Easter dinner with mum and Mike

Delicious lamb and the best trifle I've ever tasted.

Easter breakfast at Groot Constantia

A fun morning eating a delicious breakfast, then exploring the room and "dungeons" of Groot Constantia with Matt who was rather more cautious of the dark than me!  Finally a lovely walk with the family through the fields to an old pool where I performed a very wet leap! 

A cute exchange at the Two Ocean's Fun Run

Hout Bay and Chapman's Peak with Russell

It's so wonderful that Russell is in Cape Town at the same time as me. Today, we were happily reunited after not seeing each other since he was in Sydney in 2010.

Russell is staying in Hout Bay with his mum.  It was lovely to see her again too, and I was amazed to find that Sally is still alive.  She is 18 I think!  She's slow and a bit hobbled but the Sally sparkle is still there.  I burst into tears when I saw her as it made me realise Mack is going to get old too one day.

Russell and I then went for ice-cream at my favourite Italian ice-cream place in Hout Bay followed by some geo-caching and leaping on the beautiful Chapman's Peak.

Sally, now 18 years old!!

My favourite ice cream place in just about the whole world.  I did my usual 4 scoops bonanza.

Views from Chapman's Peak

Russell and I doing what we do best.

Sam's 14th birthday

Boulders Beach

Such a lovely day with mum, Jo and Matt on Boulder's Beach, one of my favourite childhood places.  Matt and I had such a blast leaping into the water from a rock, and playing hide and seek amongst the boulders.  It's never too late to have a happy childhood!  Finally, mum treated us to a delicious meal at a nearby restaurant.

World of Birds

A fabulous morning taking photos of the birds at The World of Birds.  The highlight undoubtedly was getting to walk amongst the monkeys in the monkey cage. Some of the mums had babies on their backs which made for gorgeous monkey photos.  The last time I visited The Word of Birds was in 2010.  It sure is a great place.