Never underestimate the well-being value attached to being able to flush toilet paper and not have to put it in a bin next to you that doesn’t have a lid!
That is literally the only minus I can find to Fuerteventura and if that’s all there is to complain about then you’re doing well!
We just got back, midnight Monday evening and the holiday was wonderful!
Sun, sea, sand and the boys even went to Mini club THREE times!!! That was nearly 6 delicious hours of grown up time and boy did we lap it up! Lee had to pay the boys to go, but I believe it was money well spent!
I think we have found our new favourite place in Caleta de Fuste and have already agreed to go back, although quite where Ollie has got the idea it will be for 11 days from I don’t know!
I shan’t bore you with the whole shenanigans, but here are a few snippets.
1. Lee had gone to take Ollie to mini club. I was taking my sweet time to put my suntan lotion on because I’d promise Harry I’d get in the pool with him once I had. The pool was not heated and seemed to repel the suns warm rays. All of a sudden I noticed the lifeguard pointing out a sign to Harry. Oh goodness! I remember the sign at my swimming pool when I was learning to swim saying no heavy petting! Anyway, Harry came running over so I asked him what was occurring. He said he’d been told not to dive! Not to dive? Harry you’re grade 2 and can barely swim what’s he taking about diving? Turns out Harry had learned how to dive on YouTube and was giving it a go, he was pretty good truth be told!
2. Lee took the boys off rock climbing and exploring a few times to give me some chill time (best husband EVER!) They always came back with treasure, shells, sea glass that sort of thing. One evening I could not get to sleep because of a tapping noise. Lee couldn’t hear it until there was a sudden clatter. Turns out one of the shells was inhabited and walked off the side, so he popped it in the bathroom sink. Later that night I could still hear it tapping so I put it outside. When we went to breakfast the next morning it was still there by the front door, waiting obediently. So after we’d eaten (the food was so good! 5lbs up good!) we went on a mission to free Willy.
3. The boys had just got back from another escapade and were all acting shifty when I came out the bathroom. In the end Ollie asked me if I was hungry which was odd, but made me look at the bar which had a fairly large intact crab on it. This did make me jump, but it was very dead.
4. The boys seemed to become celebrities on site. Fist pumping random people, blowing kisses, high fives all over the place, they knew more people than we did! Ollie’s favourite friends were Paul, Michael and Tarquin (he was actually called John, but changed his name every day) Michael turned 80 whilst on holiday and Paul informed Lee and I he was old enough to be our Dad, but the boys rushed over to great them every time and have an in-depth conversation about whatever was tickling them. They were real friends!
5. Walking past a chap with a metal prosthetic leg one evening Ollie went up to him and gave him the thumbs up and said cool robot leg! The chap was really touched and actually thanked me for raising him that way, I assured him it was all Ollie and Harry would have been the same, but him and Lee were saving us good seats for the mini disco. Hands on hips Ollie was asking him lots of questions like did it make him swim faster, did he have any other super powers?
6. One evening, Ollie surprised us by choosing a song and getting up on stage and singing karaoke! We were shocked and both Lee and I got teary eyed! The cheers he got and the chants from the audience of Ollie! Ollie! I should also say that there was not a day that went by where Harry didn’t go on the stage and jump in to the box splits, the shouts from the audience were a bit different, especially from the men!
7. There were some lovely girls behind us on the plane coming home, I think Harry fell in love with one of them. I did have to chuckle at their conversation though. They were saying that the plane menu was really fancy and didn’t know what half the things were. Pastrami being one which was then described by the lead as being like corned beef?
8. Ollie perpetually had a dirty face, usually around his mouth. On the coach on the way home he would NOT let me clean it, I was offering wipes, not spit on a tissue! He reckoned it wasn’t dirty and said this, “ Mum, you think my face is dirty, I think that it is clean so let’s just agree to disagree!” But I can see it was my response after laughing.
9. Finally back in England we were on the little transfer bus from the plane to the airport. Everyone was tired and cold. Harry looked up at Lee and I and asked if he was going to be tall like us. I said that I believed he would be taller than both of us by the time he was 15! Out of nowhere Ollie pipes up with “ you’ll be dead by then mum!” The people around us couldn’t help it and all burst out laughing!
We were all sad to go, but happy to be back. We work hard so we can spend these quality times together and it makes it all so worth it!
Love and hugs, kisses and wishes xxxx
A cheeky little Twinkle update xxx 