The Waltons Go Wandering

Time to go home for Christmas! In some ways the last 3 weeks seem very long and in another sense, it's gone very quickly. A few days ago, given Henry's unpredictable mood, we decided it would be better for me and him to fly home and Andy to drive.  Luckily we got some reasonably priced flights from Innsbruck which was only a 90 minute drive from the hotel. We're all very ready to come home. The hotel has become a lot busier with families arriving for Christmas week and there seems to be a noticeable change in the type of people. Lots of shiny outfits and enhanced cheekbones!  Breakfast this morning felt like it had gone from calm to chaos with the extra people.  Doggy packed and ready for the flight. Great mountain views from the departure lounge at Innsbruck airport. Henry's first flight with his own seat, which was made even better by us having a row of 3 to ourselves. He was so good. Collected by Grandpa from the airport and a quic...

The last few days have been much of the same - swimming pool, kids club and everything revolving around meal times. We tried to get Henry skiing again - got all the gear on then he wanted to go on the swings instead 🤦. All that effort!  We've had lots of time in the pool and on the waterslides. Henry's confidence has grown loads and he can swim with armbands quite happily, but not very far before getting tired.   In the restaurant they had a kids table set up wjere they could make pizzas. Ours was the perfectly round and tasted great 😇. Henry went to Baby Club yesterday and we had i To pick him up after 30 minutes as he was too upset about not being able to play in the big kids section. Today was more successful and he stayed for nearly 3 hours. We went for a very short walk (not wanting to venture too far in case we were called again) then searched and searched Rightmove. We've booked a few house viewings but searching and researching takes up so much time. We had inte...

We're still at the lovely Kinderhotel in Italy. The last few days have been all about surviving with a challenging toddler. There's been plenty of meltdowns from all of us.  Whilst travelling might seem like an amazing thing to do, we are still parenting but without our normal resources of toys, friends, nursery and parents on hand to help. It's been a tough few days that make you question why are we wasting money doing this when we're not enjoying it? 🤷 But in between the tears we have managed to enjoy the waterslides, join in the butter making class, eat ice cream as a starter for lunch and dinner (Henry of course) and try a bit of skiing.  Henry also went to the kids club for a couple of hours today which gave us time to enjoy the gym and pool child free!  Henry wanted "the pink ones", 🩷 so we got pink skis rather than blue 💙.  He immediately wanted to put them on in the shop and then go for a walk 😂. Ready for action! This took about 30 minutes of drum...