A month passed and school had finished for the summer, Harry had had his first birthday party, it had been a low key event with only his parents, brothers and sister spending a birthday tea with him. It was the last week of July when he had been woken at an ungodly hour of the morning and strapped into his car seat in the family car, he had fallen asleep as soon as he was seated again so had no idea how long they had been travelling before he felt cold air on him again. Harry whimpered at the noises and cold air, his brothers were excitedly running ahead of their parents who were struggling to keep up with them.
At roughly 8am Harry awoke on his mother's lap in what looked like a shopping centre, Lily and Charlie were playing a game with Daddy and Toby had a handheld game device and headphones in his ears. He shifted to look at Cassie curiously, "where we?" Harry asked his speaking progressing at a good pace.
"Morning sleepy, we are at the airport, we're going on holiday! Isn't that exciting?" Cassie asked, Harry simply rubbed his eyes, this was weird he was hungry and had nothing to play with, he didn't even seem to have his pushchair anymore, "here Harry" Mummy was offering a bowl full of cereal for him eat and as he dug in he started to feel more awake. He had almost finished when Daddy stood up suddenly 'there calling our gate' he informed them. "Let me just change Harry and we will get boarded" Cassie put the cereal away and took him away into a toilet to get changed and then picking him up again started carrying him toward the gate picking up the rest of the family from the departure lounge.
It was a long walk and every so often he would feel himself slipping down his Mummy as she carried him, "do you want me to take him?' Severus asked after watching his wife struggling to keep up carrying their youngest. At Cassie's nod Harry was transferred to Severus' strong arms and was carried to the aeroplane, it was huge.
"Woooooow" Harry cooed as soon as he caught sight of the jet, "we're going to go inside that" Severus supplied. Harry was excited too now and bounced up and down in his Daddy's arms. It turned out they were one of the first to board because he was so small. Harry was now sat on Toby's lap so he could see out of the window as he finished his cereal.
Harry felt like he had been waiting just a few minutes until he was passed behind the seat he was sat on to sit on his Mummy's lap. Daddy was sat directly infront of Mummy in the aisle seat and was sat beside Toby and Charlie, Harry was sat on Mummy's lap on the asile seat and was sat next to Lily and sat next to the window was a businessman who looked grumpy, he was giggling and trying his best to play the cute shy baby on his Mummy's laps to gain the smiles of the stewardesses and was soon treated to a colouring book and a blanket. He said a cute 'ank oo' and sat strapped to his mothers lap waiting to take off.
"Severus" Mummy whispered as the stewardesses were checking the doors "could you get Harry's bottle out of his nappy bag?" Severus nodded and retrieved the item, 'I am feeling quite thirsty' Harry thought but was left surprised when Mummy didn't give it to him, he pouted at her but she just kissed him on the nose and cuddled him close choosing to ignore him and talk to Lily as the plane started moving.
When the plane started taking off he was watching out the window but it was making him disorientated so he buried his face in his Mummy's top who was now rubbing his back. He was just starting to feel a little better when his ears began really hurting and able to take no more he started crying and trying to rub his ears in a desperate attempt to get rid of this awful feeling, it felt as though his ears were about to explode and all Mummy was doing was offering him his bottle. Now was not the time for drinks he thought as his Mummy was trying to get his bottle in his mouth as he was shaking his head to avoid it.
"Can't you get that brat to shut up" the nasty businessman snapped at his Mummy, Severus turned around at this and with his most piercing glare he asked the man "would you please mind your mouth when talking to my wife, my son seems to be experiencing some discomfort due to the changes in air pressure, it is no one's fault, kindly remember that' the man looked ready to wet himself and as Daddy gave him a smile and told him "drink your milk, it will make you feel better" Harry stopped moving his head and started sucking his milk down finding that this was actually helping his ears.
As soon as the seatbelt sign went off Severus was straight up to see if he was okay and Harry was cleaned up of all the tears and snot which had spread over his face and his mother's jumper in those torturous few minutes. Severus after making sure Harry was okay and his wife hadn't had anervous breakdown let Lily swap with him so that Lily could sit with her brothers and Toby was handed Harry who was now giggling away at Charlie who was pretending to be a bird much to Tobys annoyance who had his headphones in and was behaving as though he wasn't with them despite having Harry on his lap. Throughout the flight Harry had many visits from the cabin crew and was taken for a walk down the aisle at a couple of points to stretch his wriggling legs and receive attention from most of the planes passengers who found him adorable.
As the seatbelt sign went back on Harry found himself strapped yet again to his mother but this time she had a bottle of water for him, the descent was bumpier than than the take off though and when his ears went this time he was disorientated too causing him to throw up, Mummy however had seen this coming apparently and he was being sick into a paper bag. He was now crying, being sick, using his nappy and his face was a snotty teary mess, if this was what holidays were like he was certain he never wanted to go on one again. Once the plane landed Harry was still not happy and his ears were still hurting, Cassie had taken Lily and Charlie to the toilet in the airport while Severus and Toby were trying to help Harry by cleaning him up, changing him and trying their best to calm him down or distract him. Lily is seemed had the magic touch when she gently stroked Harry's head and told him to "cheer up and give me a smile." Harry stopped laughing and giggled Lily was always so optimistic that she believed a smile or a kiss could cure everything, in this case it did.
The final part of the journey was completed on a coach and Harry had been seated next to his Daddy who was playing tickle monster with him, probably annoying most of the travellers on the coach but entertaining Harry the entire way to their hotel, when the coach pulled up alongside their hotel Harry was awestruck, it was even bigger than Hogwarts and had fountains out the front, from what he could see from Toby's arms as they waited for their parents to collect their luggage from the coach the place was full of family's and they could hear the sounds of splashes and shrieks making Harry guess there must have been a swimming pool. He was too tired to be excited right now though and after checking in and being shown to their suite they were in a lunch hall, much like the great hall, but instead of food appearing on their table they had to queue and serve themselves from a central table. Harry was starting to get really grumpy as the family had been nudging him awake when he started falling asleep and he desperately just wanted to sleep. The family found a table big enough for them all to sit and Toby went and got him a high chair while Mummy took him, Lily and Charlie up to get food, she put a little of everything on all of their plates and even though Harry would scrunch his face up or whinge at every item she put on his plate he was starting to admit to himself that everything looked delicious.
By the end of lunch Harry and Cassie were snappy with each other leading to Cassie shouting at him for dodging his food and Harry screaming, crying and throwing a tantrum in the middle of the restaurant, Harry was too tired to eat and Cassie desperately tried to get him to eat enough to keep him going before he could have a nap, she felt tired herself but at least she felt she wasn't being unreasonable.
"Maybe you should take Harry and you both get a nap before we go and explore this afternoon, me and the kids will go for a swim, won't we guys?" Severus suggested and when Cassie reluctantly nodded the family trooped off to their rooms to sort themselves out. Harry had fallen asleep on his way up to their suite and had been placed in a cot, after Severus removed all his clothes and set the air conditioner to keep him cool enough to sleep peacefully. Cassie had sat down for what seemed like a second but she was sound asleep in the master bedroom where Harry's cot was. Severus kissed them both gently after getting changed and hurried up the oldest children helping them apply sun cream and blowing up arm bands. Severus, Lily, Charlie and even Toby were splashing about in the pool as Cassie and Harry caught up with their much needed rest.
Cassie woke up first and gave a gentle smile at Harry who was still flat out on his back. Cassie started unpacking all of their stuff, putting it in draws and checking that their passports and money were locked in the safe, when Cassie was satisfied that all was well she took a stroll out onto the patio which overlooked the pool. From where she stood she could see her brood all playing in the water, under the hot sunshine, Severus seemed to sense her looking at him and looked up gave her a wave before making the kids aware of her and they waved up at her as well, they were on the third floor so they weren't too high up. A scared cry startled her from her thought as she watched her family play in the water; she rushed back inside to find Harry looking around the room obviously not knowing where he was.
"It's okay Harry, we're in Spain remember, we have come away on holiday, do you fancy a swim?" Cassie was wondering if Harry really would like a swim after the morning he had just had but their decision was made for them when the rest of her family came through the door all covered in towels.
"We saw you come in and guessed Harry had woken up so were wondering if we could go exploring once we're changed and everything?" Lily asked.
"Sure sweetie" Cassie was taken aback by the speed of the talking but realised Lily was just very excited. "Severus could you get Harry dressed once you're ready and I'll help Charlie." Severus grinned and dropped the towel before grabbing up his youngest son who squealed as he realised how wet Severus was getting him. At Harrys scrunched up face Severus joked "aww, you don't want ahug pff your old man!" At the fake pout on his Daddy's face he beamed and threw his arms around the tall man holding him,
"let me get dressed then we will get you ready for your first ever day out in Spain." Severus said putting Harry back in his cot and handing him a couple of toys to distract him as Snape stripped off completely before changing into shorts and a green t-shirt. Harry was picked back up and changed completely into a new nappy and a tshirt with a pair of sandals strapped on his feet. Harry whimpered, Daddy had forgotten to put his hsorts on him he couldn't go out just in his nappy! Harry pointed to himself, Daddy just chuckled though
"relax Harry you don't need shorts, I doubt your t-shirt will stay on for long," Daddy spread a cool white lotion on him aswell before putting a cap on his head and strapping him into his pushchair. Cassie and the rest of the brood were just putting sun tan lotion on when the two Sanpe's emerged out of their room. Toby had done his hair again and went with a bare chest and board shorts wearing flip flops on his feet, Lily was wearing a pretty summer dress and Charlie was wearing a bucket hat with a hawaiin pattern on it, a red t-shirt reading 'surfer in training' and plain navy pair of swimming shorts.
As the family strolled through the town, Harry was interestedly noting all of the local action, mopeds whizzed up and down the streets tooting their horns, women were shopping furiously and children were playing football in the streets, most interestingly of all though his pushchair now had a sun umbrella on it. Harry had so far managed to move the sun umbrella around to several different positions and spin it around and around, Daddy was starting to get annoyed when they reached the sea. "Look Harry here is the beach." Daddy moved his umbrella so he could see, this place was looked amazing, he had never been to a beach before. Daddy however soon turned him around and they walked alongside the beach, he whined loudly and banged on his pushchair "eech eech" Harry crowed,
"tomorrow Harry" Toby told him and even though Harry didn't feel as though he could wait that long he would wait if he had to between now and then there would be lots of cool stuff to look at.
They must have walked for a couple of hours and Harry loved being pushed around as Charlie and Lily moaned about their legs aching. They were on their way back to the hotel when Charlie had had enough and Daddy sat him on his shoulders to walk the rest of the way back. Daddy was right he would be too hot in his t-shirt and whined and pulled at it until Daddy kindly took if off for him, his nappy was making him uncomfortable too, but there was no way he was going without that.