One night in Desaru

We planned this trip in less than 50 hours. It took us minutes to decide to buy an e-voucher coupon, & another half a day to confirm the trip. A few hours to drive by the agency to pick up the travel documents and off we went! All these took place over 5 days leading up to last Friday.

Overall, the holiday was a very short one and the husband and I have had better beach holidays. However, it was our first with Kate - first beach holiday with her & first holiday we 3 took - and I must say that it's rather enjoyable. For all of 2 days, the husband and I were left with nothing to do but be with Kate. It was tiresome at times, especially when she was in her moods, but generally I think it was worth it because Kate enjoyed herself!

She's at the stage where she can express herself, she can tell us what she wants and what she doesn't want. She tells us when she wants to play; where she wants to go play, what she prefers to eat and the toys she wants to play with. There were open spaces that allowed her to run amok and simple things like a little toy slide and playhouse kept her happy for ages. Packing along colour pencils helped as she's also at a stage where she wants to "draw draw draw" (not sure why but she has to repeat the same word three times every time she says it) - every time she spies a pen/pencil/paper.

She can also eat adult food alongside us, albeit the non-spicy, less oily options but which made traveling with her much more convenient.

Kate enjoyed the boat ride - not that she seemed to notice anything as it was just bobbing along rather uneventfully & comfortably - and o yes, a swimming pool with slides was still too much for her to take to but she still enjoyed splashing about the pool with water up to her shoulders.

I rather enjoyed myself, simply because our family got to spend time together. Such moments are precious and I'm looking forward to more moments of fun!

Love