May Madness
Can you believe almost half the year is gone already? Grunge’s 2nd Birthday is fast approaching!
We headed off to the Gold Coast in Queensland for a family holiday last week. We got a awesome flights when Tiger announced their new route to Coolangatta from Adelaide and were pleased with their service.
The apartment at the resort was great, it had two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a laundry, full kitchen and a lounge room with a dining table. There was a pool with a spa just outside the door too 
Monday was a public holiday and a quick trip to Pacific Fair netted Grunge a bunch of Pumpkin Patch clothes; we also visited my Aunt and Uncle for an awesome lunch.
The next day we drove in to Brisbane to check in with some peeps and Grunge slept on the drive back to the coast.
Wednesday was shopping – we hit the Oakley store and both built new sunnies and stopped at Hooters for lunch.
Thursday was the best day of our trip! We started the day with me opening my birthday present (it was my 30th) which was a book from Planet Cake and a receipt for internet access at the convenience store in the resort. My card had a URL in it and I was stoked to find Em and Cody had arranged for me to head to Sydney for a combined 100th birthday with my brothers. Yay! Emsie got to open her unBirthday presents before we left home.
After breakfast we headed out to Sea World for the day which was unreal. Grunge seems really drawn to animals and sat for ages watching the sting rays, fish and sharks in the aquariums. We spent lots of time at Sesame Street Beach and I rode the new jetski rollercoaster (very fast and fun!). We had a helicopter flight down to near the NSW border and Grunge nearly fell asleep; it was such a smooth flight. Our last stop was the Sesame Street Beach stage show where we had front row center seats. I’m not ashamed to say this was the best part of the holiday! I had our camera and every one of the characters came over and did something quirky in to it – 8ft high Big Bird stretched off the stage and towered right us; the footage is very cool 
Grunge had a quick nap after we got back to the resort and we got dressed and headed out for a dinner with my Aunt and Uncle complete with a surprise birthday cake and the whole restaurant singing happy birthday.
Friday was… umm… more shopping. Grunge got a hair cut too
Saturday we got a visit from Fletcher and his mums and Darcy and her mums. It was great to catch up with everyone and we were very amused at how the same Grunge and Fletcher are Afterward Grunge and I went for a swim and Em and I watched Burn After Reading.
Sunday was Mother’s Day. After we got back from Second Breakfast Grunge and I walked up to a funky shop I’d been eying off and let Em have a sleep. I got some great juggling balls for me and for Grunge and contemplated getting some new poi or upgrading to fire poi (oh, me and fire… danger 
).
When we got back I found out that someone had keyed all the rental cards parked around mine in the resort carpark – hooray for having an incognito rental car (it was a 60th anniversary Astra) – seeing marks on the shmick Hummer was a bit sad.
The flight home was uneventful, it was a little too late for Grunge however she was awesome as long as I kept reciting The Magic Hat by Mem Fox… “Oh the magic hat, the magic hat!”
When the cab dropped us at home, the first thing Grunge did was run over to her book box and start pulling them out – we only took 2 books away with us and she may have felt deprived.
Since we’ve been home we’ve both been back at work, Grunge back at daycare and us doing a lot around the house. I found a property I really loved online last month and noticed it had been relisted with an agent so we checked it out on the weekend. Unfortunately it wasn’t as awesome as we’d hoped (small things like the walls hadn’t been repaired or prepared before painting) – the three bathrooms had been redone and the rest of the house was great. There wasn’t any heating, cooling or storage… all things we’ve already done to our place! It looks like we’re staying put for now
A few of our awesome friends came out for dinner with us when we got back; our unreal neighbour looked after Grunge and it was so nice to be adults for the night – my present from my besties were stuffed toys from Super Mario Bros We enjoyed tapas and Moet and had a great night – have I told you how great the people in my life are?
We headed to Bunnings this weekend and got some prep for our next home job, hopefully Em’ll have it finished when I get back from Sydney on Sunday night
It’s late and I should be in bed – I’ve got a meeting tomorrow with my company’s accountant and would also like to try out the new bike seat I’ve got for Grunge.
See Kylie – I update my blog There’s no photos… I haven’t downloaded the three cams from the trip yet.