The most annoying thing happened to me this morning, Ashton.

I'm listening.

You don't have this issue because you have multiple blue bins for the cardboard.

Yes, but we've had an influx of cardboard coming into December.

The worst we have blue bins collected this morning.

Because I've been stomping down the blue bins so much, it's gotten stuck down the bottom and so only half of the cardboard has gone out.

And the garbage men, who were normally pretty good, I'm normally no complaints, but I was like, damn it, they could they not have checked?

They can shake it with the thing, can't they?

And there's a camera that looks.

But also they've probably got so many bins They're like, no time, just move on.

But I'm like, I was doing so well of my quota of like I've got rid of all the cardboard.

Fucking You've got to chop it up so small to actually really get rid of it, I know.

And it's Look, the best thing about living here is I don't have to take it out bring it back because they have someone that does that.

It's what Strata's fort But when we lived at the other place and I had to do it.

Ah, it's a full time it's a I'm not into it.

That's it's on my mind at the moment.

So well, all the best with the car, Thank you.

Welcome back to Do Dads.

I met a jay and and this is a podcast all about parenting.

It is the good, it is the bad.

And Matt's sick and I'm sick.

I feel like I did well to fucking dodge it.

Like Nana was sick, Laura was sick.

Now I'm going to get sick.

We had gastro we had fevers, and I was just fucking I was tackling it head on.

Being sick in summer is the worst.

It's a kick and a dick for start, because it's not cold, but just the heat drained you, I know, and then you're like you're hot, you're cold, you're sweaty, and.

Then sensitive to the temperature.

Oh my god, it's not for me.

I'm not I'm not about it.

Do you know I would drag myself through hot colds to record this podcast.

I know you would.

You do it, You do it all for the dotus.

Nana was like, I don't think you should go to rushes.

You don't you don't look well, it's shut up.

I'll get it done.

You should get it done.

We both had we both had a busy morning.

We have it's and I'm staring at something and in the corner of the table.

Yes, So what you're referring to is award assemblies for schools.

And at the end of the year, as we know, was your assembly.

No, but it's it's quite.

It's quite an open hall and big fans and stuff.

It was.

It was delightful.

This was a fucking sweatbox.

Do they not have a C?

No, a C and Bondai bro.

Oh god, on the one building in bond and you're trapped in everyone?

Oh god, it.

Built that building in assembly hall in nineteen forty with no ventilation.

Put something in there.

Everybody was it was hot, hot in the room.

How many people just said, was it just was it a full school or just a partial?

No?

Apparently I overheard another parent.

I'm so glad they split it up this year.

Last year was the full school.

It's too long.

This year was KINDI to grade two and then grade three to grade six.

Yeah, smart, I think that's smart.

That's good.

Yeah, you were fucking in there until like one o'clock.

You es sexually, you're back at school.

Yeah.

It was like no, no, we only had half two.

Oh we're forty five minutes.

But they were just running a bit behind, because that happens.

It's not a rangling kids, I know.

It's not like a fully it's you know, they're doing their best.

A water side.

What was the highlight?

Oh the jazz band what so they did two songs and he well the drama, same beat the whole way through.

So he had the easiest job.

This is because it was jazz trumpet to about that these great tours have no they actually had the year six band in.

It's a special treat.

Wow.

But they spent a lot of time thinking all the teachers, it's like great love that.

They were like we want to thank the parents.

And you're like, yeah, thank you.

But the jazzmine was great.

They started then each instrument would do a solo.

Oh that's that's stressful for the kids.

I really felt for them because they were good.

No, been out of time, but that's all right.

They gave their bed and that was a highlight.

Also did the national anthem both parts?

Yeah, is that a new thing?

It must be?

Is that like I don't.

I don't remember ever the second ever, I don't know.

How do you guys have a school song?

No, we do to the tune of a Beto, which is like and that song you know from Beto and or something very well, so, thank you?

What's the gist of the same.

It's just about the school and what they what they stand for?

What do they stand for?

Respect, achievement, responsibility.

That's so cliche, isn't it just so cliche?

I've heard original like anti bullying something, come up with something, your best, my best.

I'm workshopping a few ideas for the next year.

What do we stand for?

Humor?

Yeah, yeah, humor, humor, humor?

Just laugh, just laugh it off, get over it.

So and so primary school, just get over it?

Can?

I ask?

Did you?

It's like the Oscars?

Were you gonna you get the tap on the shoulder pre event and they say, just see you know there's going to be an a war.

Did you guys get that?

April got the email?

Yeah?

And what did the email say?

What?

I didn't?

Well done?

By the way, thank you.

It's just I am raising a very superb child.

You get a scholarship.

Do you think of high school?

Because he's a genius.

Nah, I think he Look, he sent him to Union next year.

I was thinking about see if him see how we go?

Well, yesterday he did ask for a piece of bed instead of a piece of bread.

So I don't think he's going into Union anytime soon.

But he did receive an award.

We did receive an email that he was receiving an award.

We didn't know what.

April was like, Oh, come on, what's going to be?

I can't I just I'm itching to know.

Okay, two wards, bam hit you that the double?

We've got the doubles that I've been done before.

It would have surely don't know.

Can I just quickly special mention to a kid?

Right?

A year two kid broke the school record for one hundred meters sprint and it hasn't been broken since twenty fourteen.

But honestly, how fast do you think it was?

Okay?

Well, how old too?

I mean go to so he's seven eight and eight?

Okay, fourteen seconds?

No, he's not you sane?

Fifteen seconds fifth so the record was sixteen flat.

He did fifteen six.

But who's time?

It's like, that's Gladys the mom, who's now timing it.

Where did it take place at school?

I don't know.

It was the athletics carnival.

I think at like regionals or something.

So they had the gates that you run through that I mean that.

Children, Matthew, sorry, but also that kid.

He must be a celebrity.

You know.

We talk about the hierarchy can.

Have any chicky ones.

Literally the chicks are just like.

Did you see Timmy?

What do you want for lunch?

Your bar for you?

And they're like, how do you get so fast?

How did you get your speed?

The status?

He's like chicken nuggets.

Anyways, two awards.

First one is a certificate of merit.

Okay, I'll slide it to you on the table, but what.

Does merit stand for?

Good?

Question?

A certificate of merit?

The certificate is a water to Oscar Wicks SRC, so Student Representative Council.

The quality of being good or.

Worthy is a part of the demon.

He's real good.

So he's really good.

He's I've always said that about him.

Certificate of Goodness, of worthiness and goodness?

Is he pumped?

Oh he was.

Yeah.

He still wouldn't look at anyone when he received it, but afterwards he was pumped.

So that's playing it off like it's nothing.

He's going to be the prime minister of this country.

This one and then this is the second one, and it's a it's a platt, it's a crystal, it's been engraved.

It's like, how how are trophy stores still in operation?

Hey, that's a front school.

That's school, well said.

This one is for the twenty twenty five Academic Award, right wow, Wow, the same kid who said bed instead of bread yesterday.

There you go.

How many kids got the academic one in every class?

Ship man?

Yeah, that is amazing.

I don't know how well done to.

You, Well done to April, Well done to Oscar Moore.

Importantly, haven't done a single piece of homework in a twelve months.

How books have you read with him?

None?

And that's probably why he's doing so well.

Ye smart, because I'm justlexing.

He's like, what what's that way?

I'm like, anyway, that's over and done with it.

We didn't get any awards for kindy.

Yeah.

I was like, we didn't get the tap on the shoulder pre event.

So I was like, Marley hasn't won anything.

And then they all got an award.

They all got a certificate for completing year one.

And then the only awkward thing was they had the teacher would stand on the stage.

They were then call out each kid, but we weren't sure what to do, like do we clap each child or do we clap at the end?

Very good first class, all the kids, and it felt cruel not cheering on these kids, as you know.

He would say, and here's Timmy Smith.

Timmy would be.

Like, they call out each one individually from every.

Class, quick, very quick, Timm Smith, who we had three classes in kindy and then second class people started being a little cheer and then I was like, do I be that parent?

And then caught up Marley May's name and I was like, whoa you, I don't care, that's my I washing at the back.

I was like she loved I think she loved it.

Yeah, shut.

But no good.

Question about the clapping just quickly because they did say clap at the end, but everyone just ignored that and clapped during my hands and then I was like, we meant to clap after then I felt like the odd one out and I felt like like if if I was looking at me, going so what, you're not clapping for my kid?

Everyone else's right, there's a fight in the car park.

I don't know you're punching your dad's I don't need that heat.

So we just clapped everyone.

You want to imagine up on stage to not cheer, give them a check.

Come on.

I think at one point like a lot of people just like trying to find different parts of their body to clap because their hands are the red ro I I'm dusting off all the Croissan crumbs.

I noticed that the you know, the kid come up, shake hands and then receive the award photo op down off the stage.

There was one teacher who's still sticking with the elbow from COVID.

The elbow greeting.

What's was very formal like this to every.

Teacher's hugging kids, And I'm all for that, get tact.

Get the fuck off my kids.

Anyway.

Are we in housekeeping?

Really quickly, really quickly.

We were at the shops recently and I bought an advent calendar, a blueie one, and I bought one, and you stopped me and said, what are you doing, you idiot?

And you said you should buy two.

You have two kids, have three now, but two of which are able to open up Advent calendars.

I got two.

He thank you me, I'm thanking you.

Except these two Advent calendars are exactly the same, identical.

Yeah yeah, I know.

I've got the same too.

And I don't know how the fuck my kids know this.

But Marley was like, Lola opened my one and I was like, they're the same, and she's like, no, I had mine and Lola had hers.

And I'm like, how do you know?

I can tell how I opened the little things?

And I was like, it's they're identical.

Like, doesn't make it, doesn't many difference whatsoever.

Flipped out Also Advent calendars.

I'm going to say it, they're a bit ship.

They are ship.

They're so they're a bit ship.

I stand by that.

It's just another thing like the Bluey one.

I don't want to attack Bluey because I love Bluey, but like number three was like a sticker, a sticker of like a tree.

I was like, obviously I only paid six.

One of their bars of gold.

God, obviously you.

Get your paid for, but you do.

Even the kids are like, can I open another one?

And I was like, you got a sticker, that's what we get for today?

Yeah, you gotta wait, but we got those ones, but my mother in law bought other ones, so they got two.

They're getting chocolate and Bluey every day chocolate.

It's just a cabri one, which is It's just it's just a gimmick.

I think I can lose the advent calendar.

Yeah, that's non critical.

Are you doing elf on the shelf too?

Mate, you're doing it all.

I'm jumping in the deep end.

The biggest problem we're having is Mason wants to know where the chimney is.

I've got air con, babe, just coming straight through that flat.

I said, I'm gonna have to stay up and let him in.

Literally, what's that one called.

It's an inverter.

It's an invertery.

Santa Claus comes through the inverter, it comes back chilled.

Becomes a hand.

She's still she's it's perplexing to her.

But anyway, I just said, I'll let him in the front door.

But you've got to be asleep.

Yes, anyway, you guys don't do elf on the shelf.

No, I'm not starting that noise.

And Oscar was like, some of the kids have elves at home, and I was like.

There's fucking elves everywhere.

L's in the classroom doing that.

It's amazing.

It's the best thing ever in my life.

I don't have time for that.

No, it's dude, I'm telling you jump on it.

Nope, okay, But the look on their faces you can kind of see why people would start cults.

Like the power you wheeled with these hands, Like I wrote Merry Christmas in flower on the bench two secs wiped it off.

I've got And the look at my kids.

They wake up and they're like, where is that little sneaky elf?

And they're like, holy shit, he's written in flower.

And I'm like, isn't it crazy?

And they're like it's so magical.

And I'm like, should I start a cold?

Just an elf?

Coult?

And the rules are great, you can't touch the elf otherwise he loses his magic.

Kids can't touch them.

No, so if they want to touch the elf, that means for that night he won't move.

So they can't touch them.

And so they're like, they want to touch them, but they can't.

I just think it's a bit march.

We've done, Like it's on the toilet seat with toilet paper everywhere.

Awkward from Nanna when she had to go to the middle of the night and she's like, I fucking touch the elk.

A shit on the elk.

It was hanging from a light.

It's amazing.

And the best thing is the thing that you're missing out on is the fact that's sorry getting aggressive, the fact that the elf reports back to Santa Claus every evening.

He's watching the elves and the elf can't talk, but he's listening.

So the kids tell the elf what day one for Christmas?

Because the elf is going to tell Santa Claus.

It's just it's it's like a security camera for well behaved kids.

Are you a salesman?

Off on the shelf?

I've got a pallet of them at home.

Oh my god, I'm not getting into it.

You need another thing.

I've got this already and I have to clean up.

Look at it, shed and hair.

Yeah, Christmas tree looks it looks good, looks good.

I had nothing to do with that.

I got it out of the garage.

It's my job.

It's about two hundred years old, that tree.

It's been used for so many Christmases.

You only you, you're thirty three.

It's been passed down from generations.

But it's shit everywhere that's enough for me.

And this shit on the wall, the glue on the fake leaves is coming off, but it looks great.

I'm not adopting any more tradition.

You're missing you're missing out.

I am your misguarantee you I'm not.

But anyway, some breaking news, man, Okay, and.

It better be good because the last few of don't you the quality here is starting to dip.

It is not I can't make up news.

Would fake news?

Fake news?

Okay, what do you got for me here?

Okay?

Children who were cuddled and hugged grow up to be the happiest according to which who's done this Harvard research?

Fuck off they have.

I feel like if people just write the word Harvard in there, that like which that's eligible?

Which Harvard Harvard?

And like Instagram Harvard.

Sure that's not like people going to study at Harvard and like what are we going to learn today?

And they're like about kids being happy when they get a hug.

It's like duh, no shit, yeah, I mean like, oh, they are, yeah, cuddled and hugged.

Isn't that what you meant to like?

Isn't that what you do with your kid?

Like give mudle, give the my hug, something's wrong.

Of course they're going to be happy on people.

Some people out the ash of our age put myself a bit younger.

Yeah, I'm early thirties, your late thirties.

They never they never heard I Love you from their parents, and they never got a cuddle.

Really yeah, yeah, it's going to be interesting to see, like we're too nice to our kids.

No me, man, we give them too much luck.

We do, and like I think time will tell when they grow up if we've done the right thing or not.

I know.

It's that old thing where it's like our generation didn't get enough love, so we knee jerk reactions way too far.

So the pendulum swung both ways, and then for the next generation it'll even out in the middle they get a cuddle where they still get the wooden spoon.

You get both both worlds.

Is that that's where the saying comes from.

I think, Yeah, anyway, that's breaking news.

That was great, That was good, one of your best.

Just thought it had Harvard attached to it.

Just quickly.

I was snooping around your house when paying attention, and I looked in your kid's room.

I wanted to see this bunk beds there.

Guess what's in there?

Bunk beds?

Yeah, we did it.

It looks good.

But this does look good.

You get those from marketplace?

What?

Yeah?

How much you pay for them?

Two hundred?

That's very good.

It's good price.

They look brand new.

Yeah, they're pretty nice.

They were pretty well off.

I would say, how did you get them in the car?

We had to disassemble it at the house, reassemble it here.

You had to go on someone's house the tools and disassemble And was that negotiated prior?

I just did the leg work, the boss did.

The boss did the work.

So you got sprung.

How did she drop to you that you have to go?

Where was the house?

She gave me alan keys before I left the house.

And you were like, what's this for?

She's like, you'll find out you're building a house off your fucking get out of here.

How long are you in the house for?

Oh?

What?

Three hours?

No, we're pretty quick.

We're pretty quick.

There's only a few.

But they offer you a drink.

No, actually, did you use the bathroom?

H took ship, just left it.

One of the kids that was in the house was very nosy, are you here?

Who are you?

He kept coming in with like, and I was like, you get new beds out you and he was like, he was like, oh, okay, you're speaking to me.

It's like, yeah, get out and yeah.

What was his new bed?

What was happening there?

I don't know.

He ran off interrogate the guy about the fucking bed.

Yeah, but got it home, got it in, got it up.

And there's some certain rules based on off how the story you told me, which was Laura breaking, a leak breaking, and there's also a ceiling fan.

You got a new fan install.

No, it was already there.

I wasn't aware that it would be so close.

So I was like the oscar.

I was like that.

The first night was like thirty five degrees here, and I was like, turn the fat off.

And Mason keeps hitting her head on the bottom one, so we're getting.

Lola hits her head or every morn as she gets up, she's like and in my Lola's up.

But look all the toys are in there now as you can see most of So yeah, I was super excited.

They were up to like ten pm.

Man, they couldn't go to the first Yeah, they must.

That must have been nice coming.

And did you tell them what was happening or did you surprise them?

They could have been a Christmas gift.

Damn it, damn it.

Yes, but they were excited.

They knew then it was happening.

You know what, I'm excited for the fact that we have a very special guest on the episode.

Just before we go into having my wife on the podcast, which people are gagging for.

Apparently I have salivating salivating, yes, much much nicer rolls off the tongue.

I had an incident which, look, this is slightly illegal that what happened.

But I'm going to defend myself.

Do you want to give away this information on the podcast?

Do you want to make a public this is incriminating for you or someone else?

Maybe it's not that bad, not that bad, don't worry about too much.

So I picked the kids up from school the other day.

It can be stressful.

That's a good dad, Thank you, thank you very much.

So you know how it can be stressful because it's never the parking stitch is never all like the pickup spot.

It's always a nightmare.

It's hell.

We know that every school's different.

I'm not being to hell, but I imagine it is just like just one big street of like parking pickup and drop off.

You get there and they're like, guess what you're going to do for eternity school pickup?

And it's thirty fucking five degree in it's no air on.

It's crazy, But anyway, I picked the kids up, I went down to the main road.

I had to pick it up later than usual because he was doing an after school care thing.

So picked up oscar, headed down the main road.

Three lanes, bus lane, two regular lanes.

School zones are over at this point.

The person in front of me was driving very slowly.

Some people think you got to drive thirty in the forty zone, like they're going to get to Merit points back, like, come on, mate, hit the speed.

But it was past that anyway, So it's seventy usually on that part of the road.

Yeah, it's decent streaming drop.

It's a big stretch too.

But and I was like, God, this person is infuriated because they were also not paying attention, so you could tell that they were looking at something else as well.

And I had the kid in the car and I thought, I'm just going to nip into the bus.

I had to get around him because they were they are clearly not competent to drive.

So and when I went past, I could see they were looking at BCF for something on driving pass I like, oh, I could use a new new tent.

You could use a new driving license for starters.

Anyway, I very thank you, really quick whipped back into that lane in front of that person undertaking.

I did the undertake, which in the bus don't we don't condone.

You're allowed on the bus lane for certain things, but.

If someone's going more than half under the limit, you got to undertake.

Yes.

Anyway, the lights pulled up at the lights and a bus pulls up next to me, and I see this hand out of the bus window.

You can picture this.

I was like, what the fuck is going to doing?

Is he cleaned his window or something.

It's trying to get my attention.

Put the window down and let's just say I wasn't in the mood.

Let's start this with that.

I put the window down and lean over to the passenger side.

I was like, yeah, like what do you want And he was like, oh, the bus lane is not for overtaking, and he did get me when I was not in the mood, and I said, I said, I didn't know you're a police officer as well as a bus drip.

Witch.

Very clever, very good from you, thank you and half and it was just and I blank stared at him like with nothing.

I didn't you know reaction.

Usually I'm like I'll hit you with a few different things.

I just thought this is enough.

And he looked at me and he was like it's dangerous.

And I said, well, your light's gone green.

You're holding everyone up, so thanks for the feedback, and put the window off and he was just like shuts by, shots by.

Anyway, we're going and Oscars in the car inside, Oscars in the car and he goes, what was that?

I said, hey, ask you.

I said, oh, do you know how I tell you to mind your own business?

That's what happens when you don't mind your own business.

And he was like getting made a food off.

He's like, well done, sir.

Anyway, I kept going and I cheered me right up.

I was just so I was in a bad mood victory.

I just thought it was worth my you know it was it wasn't illegal.

I did chat GTPT see if it was illegal, and it's legal to driving the bus lane for a couple hundred meters if you make it a turn, I'm calling an undertake overtake hill.

So I think it's great.

So am I in the wrong?

Did I do the right thing?

No?

I think I will go into battle for you and defend you to my last breath.

Yeah, because I think like I didn't if I impeded the bus fair but he was hundreds of meters behind, and I've just gone whack and moved on with my line.

If you hopped out of the car and you uppercutted.

Him, that was if he wanted to have a crack.

But I think, like the harmless joke, it's a war of words, which was one.

Yeah, I think he would have driven off thinking I'm going to rethink my whole life.

Yeah, he's not driving buses anymore.

Yeah, he's not stopping and giving people road rules.

So shout out to all of those who work in public transport because it's a tough.

Job out there.

Yeah, but kick mash up.

I'm simple, April.

Get Can I just say a quick shout out to everyone in the Facebook group.

They were notified of this.

They ran at us with their questions and we had many questions.

We can't go through all of them because we have not enough time.

But I've got a selection, the best one.

So for those who submitted questions, thank you very much.

And here she is, April.

It is a delight to have you here.

Thanks.

I had to really fight tooth and nail to get you on because Matt was really interrogating me yesterday about all the situations?

Can I just say?

I said, what would you like to talk about?

And Ash was like, well, we won't do it.

No, no, To be fair, it was three messages in a row and that's what got me going.

And I was like, what if it was like one message, well constructed, no problems.

It felt like an interrogation he got.

He caught me off guard because both kids are really painful getting out of the house yesterday after you left, and he just caught me off guard and I was like, what am I being interrogated?

I just said, what would would you like to talk about?

That's not how you would have asked that question.

I said, you have never asked a question with that time.

I said, checking, no, you didn't.

What would you like to talk about?

And Ash was like, well.

We don't have Also, it was followed by when I mentioned should we get April.

On the other day, only Vic responded and Matt didn't respond, and I thought, okay, now I'm getting now I'm getting questions anyway, Let's just say I fought for your honor.

For the record, April, I'm very excited to have you on.

I'm not believing it.

Oh yeah, see getting grilled by the wigs household.

That's all right.

I mean, I'm only just crawled out of bed because I'm sick.

Don't call the ambulance.

Let's go.

Can you just fucking what's wrong?

Nothing is wrong?

In a mood?

Okay, April, what's wrong with Ash?

What's he done?

What's happened?

What have I done?

Nothing?

Nothing?

Sat in an assembly.

I did think yesterday you're in a mood though.

So maybe now we're going up with me.

And we do have a.

Couple of questions which the good listeners of this show have submitted.

The great listeners of the great.

Listeners of this show, the dotors, the dotors, as we prefer to them.

We would like to know, first up, what is it like being married to her?

Since sational TV.

Star, slash podcaster, slash social media were just TV start.

Well, when people ask what does Ash do.

What do you what do you apply with?

Good?

Question?

Pends who I'm talking to.

It's someone who will understand social media.

I'll say content creator, never influencer, never, because I know.

It's a yeah, yeah, I haven't influenced anywhere.

She had never dropped the TV star.

It's not that'd be a stretch.

Well, TV stars out there to be offend.

You were on TV.

Yeah, one time.

That's enough.

That's enough for a start accounts.

I think it was like three years ago.

We started doing the podcast it'll be it'll be coming to sorry, but who's counting.

At the time Ash was working full time and it's nine to five.

Yeah, he was then in the middle the transition out of that ninety five.

Thankfully he got that redundancy.

He is now a full time content creator.

What is that like for you?

Positive and negative?

I want to start with?

Which one should I start with?

I'll start with start with the negative.

No, I'll start with the positive.

I think positive is like, it's finally so great to see you thrive in a job.

Thank you, I think, and just like the amazing opportunities you get we get as a family.

I feel very grateful for like all the experiences and whatnot.

The negative side of it is when you turn around and you say, oh, I've got to go to Vegas next week.

Sorry, the last minute chaos for me.

I obviously I'm very organized in the last minute trips and stuff, and he doesn't know where he's going to be in next next month.

So that I love that part of it.

I love the being content creator is like perfectly crafted for people.

With add ADH.

But yeah, it is because the chaos is I like the thought of I don't know what today is going to bring you, and like you never know what he a you're going to get that day, and it's like, oh, he's a paid job.

You could go to Vegas.

You're like, oh, I'm going to preak my word.

And then whenever say I've got to go somewhere is like getting paid.

I'm like, yep, I was the first question.

If I wasn't, It's like it has to be the best opportunity I.

Think you've used as well as something like the lines of it's in the contract.

I've got to go, oh.

Yeah, that's because I've made him in there.

I'll show the contract I have.

I have pulled that one out too.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, but to be fair, I am way more present when I'm here than having a job or I have to go to the city and stuff.

That's also a very big positive, like you being around a lot.

Yeah, the drop off you were a little bit nervous about, as you would be.

I guess like missing the security of a nine to five.

Was there any point where you kind of like the nerves went away and you're like, oh, no, he's doing really well here.

No, I'm still forever I feel like, well, no, I feel like you couldn't say something, do something, and then just amount of time.

I know who you are, so I feel like there's always nurse.

We've had Ashon muzzled on the podcast for a long time.

We don't much better for the Restord.

He's a good guy, Yeah, one.

Of the top guy.

Thank you, only says good things.

Thank you.

Speaking of Vegas, I I'll be honest, I was a little bit judgmental when ash said we're going to go to Vegas.

We're going to the Formula one.

We've got these really exciting things planned.

It's all for April's birthday.

How was the trip for you?

It was actually amazing.

I am very.

Contract I was very impressed obviously, Like I do a lot of the booking, the planning of trips and whatnot.

As we know, Ashton has dyslexia.

Yeah, so this dog has really driving me fucking crazy.

Tap dancing under the table, showbiz.

Let me dance, guys, I want to be too.

Here we go.

Just for everyone that's listening and watching, I picked the dog up.

This is panting, is not?

It is alright?

Sorry Vegas?

Yeah, no, I was.

Actually it was great.

It was I think what worked in my favor was that we stuck on Sydney time because I'm usually like nine pm I want to go to bed, and I was worried that.

He'd be like, no, we got to stay out, blah blah blah.

But it worked in our favor that we said on Sydney time so I could act like I was a party girer and stayed up till like three am.

Did you have any say on the itinery?

No, no, which is kind of nice.

I think sometimes April usually organizers all actually said all the family holidays, so it was nice for her to just put a feed up and do a shipload of walk.

Yeah.

I did ask to like double check what name you used on my passport.

Yeah, like she can't trust me.

I was like, I got offended.

I was like, well you would openly admit you've got dyslexia.

So I was waiting for my name to be spelt wrong.

I can't do fucking numbers.

And I blame Laura for this.

But we've got a call about Poppy's birth certificate and I put the month wrong.

Oh gosh.

And I was like, Laura, what do you meaning of the month wrong?

I went too early, put nine instead of ten.

Right, okay, right, right, Well that's easy, especially like the passport form is stressful.

I don't America as well.

Yeah, well I think one wrong stroke of the pen and you're out.

You did it.

She did her own stuff.

Yeah, you won't trust me that.

The questioning got intense when you go through the customs and the security guys.

What do you do?

What do you do for work?

Are you doing here?

Yeah?

Like what did your husband doing?

You're like, and.

Then you do the fingerprint thing.

Yeah, do you remember like back in the day, I get really sweaty, palms, nervous.

So still they never can like it doesn't work because my finger.

Is just sweaty and.

They're like, oh, she's nervous.

Yeah, we were saying they're so strict for you to get in, but when you leave and they're like, yet, when I was going in because I've got writing on me on my hands and stuff, They're like, what's this thing that I mean?

I'm like, Bro says love you, okay, just chill.

Everyone's gang affiliated, and it's like, yeah, I'm part of the Toddally gang.

It's like, for God's sake, anyway.

Reuben wants to know who wears the pants in your relationship.

I think if you asked either of us this would answer ourselves.

Well, I'm no, I'm going for good books here, we'd each say ourselves.

Because I feel like there's certain times that you are very stubborn.

If I want to do something and you're.

Saying no, I'm not, just proves it, Yes I am.

So I feel like, yeah, stubborn McGee over here like to have a say, but I yeah, I just.

Got an nickname for the podcast.

Yeah, I would say in different areas of the house for sure, Like in different you know, I think sometimes I pull rank and just like I'm pulling rank, it means nothing, but I think it means something and that's probably about it, and I just do it anyway.

But yeah, I'm pretty stubborn.

Yeah, I feel like from an outsider's perspective, and obviously I spent a lot of time with Ash, we don't have the pleasure April spending a huge amount of time with each other.

But I feel like the pants are shared.

Yeah, I feel like there's no like, yeah, look, there's certain things that I wouldn't cross her for sure, but there's go on no, But yeah, I would agree with April.

I think I'm pretty stubborn.

Yeah.

From Charlotte, she wants to know, what is the dumbest argument you guys have ever had of a parenting Oh, I'm all for an argument.

Well, I feel like we're pretty good these days.

We like to I'll be like, lower your voice, let's talk.

But back in the day, I think like one of the dumbest things would be with probably like when Oscar was like brand newborn six weeks old, would blame each other about his bad traits from you, that's from you.

Six weeks old.

Vividly, I vividly remember I said once dumb.

I said that, I was like, how many coffees did you have today because he wouldn't sleep and she was breastfeeding and she had, like to be fair, she would only have one.

But I said that and she said, no, no, no, this is it true.

Yeah, but she said no, no, no, this is from your shit genetics.

But very mind we were both very sleep deprived.

In the post part of Yeah, it was a.

Really tough we know, it's like the trenches, as you would say.

So I think after that it was pretty much like, oh that happened because we were both so tired.

It wasn't like a serious wasn't.

It was an argument?

And I think that's the dumbest argument.

Yeah, that's got to be up there.

Yeah, is it like toned?

Do you guys have you know, like if you asked for something and you go, I don't know where it is?

Is that that you guys off?

No?

I think April whuld she she'll just like overly clean the house that she wouldn't thinks that she wouldn't usually do when she's got the ships, and I can pick up on it.

I'm like, look at you go like and I'll point it out.

But I think I'm pretty I'm pretty moody.

I'm pretty Yeah, up and down, so like, oh, I can tell, So I'll be the first admit that.

Yeah, sometimes my tone and my attitude can can set April off.

But sometimes she'll know and she'll she'll be like like yesterday when I, yes, I wasn't in the afternoon, I was not in a good mood.

I think my meds just made me crash yesterday and April do you want to talk?

Like she knew, and she like, do you want to talk about that?

Not really?

And she just left it And that was smart because I think there wasn't anything wrong.

That's a trick question, like when Laura's like, do you want to talk about it?

And I'm like, it's gonna make it more of an argument.

Because there wasn't anything.

It was just I could not get out of this and I didn't know there was nothing about it, and I think it was it was just meds.

Sometimes I think I'm gonna get picks, obviously, but sometimes you just sorry.

Sometimes you just getting a grubby mood.

Me like last weekend, I was just in a shitty mood.

You can't be happy all the time.

You've got to balance it out at some point, like you, I mean, you've got to like, you got to have the loads to appreciate the highest form that you go.

Put it on T shirt, write it down, Write that down to him.

No, okay, last time I was grumpy, Laura was like, can you just cheer up?

Okay, you've been grumpy all day.

I'm like, I got like a ship coffee and I was like, coffee is not very good.

Sorry, it's equivalent.

It's equivalent to when like we as men go we relaxed, and it's like, oh fuck, And look I have said that a bunch of times, and it's mainly because it's just my personality to be a cheeky ship and I think like that's the equivalent of that.

Yeah, next question, this might start an argument, Oh what what would be your pet peeve about Ash?

Don't have one.

Your pet peeve?

No, you're okay.

I think I've got two.

It's very minor, like it's just annoying things.

You're someone who will not replace the toilet roll?

Is that a pet peeve?

Bullshit?

That's a lie.

Well, there's the stubborness we spoke about earlier.

I feel attacked.

No, okay, do you know what it is?

You don't?

So if you take the last roll out because I stack fresh ones in the cupboard in the bathroom ready to quickly.

You know, you stuck on toilet.

There's no whip one out.

You're very much won't replace the pile.

I won't replace the replacements.

Yes, I feel like there's always two people in every household, like Laura is.

I feel like I'm attacking Laura.

But Laura will just put the new one on top of the empty one.

Infuriating, right, Yeah, is that one of those one you gonna like pinch both sides to get it off or is it just slide on, slide off that, Laura, Come on.

And then your other one is, which I appreciate you taking the garbage out, but then I go to put garbage back in and the bags.

I thought it's something sloppy, and you've and you're like, I've got to fucking clean out the empty bucket.

I'm going to say that I thought that I would take it, you would replenish it.

That's how I thought.

Maybe just tell me next time, communicate it.

When you don't leave it, it's going to be real heated.

No, it's not that's fair.

I think that if that's all, that's wrong with me.

I'm fine with that.

I don't know if I can ask this question?

Love it, go for it?

But has I asked bort you and your lingerie?

No one asks that.

You're asking?

How dare I have any interest in a hobby?

God?

What's considered lately?

Bring it out.

Within the year?

How long ago?

There?

I have to stop myself from buying more, and that's a problem I've got.

Yeah, I definitely got more lauderie than days of the week.

Nice, there you go.

I want to get into that from my relationship, getswer the questions.

Maybe Christmas.

I'll get it for Christmas.

Yeah?

Is it weird if I bout your wife?

Launder?

Right?

It makes it better?

Has ashes ADHD diagnosis change the relationship at all?

Yeah?

I think it's definitely improved it.

It's just a more understanding about how his brain works and what he does.

And then I just feel like you being on meds has completely changed your productiveness.

Really.

Yeah?

Yeah, the crash is bad, but it's not as often as what's the crashes in so like, it depends how quickly my body metabolizes it that day.

If my body metabolizes it faster than usual, and I haven't caught it.

And then it's a like, yes, say I was, like I just couldn't get out of it, Like I couldn't get out of the slump, like you think like crack addicts, they're like, oh, crack, this is amazing, and they're like, I don't have any crack left in me.

And it's like the plunge, the plummet and a lot of the time it's not that bad.

Yes, it was just I don't know what it was.

It was one of those days where I was I think I was just physically exhausted as well, just from the heat and everything over that my body metabolized it way quicker than normal, and it was obvious.

And I like, I'm not gonna side her and say it wasn't.

It was definitely obvious.

I'm much better today for now.

Nah, but most days sweet, but the production is like you know when I call you up and it's like I'm I'm on speed as it was like around the half.

Imagine that, Yeah, get shit done better.

Did Were you surprised with the diagnosis?

Not surprised, No, not at all, shock shocker.

Surprised with like the medication effect.

And was it instant or did it take a while to hard to say.

I kind of remember when you started men's I.

Don't think it was completely instant.

I think you're sort of like anything, like you've got to start with a dose, right, and it's going to be there's going to be lower than what you would need so that it's not dangerous.

And like even this morning, I had to go back and get my heart checked again today so that I can continue, because obviously it elevate your heart rate, and my family's got heart disease, artery disease, anything else to do with your heart.

So I've got to continually be checked every few months so that I don't kill myself with medication.

So I think the first little while was sort of like take taking less and then when you go for another consultant, you can you sort of they sort of break it down for you, and it's like, well, you're obviously going to metabolize it quicker, you need a high dose, and you might need something to top you up throughout the day, which I do need just because I'm quite highly strong, and you know what I mean, I'm sort of always on the move a little bit, like especially up here, So it was like I definitely needed to be topped up.

But yeah, I would say it started to get once I'd had that second sort of consultation about it started.

You could I could feel the.

Difference and also good when you're busy with work, you can just you know, dip into his stash and sash any misuse of prescriptions.

But did you have to.

What's your favorite tattoo on ash?

And what's your least favorite?

Ah?

Or favorite has to be mine?

Or surely yeah, which is one of my.

When someone gets your name on almost name a couple of letters.

Least favorite, you must have been devastated when he came back and he didn't have a full horse tattoos.

Do you have some weird sword or something?

Do you?

I think no, But I think what about the one I got in Perth?

Oh?

Yeah, the stupid one the emoji thumbs up.

I would definitely be the least favorite.

It's funny I showtoo artists and like that's cool, Like you've been around him just being.

Nice none clean, clean skin.

She's flirted with the idea of it.

Would yeah, April passes out like yeah, like she can get her nails, don't you'll pass out?

Yeah, I'm not good with pain or blood, so I feel like it's just both things.

Tatoo give both.

Yeah, when it comes to Ash, what would you say is your favorite thing about him physically and then your favorite thing about him from a personality.

Perspective physically and personality.

There you go.

Physically, I do love your tattoos.

There you go, bad boy.

I do because you guys first got together.

He would have had hardly end.

Too, and I love them at the time, like, oh, this guy's got tattoos, like twenty year old tattoos.

One you've already covered up.

Yeah, Mason wanted the Princess Mermaids, so I covered at and then the other one I've still got, which is horrid.

Because I thought that was really cool at the time.

At a time at the time, this is all good.

Yeah, everyone's got one now.

And personality.

I do love that you are very impulse person because I'm not.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's a real case of opposites attracting very much.

So yeah, if we were both like that, nothing to get done me procrastinator, Yeah, just a planner or a procrastinator like April will not buy herself things even though she had.

She deserves that for herself and I'll just buy it and she'll be like, oh, I'll be like, well, you weren't going to do it, so I'm going to do is how I made the offer before even left the inspection.

You didn't know that.

Yeah.

If it wasn't for him, we probably wouldn't have.

Yeah.

I just said how much, how much?

How much?

How much is going to cost me to own this house?

And then when I left, I said, oh, I'm going to make an offer.

But I already made the offer.

Oh I know.

He was like, I'm going to make it work, don't worry.

And here I love that.

Thank you.

Why are you going to wreck.

Coming out tonight?

Mine is Ash's been very open and honest about some of the struggles that he's had with his parenting in the past.

From your perspective, you obviously get to see it day and day out.

How do you think he's going as a dad?

I think you're very hard on yourself because I feel like you are literally like holding You're the glue for the family.

You hold us together.

You're the backbone, You're the you are the impulse person.

So if like stuff needs to get done, you do it when you're not around.

And I'm solo parenting.

I'm way more stressed because the kids don't listen to me, and listen to you.

No, I think you're doing amazing and I appreciate everything you do.

Thank you, I do.

I am very hard on myself.

I'm always thinking of like different ways to do things instead of just I'm so sick of yelling at my kids.

Man, I'm so sick of it, and admit it makes me sad, you know.

And I've said that to the kids.

I said, I hate that every time I need something done, I've got to yell because then when it's done and you guys aren't here, it's sad for me.

So yeah, I'm pretty hard on myself because I want to be able to do things differently.

But you know, you know what it's like.

It's like sometimes you just need to get it.

It needs to needs to be done, so you've got to, you know, pull out the old voice, praise for it, and yeah, it does.

It does hit me harder than people think that.

I feel like I remind you as well.

I'm like, we're not the only ones yelling at our kids.

It's fine, Like it's fine.

Oh yeah, yeah, And I just I just hate.

I just hate it, man, like I used to be.

Like I sometimes it's a bit of a reset for yourself as well.

Yeah, Like I like a week of general parenting and I was like doing great then this morning.

Yeah, and that's it.

Like I've started to apologize for a sort of like yelling, just so that I don't feel as bad about it because I was just feeling horrible.

So yeah, how do you think April is doing?

Is a mum amazing.

She's so kind hearted, she's always thoughtful.

The kids a latch onto her.

They always bypassed me to ask mum for something because they're going to get Mum's soft touch and just doing an amazing job.

The ying and the yang.

What a match made and head I know.

April, thank you for jumping on.

Thanks Vibe, I've wanted you on for such a long time.

Show me the receipts, April.

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