Sea World!

As I mentioned last week, my little family and I went on a summer holiday to the Gold Coast, QLD for some theme park fun!

Our first stop was Sea World....

*Any photo I'm in was either taken by my husband, brother or Mum. On auto, because they're scared of my camera LOL*

You can't go to Sea World without getting a photo with this guy, it's like the rules ;) William wasn't too sure so hubby snuck him round the back!

Tried for a family photo...got a little attitude from Miss Cheeky Bum in the front ;)

Don't you love it when you have to cram yourself in the kiddie rides? William wasn't tall enough to ride this one without a parent so we had to go for a spin ;)

You had to pull yourself to the top on this one and I think I'm a bit of a weakling so hubby got to ride this one too ;)

They're in the middle of rebranding the kids area from Sesame Street Beach to Nickelodeon Beach, so nearly all the Sesame Street character signage was down, making the rides look a little boring..

But we still got to meet Elmo! William spotted him and squealed "MOMO!!" and slammed him in a big bear hug hehe. Hubby had to peel him off so the other kids could get a photo!

This was the only ride William could go on by himself and he LOVED it. He literally made the height requirement by a hair! It goes up and down up and down and he giggled and waved the whole time! It goes pretty high for a little two year old, what a daredevil =D 

Mama and Willy on the carousel :)

This was a pretty big moment, Charlotte's first 'big girl' ride! The drop is pretty steep and she handled it like a trooper, wanted to ride again and again!

She went straight back on, this time with Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Dewie :)

They'll hate me for sharing this one!

 

William and my brother watching the fishies in Shark Bay :)

   

William loved the "Pengkins" hehe. They had a 3D short of 'Happy Feet' in the theatre there and he really enjoyed it. When we visited Sea World a second time he kept asking to go to the "Pengkin watch?" so cute :) 

I tried to be a good Mummy and buy him a Penguin soft toy in the gift shop on the way out but he said "No. No Pengkin." Hubby took him out to the car while Charlotte and I payed for our souvenirs and he kept looking over hubby's shoulder, shaking his chubby fist at me saying "No pengkin" Fine then. So I bought him a singlet and a sippy cup, lol.

Just chillin at lunch.

I have no idea.

I did pack her swimmers for this, but there's no time to get changed properly when there's a Sesame Street fountain calling your name ;)

A theme park full of rides and they STILL bugged me for $2 to put in this one!!

He was asleep before we left the car park! For someone who usually has a 3 hour nap, it was a loooong day :)

 

You can see my first lot of holiday photos on the beach HERE

Handsome Little Man

So I still have heaps of summer holiday photos to share but haven't had time to go through them yet, so I'm sharing this gorgeous photo of Mr William :)

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Tell: He's so handsome! I ran Paint The Moon's 'Wonder Quickie' action first, like I do for most photos for some minor sharpening and contrast adjustments, then I used the clone tool to even out the background and get rid of the rock in the bottom corner. Then I ran My Four Hens 'Just Love' action from the 'Dippy Trippy Hippy' action set and tweaked it til I was happy with the result :) 

     

Here is the SOOC (I just web resized it and added my watermark)

Thanks for stopping by!

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Fun in the Sun!

So as I mentioned yesterday, my little family and I went on a summer holiday to the Gold Coast in QLD! It was a very fun filled busy holiday, mainly spent at the theme parks but we did manage to squeeze one beach morning in!

Hubby and Charlotte heading into the surf..

 Hubby coming out of the surf :D

View of the city from the beach..

My little beach babe! She'd just spotted my brother heading down to join us :)

So she had to run and meet him! You can just see the units we stayed in on the very far right :)

The Willy Man :D He's not a huge fan of the beach..he's a bit precious about his feet on the sand, lol.

(That was a brand new rash shirt that he'd got especially for the trip..and the cool print peeled off within 10 minutes of putting it on! Not happy!)

Miss Charlotte looking very much like a little diva ;)

She looks like an advertisement for summer :) I love her swimmers!

{Showing Off My Shot}

 

Hubby trying to get William to venture into the water..

'Mummy save me!' haha

Thanks for stopping by! I'll have plenty of theme park photos soon :D