number of road signs were placed at strategic points along the road. I opted to be the back-seat-driver for the lesson and enjoyed being driven around on the roads. At the end of the lesson we even received real little drivers’ licences.

Just before midday, from the play area, I spotted Dad and immediately ran to him. We hugged and we chatted about the morning, while we waited for Mom to arrive. Once Mom had arrived we left Dad’s car at the school and headed to Unitas in one car.

I was scheduled for a review and discussion with Dr Lippert. When I realised we were heading to Unitas I had a meltdown and got really scared. Mom even hopped in the back of the car with me to keep me company.

We arrived with 15 minutes to spare so Mom and I shopped for a teddy bear for me to keep me company. I chose a Russ Bear called Blake. We spent an age waiting at the reception and then eventually we went in to see the Doctor.

After a long discussion, and my being examined and having to do some exercises, it was concluded that my next surgery will only be done in November. We weren’t really given any in-depth feedback from the assessment, other than I was told by the Doctor that I was lazy. This has really affected me adversely, and I now say “I can’t” every time I’m asked to do something. Mom has her hands full trying to build up my esteem again. With the trauma of the visit, my potty training has also gone to pot.

We are all devastated with the delay in the surgery, as it really results in compounded risk for me. I fully appreciate the risk of the surgery, and that the outcomes could range from successful to losing some or lots of my functionality, to my demise. But at the same time, the wait of six additional months bears the usual risks I’m living with daily, which is fighting to stay alive until the next surgery.

Also, any delays in surgery and not closing off the remaining feeders results in the continued steal-effect of blood and oxygen to my brain, as well as increased blood pressure on my one remaining venous drainage. Increased blood pressure in any vessel begins to cause the walls of the vessel to thicken, and with the thickening, the pressure actually increases more, as the vessel narrows. As the vessel narrows, the pressure increases, and the walls thicken more, creating a vicious circle. Eventually this leads to stenosis of the vessel, in my case the venous drainage. Should both my venous drainage stenos, the consequences will be dire.

So sadly this week has been a very big downer for us, and cause for much disappointment. We had all really prepared ourselves so well for surgery toward the end of May, only to be told it needs to be postponed until November. The main reasons seems to be that the surgeons want to wait 18 months instead of 12 months since my stroke in May last year.

Briefly, after my review we popped in to Prof Fourie’s old offices, where Dr Winter has taken over. Most of the same staff are still there, and it was nice seeing them. Dr Louw, my anaesthetist was also there, and upon seeing him I clapped my hands over my mouth and ran screaming from the room. I couldn’t help myself, and I have nothing against him. It’s just that when I see him all I can recall is a gas mask being put over my face and being put to sleep, and then having a tube pushed down my throat.

We drove back to Jo’burg sombrely, and once in Sandton we dropped Dad off at my school for him to collect his car and drive back to work.

Immediately afterward Mom took me to see Vicky for my speech therapy. The first half went really really well, but then in the second half of the session I had a meltdown – I think the day had just gotten too much for me. Vicky was hugely apologetic and Mom reassured her it wasn’t anything she’d done.

The dinner table was quiet in the evening, and we all passed out really early.

On Tuesday school was ok, and the real treat came in the afternoon when Mom collected me and took me to the Haahoo (Delta) Park. I was thrilled to visit there again, as I hadn’t been in a really long time. I played on the jungle gym, swung from the monkey bars and climbed the tallest slide and slithered down.

Wednesday after school Mom took me to Granny’s place where I spent the entire afternoon. I swam and played with the dogs and had a jolly good time. I was so chuffed to get a last season swim in, as toward the end of the week the weather started getting chilly. Dad has already swapped his summer biking gloves for his winter gloves, and I’ve noticed he’s started putting a scarf on before he leaves for work.

Mom and I got home really late, and I didn’t even see Dad in the evening, as I fell asleep in the car and Mom put me directly to bed at home.

At school on Thursday I cut out and airplane and clouds perfectly, and then decided to label them ‘weather’. Don’t ask. In the afternoon I hooked up with little Ryan at Smudge. We played up a storm, and it was so nice to see him again. Mom and Claudi chatted, while I took photos with Mom’s little camera. I also showed Ryan how to use the camera, and Mommy was very proud of me at how nicely I explained it to him. Below are some of our pics.

I was asleep again in the evening when Dad got home – a habit that neither of us is liking, as we really miss each other. Also, Dad has been working really late and I’m sad that he gets home so late at the moment.

However, at work Dad does think of me, and I know this because he printed some colouring-in outlines for me of my latest favourite TV characters, the Ha Ha Hairies. In a sleepy daze I saw Dad show them to me, and instantly I was awake and was colouring them in. I think it was a ruse by Dad to wake me so that he could spend some time with me before bedtime.

Friday was ‘bike Friday’ at school, and before leaving home I couldn’t decide if I wanted my black or green bike, so I took both to school! While at school, I had a self-inflicted accident; I was rocking on my chair and it fell over backwards, causing me to hit my head really hard. As you all know, this is a no-no for me, after 8 brain surgeries. Teacher Sasha immediately attended to me and phoned Mom and Dad. It turned out I was fine, and I even apologised to Teacher Sasha!

Mom collected me early from school, as I have my usual OT appointment with Lauren before midday. It was a good session, and Mom and her discussed in detail the meeting with the neurologist earlier in the week.

After my appointment, Mom offered to take me to Yeesh, but I opted for Wimpy instead where I played up a storm.

Saturday morning Dad and I were in my bedroom deciding which toys to play with. Eventually I walked to my Thomas the Tank Engine Trackmaster set and piped up “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” Dad howled with laughter, and wanted to know where I’d learned that! Later we built an enormous train track that covered the entire dining room table. I spent the majority of the weekend playing with it as it was a really cool track.

Sunday morning, being Mother’s Day, Dad and I took Mom out for breakfast. Yes, it was only a Wimpy, but these days Mom and Dad chose eating establishments by their degree of child friendliness and child activities.

During the afternoon, while we were having our customary ‘team snooze’ it actually started to thunder and rain, which is very unseasonal for this time of year. Needless to say, Roxy had already bolted, but Dad found her a few streets away after driving around the neighbourhood.

Dad popped out for some groceries in the afternoon and when he arrived home and got out the car I used another of my latest sayings on him, “You are soooooo busted” which is Candace’s favourite line from Phineas and Ferb.

In the late afternoon Dad and I played Phineas and Ferb and some tennis on the Wii. My backhand is really improving.

Over the past couple of days I’ve also started quizzing Dad on his childhood. The most common questions are as follows:

Me: “Dad, when you were a little tiny boy, did you have Angry Birds?”

Dad: “No, Jay-Bee, we didn’t even have iPads!”

Me: “That’s ok, you can use mine.”

Another gem.

Me: “Dad, when you were a little tiny boy did you watch Phineas and Ferb on your DVDs?”

Dad: “No, Jay-Bee, we didn’t even have DVDs!”

Me: “That’s ok, you can use mine.”

Or.

Me: “Dad, when you were a little tiny boy did you play Nintendo?”

Dad: “No, Jay-Bee, we only got Atari when I was a teenager!”

Me: “That’s ok, you can use mine.”

And lastly.

Me: “Dad, when you were a little tiny boy did you like Phinn McMissile / Tow Mater?” (from Cars 2)

Dad: “No, Jay-Bee, Cars has only been around a few years, and I’ve been around much longer.”

Me: “That’s ok, you can use mine.”

It seems Dad’s childhood was a real bore.

‘Til next week.

Love

Jarrod

Photo 1 Swinging at the Haahoo Park

Photo 2 Monkey time

Photo 3 Ooooooo

Photo 4 Sliding time

Photo 5 Peek-a-boo

Photo 6 My photo of Ryan

Photo 7 An action shot of Ryan

Photo 8 Chilling at Smudge

Photo 9 Colouring in Ha Ha Hairies

Photo 10 All onboard

Photo 11 Percy does a ride-by

Photo 12 Happy Jay-Bee

Photo 13 Controller Jay-Bee

Photo 14 Cargo being loaded

Photo 15 Giant cat on train track

Photo 16 Strawberry express

Photo 17 Salty takes Tugboat Theodore to the docks

Photo 18 Harold does a fly-by

Photo 19 Playing with my colour-changers

Photo 20 Learning about patterns

Photo 21 My tower

Photo 22 See you next week

My last week at the sea was a stunning one, but at the same time it was great arriving home yesterday afternoon to see Roxy and my kitty cats again.

This past week at the coast was spent in hours and hours of fun and relaxation. We played and swam in the pool. 8ta had dropped off hundreds of beach balls and these floated throughout the pool. Dad and I played and played with them – my catching and volleyball skills are vastly improved since.

When I wasn’t playing with the 8ta beach balls Dad and I played with my AquaGlider which I got from Linda in January when we were holidaying in Cape Town. Basically the AquaGlider is a delta wing similar to that on an aircraft, but the body is compacted foam which floats. The wings are adjustable for speed or direction. The idea is to simply hold it under the water – the foam wants to float, but the wings push the glider forward. So it “flies” under the water until it breaks the surface. It was a huge hit with everyone at the pool. Each time Dad and I arrived at the pool with the AquaGilder a trial of kids followed us, each wanting a turn.

Dad would also toss me in the sky while we were in the pool. I’d fly and giggle and Dad would catch me again. Generally my swimming costumes are all one piece, but one is a pair of shorts and top. When Dad launched me out the water to throw me into the sky while wearing these my shorts would slip down. I couldn’t help but giggle; eventually when I got my breath I announced to Dad “My bummy is sticking out!” Dad couldn’t stop giggling then either. All the swimming and water caused my last grommet to come out; I was thrilled.

When I wasn’t swimming in the pool we were lounging about on the beach. Because Mom’s foot was still broken, we wouldn’t go too far; fortunately it was really easy to get to the beach from Umhlanga Sands Lifestyle Resort where our timeshare is. I played with my Smurf and Smurf Bridge and Boat on the beach. Dad made massive holes for me to climb into, and when he wasn’t digging holes he made massive mounds of sand for me to climb up and roll off.

I climbed the rocks on the shore and watched the waves splash all about me. Dad showed me little fish, snails and mussels amongst the rocks. We even disturbed a crab which ran over Dad’s foot. With Granny I found the head and upper body of a dead fish. Needless to say I picked it up and brought it to Mom and Dad to show them. After showing it to Mom and Dad I asked what it was used for!

Dad, Granny and even Mom with her moon-boot played in the surf with me. They even swung me over the surf singing “I lost my locket”. I giggled a lot. Along the beach there is a huge retaining wall that supports the promenade. The desire was too strong, and my monkey mode kicked in and I would climb right to the top of the wall before Mom or Dad could catch me. I thought it was a great deal of fun; Mom and Dad not so much.

Around the hotel I spent a great deal of time triggering the automated sliding doors, something I’ve been doing ever since I was little. Everywhere we went I rode my bike, and I became quite a hit with the entertainment crew at the hotel. I even made it onto their Facebook page! On the naughtier note I would push the emergency button in the lift and chat to security who manned the emergency intercom.

I wasn’t allowed to leave the hotel room unattended. However, on the one day when I did, after getting into a bit of trouble with Mom and Dad I did announce that I checked up and down the passage for bad guys before running out.

We also went on a few walks along the promenade, and we headed right out to the edge of Umhlanga Pier. I was thrilled to stand at the end of the pier and look down through the trellis tread to see the rocks and sea beneath my feet.

On three separate occasions I convinced Mom, Dad and Granny that I needed ‘num nums’ and only the Spur would do. This was a very successful ruse to get to play in the Spur’s play canyon, which was a stunning alternative to being outdoors. Granny regularly also gave in to my needing to go Joyland where I played on the arcade machines. I accumulated a huge number of reward tickets, but upon redeeming them I only received a bouncing ball!

In our room I spent a great deal of time watching Cartoonito or playing Wii. We typically tried to stay indoors at midday to stay out of the harshest sun. I also got into the habit of wanting to blow-dry my hair every morning (even when it didn’t need to be blow-dried).

A new saying I picked up from TV was ‘Happy now mattress man?’ which was the punch line on the Serta mattress ad. Everyone I told this to would burst out laughing. I was thrilled.

In addition to my new saying I also acquired an evil little laugh that had Mom, Dad and Granny in stitches. They even tried to record it, but I felt it was a proprietary laugh and my rights would be infringed if it was recorded.

One evening in our room, Mom and Dad ‘caught’ me having a really long chat on the phone to Tammy. I was telling her all about my holiday and asked when she would be joining us on our holiday!

We decided to spend a morning at the Gateway Theatre of Shopping where we spent most of the time in Toys-R-Us. Mom, Dad and Granny really spoilt me and I was thrilled to get some new Cars toys and a marble run. Dad would make all sorts of configurations of it for me. Poor Granny spent a great deal of time chasing marbles around our room.

Mom and Granny needed some shopping time while at the Gateway so Dad and I chilled out in a coffee shop, each of us on our iPads surfing or playing games.

For a difference we also headed to the Gateway one evening for dinner. The restaurant area of the Gateway is really stunning and festive, and we had a really good time. We were most impressed that there even was valet parking. On the drive home (all of 12 minutes) Mom and Granny needed to keep up with Desperate Housewives so they watched it in the car on the iPad. I love technology!

The Resort put on a reptile and dangerous creatures show on for us. I wasn’t keen to go, but Dad wanted to see them. Mom, Granny and I went to our room, and after my bath, I decided I wanted to go to the reptile show. From the top of the bandstand, across the court, I shouted ‘Daddddddyyyyyy’ while the handler was presenting. I even got to touch a huge constrictor.

One morning, while it was still dark, I announced that ‘It’s spooky in here, please turn on the light’. Mom wouldn’t budge, nor open her eyes. Eventually Mom relented and turned on the light. I went back to sleep.

Dad’s biggest mission on holiday was to photograph dolphins in the surf. He has a new super duper massive telescopic lens that’s so heavy I can hardly carry it. Word got out, and the dolphins refused to make an appearance. Dad was pretty disappointed, so as a constellation prise we took him to uShaka Marine World to watch the dolphin show.

We were all in awe; and as an added bonus, our favourite dolphin Gambit, dominated the show. Dad managed to get some photos of dolphins after all.

Upon arriving at uShaka Marine World I spotted a massive ship and sprinted away screaming at the top of my voice “The pirates will get me, the pirates will get me!”. I ran in circles shouting this over and over with my hands in the air. Mom, Dad and Granny were in stitches.

At the store I got a fluffy Nemo and Emperor Penguin. After the dolphin show, walking through the aquarium, I took a seat in front of a huge tank filled with a variety of fish and introduced Nemo and my penguin to all the fish! Back at our room I did a similar thing, introducing all the toys to my new Nemo and penguin.

On our last day of holiday we took an extra long walk along the promenade, right up to Umhlanga Lighthouse where I hugged it goodbye. On our walk back I noticed the moon was extremely big and bright – it was the day before the 2012 super moon.

Sadly on Saturday we had to leave, after two amazing weeks at the coast. I did ask ‘are we going to our real home’ and why did we have to go home and sea didn’t? So, after lots of late nights, lots of partying, and play we packed the car and headed home. I spent a solid 6 hours on my iPad. Dad had set up a wifi hotspot for me in the Merc so I was connected all the way home.

At home our pets were thrilled to see us again. I was actually also thrilled to be home again, as I reacquainted myself with all my toys and got down to some serious play.

Tomorrow is back to normal for all of us, with one exception – we’re going to Unitas in the afternoon to determine the next steps for my surgery in May. Wish me luck and keep me in your thoughts.

Love,

Jarrod.

Photo 1 Loving the sea

Photo 2 Come Granny!

Photo 3 Smurfs in the rocks

Photo 4 Grouchy Smurf reaches land

Photo 5 Love the rocks

Photo 6 Dad takes my bike for a spin. Not!

Photo 7 Pulling doesn’t help either

Photo 8 Beach giggles

Photo 9 I’ll help you Dad

Photo 10 Looking down Umhlanga Pier

Photo 11 Awesome!

Photo 12 Umhlanga Pier

Photo 13 Getting artistic

Photo 14 Chilling out at the Gateway

Photo 15 My new toys!

Photo 16 Happiness

Photo 17 Captain America

Photo 18 Fully engaged!

Photo 19 Wow!

Photo 20 The fish I found

Photo 21 Washing hands

Photo 22 Beach exercise

Photo 23 Walk about

Photo 24 Beach time

Photo 25 Psoing

Photo 26 Where to next?

Photo 27 And more beach giggles

Photo 28 Giggles with Mom

Photo 29 Our hotel

Photo 30 I lost my locket . . .

Photo 31 Over the surf

Photo 32 Higher . . .

Photo 33 Swinging with Mom

Photo 34 Beach side

Photo 35 The waves are coming

Photo 36 Pool time with the 8ta balls

Photo 37 Catch Dad

Photo 38 Now which was mine?

Photo 39 Pool volleyball

Photo 40 And again

Photo 41 Climbing at the Spur

Photo 42 Getting there

Photo 43 Kaboom

Photo 44 After a hard day’s play

Photo 45 Motocross

Photo 46 Hill climbing

Photo 47 Construction time

Photo 48 Sandy face

Photo 49 Wondering

Photo 50 Footprints in the sand

Photo 51 Drawing in the sand

Photo 52 Exploring

Photo 53 I love the sea

Photo 54 Gambit at uShaka Marine World

Photo 55 Jumping dolphins

Photo 56 Ooooo shopping

Photo 57 Chatting to Nemo and my penguin

Photo 58 Introducing them to the fish in the aquariums

Photo 59 Almost a super moon (one night before)

Photo 60 Back in my own bath

I’ve had a week of absolute bliss at the sea. Our first week at the coast was spent at Cabana Beach Lifestyle Resort. Our days have been spent on the beach, at the pool, walking on the promenade and even playing tennis at our resort. I’ve built sandcastles, raced Lightning McQueen along the beach sand, had ice creams and Dinky Donuts between swimming and digging holes in the beach. At the pool I’ve spent hours and hours swimming in the heated pool, to the point that I was wrinkled from head to toe. Overcast or rainy days (there’ve been a couple) I’ve spent indoors play Mario Kart Wii or in the Magic Factory playing games. Evenings have been spent at the pool deck having braais or laid-back dinners. Aunty Kim was also here for a little while so I spent time with cousin Ryan and Tammy.

Yesterday we packed up, but not to go home, but rather to go to our ‘second’ holiday up the road at Umhlanga Sands Lifestyle Resort. Granny and I walked from our ‘old’ hotel to our ‘new’ hotel, while Dad drove the 800m up the drag. He said traffic was really bad – there were two beach going pedestrians he had to slow down for. I’m expecting our second week will be as blissful as our first; spent on the beach, at the pool, and simply lazing about enjoying the sun, sea and surf. As my days and nights are blurring into one long leisurely laid-back time, I’d rather show you my week in pictures and not describe my entire itinerary.

‘Til next week!

Love

Jarrod

Wow our first full 5 day week in a while, it was tough on all of us, including the majority of South African’s . Fortunately for me, I am cavorting on the beach right now, unlike most people. What a treat.

I have been suffering from what the doctors on 3 occasions have said is sinus and post nasal allergies, so it’s so nice to have the clear air of the sea, and the occasion dumping by waves.

Monday I went to school (play-group) it’s at my school, but slightly less structured than the school day. Afterward I headed to Sandton with Mom to do some pre-holiday shopping I managed to squeeze out some treats from Mom from Toys-R-Us. She has absolutely no will power when it comes to me.

I had a nap in the car on the way to speech with Vicky. I protested all the way; then when I saw Vicky that was it and I launched myself at her with glee. Mom was dumbfounded and handed me over with trepidation, wishing Vicky good luck.

As it happens she needed it. I literally spoke the hind leg off a donkey. I told Vicky about our holiday, I asked her if she would like to come with. I told her about Roxy staying behind and asked her what her dog’s name was. I then pranced around the entire room. When we left the room Mom was there waiting. Mom had tears in her eyes and I asked if she was sad, but she said it was the funniest lesson she had listened to yet.

Mom noted that Vicky was pale, and looked exhausted. We obviously know this is my brain on its own undisciplined power, but nobody ever believes Mom, so she was glad someone else had finally experienced it. We wished Vicky a good few weeks and parted ways. In the car I decided I was devastated to leave Vicky and Mom agreed that she wasn’t ever going to win a battle with me. I was challenging her.

We had dinner and Dad and I played while I again continued to speak continuously. I offered to help Dad fix my day-bed (which collapsed a few days earlier when Dad tried to use it as a ladder to change the light bulb in my room), I did so with nonstop chatting and assisting. Mom congratulated Dad on a really difficult task.

Tuesday morning was a difficult morning for all of us. We went to the Wits genetics lab to discuss with a Professor there what complications could be forthcoming from my vascular anomaly. There is a 90% probability that the AVM I suffer from is a fluke but under 2 very unlikely circumstances it could be a genetic mutation. We will now make some decisions about whether or not to test me for future possible complications. It was a hectic meeting with everyone taking tons of notes. I was really good throughout the discussions. I watched videos on my iPad with my earphones in.

After some usual routine activities for the day we ended up wandering off to the pool to ensure that it was full enough and starting to get clean. At about 5pm Mom and I headed to Dr. Enrico. Mom felt I had suffered enough with my nose and sinuses and cough. Dr Enrico was so happy to see me, I felt quite excited to see him. I chatted non-stop (surprise) and he was thrilled to see I had come so far. As you will recall it was Enrico who had to revive me after I crashed twice at Morningside Mediclinic, so I literally owe him my life. Basically he has always said he never wants to hear from us at 2am in the morning ever again!

He decided on a course of treatment after discussing with Mom and antibiotics and antihistamines were on the cards along with a nasal spray. Both Mom and I were in despair at the number of meds but Mom and I chatted about it and agreed that I didn’t want to be sick on holiday.

Back home the plumbers arrived late and cleared the roots from our trees out of our drains. That caused some excitement and then we all went to bed after a taxing day of fixing things.

Wednesday I headed to school and Mom headed to work, but before I ran around the garden causing mild chaos and mayhem. I had an awesome day at school which included music and Mom and I then did things to get ready for our holiday. My job was to play Mario Kart Wii! Later in the afternoon I made jelly for Mom, Dad and I for dessert in the evening.

Thursday we went to Granny and Mom had an appointment to keep at 11, I had such fun with Gran. I told her I really like being here at her house. I spun around in the garden and felt quite free. Mom did some errands after her meeting, and arrived to collect me with a full boot of animal food and milk. As we were all about to sit down to lunch we got a call to say that Roxy was out for a run again. So we bailed on lunch and went to rescue her. Dad and I spent the evening exploring the new age-appropriate games Mom bought for me (and Dad), such as SpongeBob, Tow Mater, etc. as there was bad weather predicted for our first few days in Umhlanga. These games were intended for our indoor activities.

Friday Mom had some work to do in the morning and Dad was at Hartebeespoort Dam for a work function. We did some last minute errands, finished our packing and dropped of keys and a number of other things. My Granny arrived, the house-sitter arrived, the car was packed; we ate takeout, and officially our holiday had begun.

I ran around the house shouting Holiday, Holiday, Holiday and alternating it with Durban, Durban, Durban for all of Saturday morning while we got ready to leave. Mommy was shattered, I was in a foul mood and eventually when we fell into the car we bid all our animals goodbye and got onto the road.

My folks were so impressed at how good I was in the car. I drew, watched Phineas and Ferb Across The 2^nd Dimension twice and had a nap. We stopped at Harrismith and had a swing and play, coffee and a walk for the adults, and then back to the car for the final stretch to Umhlanga.

I was still in a foul mood by the end of the trip, and kept asking if I was on holiday. Mom wasn’t sure if it was confusion or that I was on the meds. Eventually we headed to the beach and we made the most of playing in the surf, which was high with strong side currents. It was wonderful, Dad and I splashed and cavorted in sea. I was delighted to be here again. I then dug a great big hole and jumped in and out of it. It was mildly challenging for Mom with her broken foot, but we managed all together.

Sleep was an issue for Mom and I again on Saturday, possibly the strange place, possibly the meds. We were at the beach having an awesome time when it began to rain, but I was quite happy to continue in the rain, the adults however stood resolutely under shelter. I was soaked, they were dry and the rain stopped. Mommy suggested that we head off to the heated pool to warm up. It was awesome. It really is kiddie friendly. After swimming we went back to our Cabana and Dad slept and Mom and Gran entertained me. When Mom couldn’t make it anymore due to the pain in her foot, Gran took me for a long walk and we ended up on the beach. We had a good giggles and ran into the surf and dug with our hands and feet as it as we didn’t plan the beach.

I experimented with sandy textures but shoving sand in my mouth. Gran rescued me thank goodness and back up at the Cabana, we woke up Dad to take me to the pool. This time around I started to manage treading water without my armbands. Exhilarating. WOW. I played some Mario Kart, asked for dinner and we headed off to the Umhlanga Sands up the road to see the rest of the family and have dinner.

That’s it from Durbs by the sea, on this stunning Earth Day 2012 we have lots of fun activities planned for the week ahead.

See ya all soon.

Love

Jarrod

Video 1 Playing in the surf

Video 2 Swimming at Cabana Lifestyle Resort

Video 3 Playing Mario Kart Wii

Photo 1 Nice and set

Photo 2 Squishing it out

Photo 3 Mmmmm, good

Photo 4 Hop off

Photo 5 Yay

Photo 6 Racing Lightning McQueen down the passage

Photo 7 Yay, we’re here!

Photo 8 Digging

Photo 9 Climbing

Photo 10 Showing Dad how it’s done

Photo 11 Working hard

Photo 12 Dad and I swimming

Photo 13 Daddy takes me for a dip

Photo 14 Dunking time

Photo 15 Surf giggles

Photo 16 Taking a tumble

Photo 17 Going in

Photo 18 Deep breath

Photo 19 Loving it!

Photo 20 Flying bunny

Photo 21 Jay-Bee Potter

Photo 22 More building

Photo 23 Planning my next project

Photo 24 Sandy Lightning McQueen

Photo 25 Swimming

Photo 26 Pool giggles

Photo 27 Peek-a-boo

Photo 28 Sliding at the Spur

Photo 29 Rock-wall

Photo 30 ‘Til next week!

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