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Southport
Travel Blogs from Southport, Australia
The postman rings twice
This is a top pick! Today starts well. Parcels. Something we ordered for Woody arrived this morning which is a massive relief. It is the only thing he has mentioned he would like for Christmas and he only mentioned in a couple of days ago. We are ...
Go Suns!
This is a top pick! Woody wakes in a terrific mood and even mine and Noah's reluctance to wake up and get out of bed does not dampen his spirits. After a minute we leap into action, inhale some tea and Skype the 'awesomestow’ eves and have a brilliant catch ...
The Dizza is a dark horse
This is a top pick! ... and the bank is not open. Not a cracking start, but it does feel good to be early for something. We head over to Australia Fair so Mum can go gets jobs done, Post Office, Medicare, mobile phone. It is thirsty work so we stop for a restorative ...
Keep the faith
This is a top pick! ... to squeeze in the story how Grandma caught and ate a hammerhead shark. Grandma is becoming quite legendary on the Mum circuit in Southport. Woody has a little bit of homework to do so we chat to the teacher about this and then we head home. I ...
Dad, you are like a massive piece of meat
This is a top pick! Well, we wake up with that Friday feeling. It's brilliant. We play some Lego and out of the blue Elwood says to Noah, 'Dad you are like a massive piece of meat’. We have no idea what he meant by this as we could not ask him as we were too ...
No jokes about arks please folks.
This is a top pick! ... the most fantastic thing I have ever heard in my life. When we get home, I watch my fave new addiction – ‘Australia’s Biggest Loser’ and there is much talk of chocolate and cakes etc and I get the munchies snack on chocolate ...
Mummy is not making me feel very welcome
This is a top pick! Wait for it. I get up first with Woody and Noah has a lie in, of sorts. It starts well. We have brekkie, and we listen to audiobooks and I update our incoming and outgoing record keeping. Tick. That is a job off the list. Woody ...
It is birthday crazy around here
This is a top pick! We wake up late. (We as in me and Noah, Mum has been up browsing you tube clips with Woody.) In one way, yikes!, we are running late. In another way, high five!, as we wake up rested and not shattered. Noah gets Woody dressed and I get ...
You sure can have too much of a good thing...
This is a top pick! Monday is swimming day and today we are not the smug parents. We are the running late parents, trying not to snap at each other, whilst we launch our child in the direction of the pool from the car park. Not the best... Regardless of this early ...
When am I getting up to watch TV?
This is a top pick! Right, we're getting there. A slightly better night with the little fella. I slept in his room again but Woody was not content with me sleeping on the floor next to him and slept on me instead. Not ideal. But we both get some kip. Noah gets ...
Overwhelmed.
This is a top pick! It is footy day so we are up and ready for action before 8.30am. Footy is excellent, made even more excellent by Noah turning up with steaming hot lattes. Woody tries very hard and listens to all to all the instructions and looks over to ...
Woody has ' the most amazing day ever'
This is a top pick! Woody sleeps well. This is good. Somehow, I wake up with a ceramic moneybox under my head. This is not good. I am not even sure how this is possible. I look around for Woody and I see he is at the end of the bed playing with a box of ...
The coolest kid in town
This is a top pick! ... Burleigh beach in search of the markets. It has been raining all morning and the markets are not on. We drive back up to Southport to see what movies are on, but we have seen all 3 kids’ movies. We do see that Madagascar 3 is ...
Go Sharks!
This is a top pick! ... . It is obviously the subject of heated debate around here. We give the beach a miss and we head to the Southport sharks AFL club and we join up. They have a trillion things going on there, aside from the football. It cost ...
I am not coming back
This is a top pick! Noah goes to bed as Woody wakes. Not ideal, in so many ways. Considering the amount of chocolate Woody ate yesterday and that he has not had enough sleep he wakes in terrific spirits. As do I. Noah works on his job application ...
there once was a man who was nailed to a cross
This is a top pick! Woody wakes and is not interested in Noah and me and just wants the Mothership. That is the double edged sword of being Elwood's favourite; he only wants her in the morning. I could get used to this! Actually, day 3 and I already am.... So, ...
Woody versus the Wasps
This is a top pick! Woody wakes early and happy. I am still struggling with this. I do get up. I do have a long face. I do pour coffee into my face and I do start to feel better. Woody is just brilliant and it is impossible not to feel lifted by his sunny ...
It’s a sweet life living by the salty sea
This is a top pick! Well, how slack have we been? Normally in these situations, I would look for a way to shirk responsibility and deflect blame in the direction of my good husband. Not today my friends, I am the slacker and for this I am sorry! Bx I will begin where ...
The holiday is really over this time
This is a top pick! We wake bright and early in Tarampa. Justin is super happy, loud and excited in the morning which the kids just love. Generally, adults do not like this as much... Justin cooks a stonkingly great Eggs Benedict for breakfast and fixes some ...
We almost go to lunch today
This is a top pick! Right. Today is a funny day and we struggle to find out groove. We get up and play and I try and get things done, but we do not get another done. I do not know what we do, but I think it is Lego and walking in circles. The boys do a bit of footy ...
New York. New York.
This is a top pick! Well my number was up. It was my turn to get up early with Woody. Today he slept until 6.08am and he was so chatty we just chatted for half an hour before getting up. Result One we're up I straighten the kitchen and Woody chats ...
Woody's Birthday 'feast with the Gruffalo'
This is a top pick! Beep. Beep. Beep. It is 4.50am and that is Justin's alarm set for a workday at home. It is not a workday and he is not at home. He is at my house. Annoying. Elwood wakes and comes and joins Noah and me camping out on ...
A homesick little boy today.
This is a top pick! Noah gets up first with Woody and they have some chance to weave some magic around the house by the time I got up. There is a tent, a camp bed, supplies for the camping trip, soft toys, sunglasses, and umbrellas. We also have the cinema set up from ...
It's just you panicking
This is a top pick! Well, a big day in our household today. If I could sum up today simply, it would be that Woody is a legend. The days starts with a quick brekkie and getting Woody in the car for swimming. There is a bit of faffing with preschool stuff, but other ...
A gingerbread man kind of day
This is a top pick! We all wake up feeling chipper and pretty keen to get ourselves onto the beach. There is a little bit of faffing and then we are out the door and on our way. Excellent. It is another absolutely beautiful day. We get a car park straight away ...
Birds of Prey
This is a top pick! Right, this morning I am on a mission. Woody has footy and I have a charity sale in mind. We get cracking straight away and the fellas drop me off at the showground's for the Lifeline twice yearly sale. They fill a massive room with clothes and ...
This is going to be a super crazy week
This is a top pick! Again, 7.30am comes around too early and I do not feel at all like doing the 30-day shred. But I do. We missed Mother's Day and as some kind of punishment it is twice as hard today. This is not good as it was already pretty hard. But we make ...
one step closer.....
This is a top pick! Woody wakes slightly later than ususal. This is good. He wants cereal the second his eyes open, which is usual, and gets cracking with making it whilst wake up. I was in bed by 11 last night and I wake up about a trillion times better ...
That man has enormous ears
This is a top pick! Well after Noah having much work on for many weeks today is somewhat quieter on the work front. So Noah and Woody happily play Lego and I head out to have my gnashers looked at, again. The fellas drop me off and today I am seeing a student ...
Expensive Popcorn
This is a top pick! Elwood wakes me up by, essentially, jumping all over my head. This does not make for a happy mummy. Noah senses my 'negative energy' and gets some coffee on the go pretty quickly. I am starving hungry, but we have no bread or cereal or ...