Krabi, days 3 & 4

Third (& last full) day of our holiday in Krabi, we decided to head out for breakfast. After driving around some areas, we decided upon this restaurant, which coincidentally was the first place where the husband and I had a meal on our last trip.

Walking down the streets

We then headed back to the hotel for water play. Jake must have been so tired out from all the bustle that he crashed out for a nap before he made it to the pool (I got as far as applying sunblock all over him and taking out his swimwear before he fussed so bad I aborted the plan and put him to sleep). We proceeded to pool time with Kate.

We drove somewhere local to have lunch (you know, where their flies hung out) before proceeding to the beach again.

Nothing beats hanging out with these precious little ones

Jake adored experimenting with the grainy texture of the sand, picking up the sand over again. Jake loves the water so much that he really looks to the water (sea, in this case).

Kate was the beach pro by this time. In fact, the moment we ended water play at the pool she was already anticipating "we go to the beach to play sandcastle?" She spent the afternoon picking seashells. Kate is more wary of getting wet so she isn't as enthusiastic about going into the sea.

Rain fell so we quickly headed back to the hotel for a change. Lucky for us, the rain stopped so we managed to head out to our most favouritest restaurant for dinner.

Coconut juice for the sunkissed child

Our last dinner in Krabi. Soooooo good

We hit the streets to shop after dinner. This dress that Kate's wearing was entirely chosen by herself. I let her buy a dress and she selected this design. 

We also went to light up a "well-wishes" lantern. May our wishes come true.

And only because we're on holiday, ice-cream all around!

That marked the end of our third and last full day in Krabi. If you notice, the sequence of activity was exactly the same and we planned it like that. With kids, it's rather tough to know anything for sure so we really took it easy when we were there. I knew that I wanted the kids to be sunkissed, play with water and sand - and we did all that!

The next morning was really not even a day in Krabi, cos all we had time for was breakfast and packing before we had to head to the airport. I forgot to take picture of our hotel room and the hotel surroundings, so none of those to share.

Lazybones

Our "pantry". Honestly, the whole table was full of stuff that we needed for the kids. It was the first time I ever travelled with two kids and I wasn't going to take any chances. We had two tins of milk powder, milk bottles, plenty of biscuits in varied flavours, water bottles, milk pump & apparatus, travel steriliser... I honestly felt that I was superwoman with all the logistics planning in my head constantly! I believe fellow moms will understand.

Usually, when the husband and I do beach holidays, we always rented a bike. With more than one pillion in tow, we rented a car this trip instead. Honestly it was rather exciting navigating the roads on our own. It was stressful on the way to the hotel because everyone was quite tired and we'd been up since very early in the morning so nerves were slightly stretched. As for the drive back to the airport... we got slightly lost. But thankfully, we still made it safe and punctually. Yay!

Our last family picture with our feet on Thai-grounds.

And a last one to end it off.. us in the plane on the way home. 

I think this first family trip was honestly quite enjoyable though with the kids, the husband and I didn't really get to do much adult stuff. No adventures, no afternoon snoozes, no doing anything of what we wanted at anytime (I managed one massage on this trip, no manicure/pedicure). But in return, we had all the time in the world to be with Kate and Jake, have them close to us as they smiled, laughed, played, cried, fussed. It was also priceless to expose them to different sights, sounds and people. I think the kids travelled pretty well and I'm so proud of them. Kate, especially, with her usual sociable persona charmed many with her smiles and chattiness. I definitely think this holiday was a success (yay) and we'll definitely be planning for another one again.