I have always wanted to travel. I visited Thailand when I was 18 and loved it. During one amazing day snorkeling at An Thong National Marine Park, which is without a doubt one of, if not the most beautiful place on Earth, I decided I needed to see more of the World. It was one of the reasons I trained as a teacher after finishing my Psychology degree. The plan was to teach in different parts of the World and travel at the same time. I’m happiest in the sun, bare feet or flip flops and by the ocean, the sea breeze on my face. Northampton just wasn’t doing it for me. I started my teacher training and even booked a ticket to the teaching abroad show when life threw me a curve ball. One that I wouldn’t change for the world now, but one that never the less made me have to put my travelling plans on hold. 8 years later and I have another two of the little curve balls making my travelling plans seem like another lifetime.
I still dream of travelling and introducing my children to different places, different cultures and different experiences. We have been as far as Europe with them unless you count a business trip I sneaked on to America, LA and Laguna with James when I was pregnant with Ava. I find it hard to plan for a holiday now with the varying ages of 8, 5 and 15 months. As those of you with children know, it’s not really a holiday unless the children are happy. So here are 5 things that would now make up my perfect holiday.
When we took the boys sledging they loved it!
I’ve been known to para-glide and I would love some more surfing lessons. The boys including James would enjoy any sporting activities that were on offer. James is a Pro Golfer so a golf course would be popular. For Ava watching her experience new things with her natural sense of adventure is a must.
Kyle hanging from a branch very high up after climbing to the top of the tree! #treeclimbing #nofear #bluestoneblogger #bluestonewales #bluestonebloggers A photo posted by MummyandMonkeys (@mummyandmonkeys) on
Mark Warner are looking for ambassador families to be part of #MarkWarnerMum and #MarkWarnerDad. Their amazing holiday resorts would definitely tick off all 5 things on my dream holiday list. I want travelling to become a bigger part of my life again. It would be a dream to do this with my children, to be able to have new experiences and explore the World with them.
****This is my entry to become a #MarkWarnerMum for 2016. Wish us luck****
These are really gorgeous photos Eilidh! Good luck lovely x
Thank Sian 🙂 It would be amazing if we were x
All these holiday posts are making me miss travelling too! The first time we took our daughter on a long-distance flight was when she was barely two months old. We flew back to the Philippines where I’m from to visit family. When she just turned 1, we did a road trip from Cornwall to Scotland. Did another one before she was of school age, this time it was France and Belgium. Hopefully, we’ll be able to do another road-trip soon. The plan is to visit family in the States and do a road-trip there. That is, if we’re able to save enough! 😉
Wow the road trip America would be amazing. We drive down the old coast route from LA to Laguna when we were there. Planning a trip to possible New York with Ava which could be interesting. xx
I think you’ve hit on all the great points for a family holiday. Brilliant photos too! Good luck with your entry xx
Thank you x
Such gorgeous pictures of special family memories. Good luck with the competition huni x
Thank you, I had a hard job choosing my favourite photos x
I love this post, and the stunning photos, it actually makes me want to go on holiday, which I haven’t done for 10 years! Wishing you lots of luck with the competition xxx
Aww Leah, 10 years that is a long time. Thank you x
Beautiful photos Eilidh, your perfect holiday sounds a lot like mine would! Unfortunately my husband has no interest in ever leaving the UK so I won’t be able to travel, would love to though! Good luck in your hopes of becoming a Mark Warner Mum!
Oh no could you not persuade him? Thank you x
I’m so jealous of everyone’s beautiful and interesting holidays. Good luck with your entry
Thanks Emma, a few of those pics were from Devon, not exotic or anything just a nice family holiday x
Good luck with the entry. That business trip sounded fab. Well done for sneaking on that lol. We love trying food in new places too x
I know it was good haha! Wish I could sneak on more. x
Gorgeous pictures. This is definitely my perfect holiday. Good luck x
Thank you, it was hard to choose from all the holiday photos that I have. x
A family holiday is such a special time. Good luck!
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Good luck with your entry. Fab photos too 🙂 #picknmix
They are some really love photos and I can so relate to so much of this post. Good luck with your entry! #PicknMix
Good luck entering! I just wrote a post about holidays and why I wont be going abroad with my 18 month old until he is older to understand, and when it becomes a little bit easier with him not being in the baby stage. I think it is so important to show them the world, and see new things though. #picknmix
Good luck with your entry! Those photos are amazing! #Picknmix
You have made me really want to go on holiday now! I love all your stunning pictures and your perfect family holiday really does sound perfect. Good luck, fingers crossed for you xx #picknmix
Best of luck! I think we could all do with a holiday! Travel has never really been part of our lives and now we have our little “curve ball” too I doubt that we will see much of the world for a few years. Like you though I would love to travel one day #PicknMix
Good luck with your entry! I love that photo of Ava at the beach – the look of delight! x #picknmix
Lovely post, making me long for sunny shores. I’ve entered too, although I expect my entry will present Mark Warner with a bit of a conundrum. Hoping it’s one they can solve!
Good luck! I don’t know what their criteria are, but this looks like a fantastic entry to me. Great pics
Best of luck to you! I hope you are accepted. What an amazing opportunity it would be to travel as a family & blog about it! Your photos are so stunning, I’m dying to go on holiday now!! Thanks so much for hosting pick n mix. xx
Good luck with your entry. Our holiday wishlist would pretty much be identical. Especially the relaxation element at the moment!! Lovely collection of memories shared x
I definitely agree that happy kids make a happy holiday. We’ve been lucky to go abroad a couple of times since we had Taylor and the last time was a bit of a nightmare as she was such a grump! Great entry and fab photos – good luck! xx #picknmix
What a perfect family to be ambassadors for Mark Warner! Good luck and i love the pictures too 🙂 #picknmix
Good luck Eilidh, stunning photos and I hope you get accepted 🙂
Stevie xx
Good luck! Beautiful happy photos #picknmix xx
Good luck with your entry. I agree, happy children, yummy food, definitely relaxation but some adventure and culture all make for a totally fabulous holiday #picknmix
Stunning photos! This post makes me want to book a holiday abroad right now! Thankfully we are off to Devon for a week over the Easter holidays so not too long to wait.
Best of luck with the MW Ambassador I think I you’ve summer up what most of us would love when going on a family holiday! #PicknMix