Joshua (May 2010)
Joshua and mummy decided to go to the Gold Coast (GC) to visit Family Oz. Joshua and I flew out of Melbourne, one Friday morning, directly to Coolangatta Airport (this photo above was taken while we waited to get on our flight). When we arrived in QLD, we hopped on a bus to the Southport Transit Centre. Granny picked us in her trusty car. What an adventure we had just getting there. I was the boy’s world until he saw Granny. From that moment on I was relegated to second spot.
When we got back to Granny’s home, Uncle Wayne was waiting to play with the boy and I was bumped back to third spot….. not that I minded! Uncle Wayne, my brother, has had so much experience with little children. He is such a good uncle to his other nephew and his niece. Thanks to Wayne and Granny, mum actually had time to have a hot cup of tea – something that is unheard of at home.
On Saturday, Uncle Roger and cousin Erik arrived. Then Granny and Uncle Wayne knew what if felt like to be second-best! Josh was in Erik-world. Erik-this and Erik-that and we would only have a shower if Erik was having a shower as well! How wonderful it was to see! The photo below demonstrates a boy’s ability to multi-task (an ability they sadly lose when they reach adulthood). It is possible to play football and eat an ice-cream at the same time. On Sunday, we went to the beach with Uncle Roger and Erik (who went surfing), but, naughty mummy, forgot to bring our boards. To this day, the boy reminds me of this. We did have a play on the beach and had a dog try to eat our breakfast. That afternoon we went to Brisbane with Roger and Erik to visit more family members. What a wonderful weekend the boy had. We even took an express train (like Gordon- of Thomas, the Tank Engine, fame) back to the GC.
By Monday, however, Erik was back at school in Brisbane and Josh had to make do with Mummy and Granny! Oh the indignity! (something Gordon would say). We walked to the bus stop, took a bus to the train station, took the train to Robina, then hopped on another bus to Robina Shopping Centre for a play and lunch. We walked a lot, played a lot and got hopelessly lost! Nevermind! We then reversed the process and by 4pm we were back at Granny’s. But, someone was so exhausted he had to be carried the last few metres.
On Tuesday, we flew back home to Melbourne. Josh must have missed his daddy because the moment we saw Dadda waiting for us at the airport, he ran to him as fast as he could and jumped into his arms.
All in all, a good time was had by all.