Monday 24 February 2020

Poor Cohen is spent- late nights and early mornings, but he’s an absolute trooper, and taking it all in his stride. He was hard to wake, so I was pretty much ushering him out the door as soon as he woke.

We said our goodbyes to Stasi, Jacob and Tyler, and left for the airport at 7.30am. I’m glad we left so early as the traffic was slow by Denver terms, and the airport was BUSY! We had a 9.45am flight, and we only had enough time to grab a quick bite to eat on the plane before boarding. Cohen enjoyed Denver International Airport as you have to get a shuttle train between terminals! Planes, trains and automobiles!!!

We were flying United, and the boarding crew were amazing with Cohen, gifting him with his first set of “wings” as we boarded. He was so chuffed.

We had a good flight, a little bumpy, with slow service, and bad plane food, but it was only a few hours: I napped, Cohen watched Paw Patrol!

Arriving in Orlando was great: the sun was shining, and the greenery and landscape reminded me a lot of home. We had to get a train shuttle over to the bag claim area, and it was manic over there- people everywhere, and there area was filled with people coming off the planes, and people going through security to leave! It felt hectic! But we did it, and found Gary easily.

The trip to the accommodation we’d call home for the next two weeks, was a good hours’ drive away. We were greeted with the warmest welcome, I was home. Cohen felt (temporarily) overwhelmed, and skulked away behind my leg for a while. But with a pair of bathers, a pool, and a heap of similarly aged kids, he quickly felt at home and relaxed.

The house is huge, sporting 9 big bedrooms and plenty of semi en-suite/connected bathrooms, a full kitchen, upstairs and downstairs living areas, swimming pool and more. Plus the complex has its own water park, Rec centre and gym.

A delicious spaghetti with Italian sausage was cooking away for us to have for dinner, my brother Matt is a master in the kitchen!

Despite being tired, the excitement kept us up late chatting and catching up. Our hearts are full.