Cunka

Marshall has found a new word.

CUNKA

He occasionally replaces words, generally nouns, with the word cunka. ie. Can we see the cunka. When you ask him what it means you get the following very cute reply.

"When you say cunka, you say cunka."

Gold Coast day 4

Well its the last day and the flight wasnt till 5pm so we the amigos went into the kids club for the morning until 12 and we packed. Then we filled the time until we had to get to the airport. We ended up at the beach first for a stroll and then the local shopping centre which had a great play centre. Xander and Marshall had a drive of a car and loved it. Then off to the airport.

The flight was delayed by 40 odd minutes so that was fun and it was chucking it down rain. Across the tarmac under umbrellas and into the jet. The Amigos were good again with Xander watching Foxtel queitly and Marshall falling asleep. Amelia spent a good while eating a cheese and ham sanger. The turbulence was really nasty though and we had to have seatbelts on most of the trip.

We got home at about 9ish and straight to bed.

A great holiday and now we need a holiday to get over it.

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Day 3

Day 3 started nice and early with the kids awake before 6 am! It was going to be a long day!

After a yummy breakfast of toast and yogurt in the room we headed off to a Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. We lied about Xander's age to get him in for free - i'm not paying $19 entry for a child who's only over the cutoff by less than a week!!!! We had a fantastic time and got to touch a snake, a crocodile, a lizard and some kangaroos.

Then it was back to the Hotel (Paradise Resort Gold Coast) and Xander and Marshall went into the kids club. Marshall didnt really fancy it though and instead came upstairs with Amelia for an hour or so. When Xander came out we had a quick swim before going to the restaurant for tea

Movie World

No free internet at hotel so sitting in car in street nicking some WIFI with the laptop.



Day 2
The Three Amigos shared a room last night and all three went off to sleep without a problem - might have had something to do with the 4:30am wake-up call and minimal sleep during the day!

Amelia was first up this morning, at 6am, followed closely by Marshall and finally Xander. We had a busy morning – breakfast in our room followed by a quick visit to the local strip to check out the shops. Can’t believe we flew all the way to Queensland and had to buy an umbrella!! Then it was off to the place we’ve all been looking forward to… MOVIEWORLD!

The kids were great, and everything started off well. As soon as we walked in the gate we saw the Scooby Gang, followed quickly by Batman and his amazing Jet Car. Don’t know who was more impressed – the boys or Richard!

Things went a little downhill when it started to rain, and then Amelia vomited all over herself – twice! The poor thing was not very happy but put on a brave face, (hard to do when you smell of vomit!), and waited with Mummy while the boys ran from the exit of Bugs Bunny’s Wild Water ride straight back to the queue time after time. I wasn’t allowed in (baby) but finally got a chance to escape the stench with the Shrek Live show. The boys loved watching Shrek and Donkey sing and dance.

We were all surprised when both Xander and Marshall went on the Road Runner roller coaster, which, quite honestly, would have had Mummy scared! Xander even went on twice, the second time he and Richard ended up in the front seat!!!!!! Xander loved it, but Marshall, although very brave to go on, wasn’t up for a second spin around the tracks!

We also had a fantastic position for the Parade of Stars, and got to see all our favourites. The highlight was meeting Wonder Woman (who also doubled as a dancer who saw Amelia’s first vomit) and hearing that Amelia’s condition had been the talk of Movie World! Nice to know we made such a good impression!

Richard got to have one turn on “an adult ride” – the Superman Escape. After waiting for over 30 minutes his 45 seconds of 4G action was worth it! He came off looking a little wobbly on his feet, but would have been straight back on it if we had the time!

After spending 5 hours at Movie World it was back to our hotel to have a quick and easy cheesy mac dinner, followed by a Polynesian Dance Show down beside the pool. The idea was to drag the children down to occupy half an hour before bed time, but it was fantastic! Xander and Marshall (and Richard by default) even got involved by going up to learn how to do a dance. Marshall and Richard were ok, but Xander was FANTASTIC! He was in the front row and got a few laughs as he tried his very hardest to copy the moves. We were very proud! Amelia even perked up enough to clap – in time mind you – to an entire dance routine, earning the respect of a woman beside us!

Once again they’re sound asleep, and Richard and I are waiting for a reasonable time to go to bed! We’re exhausted – but afraid to go to sleep this early in case we get labeled as…OLD!!!



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Surfers

Well weve made it to the Gold Coast. An early start at 4.30 to get to the airport for a 7am flight but it all went very smoothly. The amigoes were really good but didnt sleep in the car as anticipated. Only a 2 hour flight and the inflight foxtel kept Xander amused. Amelia and Marshall were also perfect and the we were there in no time.

It took three cars before we got one that fit three child seats but off we trot with the sat nav leading the way. Well it led us to a very similar sounding hotel a few doors up and funnily enough we didnt have a booking.

Once we got there we checked in and had a semi snooze and then into the pool. The weather was fantastic, sunny and warm, so a dip in the pools.

The amigoes then went into the kids club for a couple of hours and had tea whilst mummy and daddy did shop shopping.

Now all exhausted and ready for a good sleep.

Movie World Tomorrow!!!