The holiday that wasn’t!!!

Friday night 9.00 pm: Three of us happily trotted into the airport bound cab. A very tired BH and I and a hyper Mowgli who had slept the entire evening. Good, we said. He will play till 2 am and once he gets into the flight he’ll just drop off.
4.00 am: Cramped Lufthansa flight. Bleary eyed parents with hyperactive kid. Kid has downed three bottles of milk and still not showing any signs of sleep. The BH constantly reminding me not to lose my temper and slap him coz we don’t want to go to jail for child abuse! How do you entertain a 20 month old for a 9 hour flight!!!! We pored over his sticker book for hours, tried to make funny faces, gave him more and more bottle of milk so that he would sleep, threatened him, pleaded with him and finally just an hour before we landed, he slept!!!Only to wake up as soon as the flight landed at Frankfurt! This was how our holiday (that we had been looking forward to for so long) began and this was how it was for most of it! Never before have I been so physically exhausted from lack of sleep. On reaching Canada the time zones and jet lag took over. So Mowgli would get up at 1.00 am at night and then play till 5.00 am and we would again be struggling with sleep the entire day. Somehow the word I associate most with this holiday was SLEEP! Mowgli baby, we thought this trip would be an experience for you! Sweetie, it turned out to be an EXPERIENCE for us. The next international trip we’ll take together will be when you turn 18! Ciao!

Now to the good part. The place was lovely, the weather was superb and it was just three of us the entire week. It has been quite a long time since we have taken a holiday, just us. Our room had two lovely bay windows- one facing the mountains and the other facing the woods and the river.

Our days started pretty early thanks to Mr.Mowgli. Breakfast was yummy yummy .Buffet breakfast with a huge spread- breads, mini Danish, doughnuts, cold cuts, bacon, sausages, omlettes,cereals, puddings and fruits. I as usual went berserk. All these are my favourites and I just love them. Huge strawberries and juicy juicy peaches to complete the meal. The BH watched me in shock gobbling up the entire menu and again finding the strength to go pile up on strawberries. After the initial shock wore off, he was amused, I think!
Then we would come back to the room, change and go f or a long walk.

There were a lot of trails behind the hotel, one leading to the waterfalls, one along the river, one just in the woods. It was fun.

Mowgli thoroughly enjoyed himself playing peekaboo with the squirrels and chipmunks, putting his hand into their holes and yelling ‘KIRREL KIRREL’ at the top of his voice.

He loved the horses also and the dogs that were there everywhere.
The awards function was great. Both the boys looked awesome- Mowgli in his black suit and the BH in his tuxedo!
And the usual antics of Mowgli. Tried to pull the hair of the CEO's wife! ( it was a close miss!); Was horrible for the formal dinners. Hello! I cant manage him when there is one fork an done spoon on the table. They had THREE forks, THREE spoons, THREE knives and THREE glasses!!! It was Mowgli's idea of heaven. Kissed all the girls in the airport. He would first run and stand next to them, slowly put a hand on them. the parents would immediately exclaim " Oh, what a cute boy,baby" . That was his cue. Hug the baby girl right there. It was great entertainment for everybody in the airport!

So here are the photos and I am off to buy that cottage and estate in the hills. I think I am a much better person in the hils than on the plains :-) The BH has been heard starting all his sentences with " When you were in Canada you were not like this" ;-) Get me that house and estate in the hills sweetie. I will always be good to you *devilish grin
Yes, this is how a squirrel eats!

Dad and son looking at the babes!


Dada.. Ollollu ollollu.. ( Water!)

Cozy threesome.