Flying Qantas...

Recently back from our Christmas in Cairns, I must comment on flying domestic with Qantas...



I admit that when we fly interstate (usually only a couple trips a year, this year Cairns twice and Gold Coast) we get tickets in the sales and go with whoever has the best deal... Going to Cairns for Christmas was not our original plan, until my pseudo nephew Chae needed his 'Godparents' to attend his christening... So we booked with Qantas as they had the best deal for the dates and times that we required... Tiger was 1/2 the price but flying in the middle of the night with a toddler is just stupid...

It really was a great experience, I was surprised as I haven't flown with proper Qantas in any form for about 10 years... The service was brilliant, all of the staff took time to make sure we were okay, talking to Marley etc... The food was really good, apparently the vegetarian option was only okay, but the meat was good, and it was so lovely to get an ice-cream for dessert... Overall a great flight! If you have the chance or cash to fly with them DO IT!

Santa Claus is coming to town, well we did...

Yesterday we took Marley to get her picture taken with Santa... It was a beautiful plan that came crashing down around us the minute that they opened the door to his room and she started screaming!!! Saving the day was a 'sleeping' breathing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in front of a fake fireplace... She wouldn't have a bar of Santa though, after she had calmed down we decided to go with the family photo option, and she was still eyeballing Santa as he sat next to us...


Post Santa, we went to the Pancake Parlour for a late breakfast, which was delicious! The Jamaican Banana was soooo good! Mark had a short stack with the home made chocolate fudge, it was amazing and crazy rich!!! Marley wasn't interested the minute they gave her a placemat and crayons to draw with, obsessively... Totally satisfied, we checked out the Myer Christmas windows... The queues were outrageous, and unfortunately they weren't even close to being as good as last year... Oh well, a quick trip to Outré, cruise around Melbourne Central and we were done...

So we went to town to see Santa, and it was a disastrous start to a lovely family day...

Scaly babies...

When Marley was an itty bitty baby she suffered some eczema which the good old steroids sorted out... While the rash and redness went, she was left with dry scaly skin on her sides... We have always used QV soapless wash, tried loads of moisturisers and oils to help, but to no avail... My cousin was using Pinetarsol on her son when they visited in October for his itchy bits and though it smells foul, I thought we should give it a go...

It took a long time to action, but for the past two weeks we have been using it in her daily shower/bath and it WORKS!!! Her scales are gone! She is soft and smooth, just the way she entered the world! It's truly awesome! Now she is cured, we might go back to the QV and see if the scales return... Hopefully they don't, but now I know we have a cure should they return, I am far less stressed about it!