Getaway slideshow...

We arrived home today from our mini holiday/getaway (I say mini because lets face it, 2 nights isn’t exactly a holiday - a getaway yes, but not really a holiday) at the Gold Coast.

Although short, it was still fun. This was Byron’s first holiday as a little boy (opps getaway ) which is really quite sad on our part. The last time he went to a hotel with a pool was when he was about 9 months (we 'neglected' to take him to Fiji). Needless to say, he absolutely adored it. He particularly liked the sand at the beach and the pool.

We went to Seaworld on Sunday to kill some time before we could check in to the hotel. I am pleased to say we didn’t have any of the ‘shark’ dramas that we faced on our first visit. He was happy to look at the sharks, although still cautious.

I also took him on his first big boy ride which was so much fun. For the life of me, I can’t remember what it was called…It was one of those boat rides that took you through a tour of a volcano complete with fire, which featured scary aliens, loud noises and funny smells. He was such a brave little chap, gripping my hand for dear life...wide eyed in utter amazement (while the 11 year old behind us screamed and snuggled in soooo tight to his mum - scared sh*tless).


The next day we ventured to the beach. Before we headed off on our little excursion Byron mentioned *and continued to mention* how excited he was to build sandcastles with his bucket and spade (mental note...remember to ALWAYS bring buckets and spades for little people when going to the beach…lucky for us the souvenir shops were selling them at dirt cheap prices - thank god!). We did remember to bring his 'surfboard' (ie...kick board)so that counts for something!

The beach was a hit...as was the pool. Byron is absolutely not afraid of water - he could have been a fish in a past life. Oh my; he is not afraid. He just took it upon himself to just jump in much to the dismay of Trevor and I. See we ordinarily wouldn’t have a problem with him jumping in except for the fact HE CANNOT SWIM!!!! We are working on the not being able to swim issue with good old fashioned swimming lessons. In the meantime though, we have to keep the keenest of eyes on him when ever he is around a pool.

Lily on the other hand...well that’s a whole other story. She wasn’t to keen on the beach which is understandable (the water is somewhat cool) and absolutely hated the pool, for which she screamed for 10 mins afterwards. On the other hand...she absolutely loved her laundry tub experience (grrr to there being no bath in the room - definite draw back).

And that concludes my slideshow for this evening.