If you have ever tried to travel overseas with a child under 4 (or two in my case) then you will probably be in need of hard liquor by now. I found my self sitting in my plane seat with two screaming children thinking "this is why people beat their kids". Noah refused to listen to me the entire holiday, making sure the WHOLE island knew that his favourite word was no. He spent each day destroying what he could, crying when he didn't get his way and yelling at me when I didn't give in to his terrorist demands. If you have ever been on a plane with a screaming child thinking "shut your bloody kid up", BELIEVE ME I would have if it was legal to do what I was thinking about at that moment in time. I willed the plane to go faster and wished for it to be ripped open by godzilla but my empty hopes were drowned out by the crying of my 2 year old. I felt sorry for everyone around me and then I felt mad because people started staring at me like they have never seen a kid cry before. I ordered two vodkas and decided to ignore Noah. Parenting rule #1 If in doubt, drink. No just kidding. It must be that if a child is crying its because there is something WRONG. (This rule must apply to everyone, but NOAH). We travelled to Rarotonga to suprise my dad, all thanks to my amazing step mum Kerry! He didn't know about us coming and the look on his face when we walked through the arrivals gate was PRICELESS! I should have recorded it. My dad and Kerry and been married for 10 years and they were renewing their vows at their beachfront hotel. It was such a beautiful ceremony and I'm so happy for them! Don't get me wrong, we had some good times. (Like when the kids were sleeping HA HA) When we could get Noah in the pool or in the sea he was having the time of his life. Our resort was absolutely amazing, right on the beach and the food was great! Rarotonga is a beautiful place, I can't wait to go back. I really missed my husband while we were there and he would have had the best time! The moral of this story is Rarotonga is for relaxing. Don't take your kids. and PARENTING IS HARD. If you're reading this in the future Noah, You owe me a REALLY, REALLY good mothers day/birthday/christmas present. Now that my dad lives in Sydney it was really cool to see him and spend a bit of time with him. The kids and I really miss him and Kerry. Me, mel, my cousin Angela and Tui will be going for a visit in October.
Until next time, S x
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