Kav's first vacation!

We wanted to take Kavin out on a relaxed vacation to see how well he does. We decided to go to a hill station so that it will be cooler weather and being in a nice resort means you don't have to be guilty about not roaming around the place! So we chose Yercaud since Rajesh has never been there before. Also I wanted to show him around Salem where I did my high school.

We left on June 2th in the early morning Kovai Express. Kav enjoyed the train and flirted like crazy with 11-month old Diya who was travelling with her mom in the next seat. He slept the last 2 hrs and we took a cab to Yercaud from the Salem station. I think he felt a bit queasy in the bends, so he just laid down on me and stayed quiet.

The cottage was spacious with a living room and a large bedroom. The icing on the cake was a huge bathroom with a family sized jacuzzi and an outdoor shower with massage sprays. After lunch, we decided to head out since Kav was refusing to take a nap. And what do you know, he slept in the car! We went to a couple of view points and after his nap, he enjoyed a bit in the Rose Garden. We headed back to the room and Kav with daddy got into the jacuzzi. I think he would have stayed there all night, if we let him! Daddy had to rock him to sleep and the tired guy just slept through the night. It was chill-lax time for mommy and daddy after that!

There was a decent playarea in the hotel itself. So Kav played there the next motning and took a long nap in the afternoon. We went to the Shevaroy temple after that, walked around the Yercaud lake area and headed back after some drizzles started to fall. We went boating on Sunday morning and then started the descent to Salem.

I had taken a single coil electric stove with me and that turned out to be a good decision in the end. I was able to warm water and cook oatmeal cereal or health mix for Kav. Only for lunch did I have order some rice for him. It was not much work and I didn't have to force bread toast (which he just rejects at times) or more rice on him.

We went to Namakkal and drove around Salem. The worst part was waiting for the 10 pm train. I totally miscalculated how much time we needed and we ended up with 3 hrs to kill and a cranky baby on our hands. If I had to do something differently, I would have taken the 4 pm train back to Chennai, so that Kav would have slept in his own crib by 10. To top it, the 2 tier sleeper was not so wide enough for a plump mom and a baby that likes to move around when sleeping! Anyways, it was just one bad evening and was not Kav's fault at all. Rajesh feels that our next vacay should be when Kav can eat any McD food and pizzas, but I think it went better than expected.