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The weekend before Christmas, we went to stay at Butlins for their final Christmas weekend extravaganza. We all had a great time, although the weather wasn’t great as usual, and this time, we stayed in a caravan instead of an apartment. This made it even more exciting for everyone!

Before we even got there though, we had an interesting trip in the car, as a pheasant decided to run out in front of the car and get hit! It was only a small thing but it made a massive thud and actually took the tow bar cover off the front side of the car! So we have to get another one of those now. As for the pheasant, we couldn’t see it when we looked behind us but I don’t think it would have made it.

Anyway, when we got to Butlins we had a great time. The caravan was really nice and had plenty of room. Ben and Aaron had their own room, Coby had another and myself and Kelly had the other. The caravan even had two bathrooms and an area outside to sit down and relax (although we obviously couldn’t do this as it was wet, windy, cold and the middle of December!). In the Summer months, I could imagine it being very nice there though!

We saw lots of shows over the weekend, including a Pantomime called ‘Aladdin Rocks’, Christmas Is Magic show, Scooby Doo, a band called Boomin who were amazing, The Skyline Gang (on several occasions!), the Skyline Snowstorm, SuperSlam Wrestling where the main even was a ladder match for the Butlins Championship, Queen Rocks and A Tribute to One Direction. I think that was about it! Kelly, Ben and Aaron also had a go at Ice Skating but were very disappointed as it wasn’t really ice, but slippy plastic which wasn’t even very slippy! They had a bit of fun though! We also went to see Father Christmas who did a little show in a blow up bauble outside in the Fairground and the boys got to meet him and have their photo taken with him (see below). They were very happy and Coby seemed to love it! They all got a little box of chocolate Reindeers from him, so they started scoffing those as soon as we had left the bauble. We also had good fun in Bob The Builders playground where the boys went on numerous rides, in the arcade and outside in the newly refurbished Fairground.  On the Saturday morning, we went Swimming which was great. As Ben can now mostly swim, he was able to go around the river section without me holding on to him and I think he really enjoyed being independent like this. Aaron is also learning to swim but hasn’t got the hang of it yet, so Kelly and I took him around with us. He was a bit wary of the guns shooting water at you but enjoyed it as well. Coby preferred to play in the little toddler pool that had a slide in! 😉 We also went to a craft session where we made Christmas Lanterns with the boys. This was a nightmare for myself and Kelly as we practically had to make them for Ben and Aaron whilst Coby was being very naughty and running around the room! In fact, Coby was quite naughty for the entire weekend really! Each show we went to, he wouldn’t sit still and watch, he was running around and running off, so Kelly and I were constantly chasing after him, so we couldn’t really relax. He was so bad during the Scooby Doo show that Kelly missed it all! Hopefully next time we go, he will be that little bit older and will just sit and watch the shows so we can all enjoy them properly!

Food-wise, Kelly had made pasties to bring with us and we also brought some pizzas as the caravan had a fully equipped kitchen. Other than that, we went to the pub for lunch on the Saturday and the new American Diner on Sunday where we had a massive burger which was very nice! In the Diner, the waiters and waitresses occasionally stopped and sang a song, like it used to be in America in the 1950’s. It was quite different but enjoyable!

So all in all, we had a great time at Butlins once again, but it just went so quickly! It would have been easier and more relaxing for myself and Kelly if Coby had behaved himself during the shows, but he is only a little toddler so we couldn’t really expect him to sit still all the time.  Saying that, Ben and Aaron were very hyper and excited all weekend and had spells where they were naughty as well! All the shows we saw were great and we just had a wonderful time in the caravan and around the place. I think my favourite show of the weekend was by Boomin who put on a great performance, playing some great songs in their own style. Hopefully they are there next time we visit Butlins!

Here are some pics from our weekend at Butlins.

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Aaron had his first nativity play last week where he was a Shepherd.  He had to dress up for this and managed to have an outfit from School, so we didn’t have to make or buy anything! During the nativity he had to sing songs with the rest of the classes but he also had two lines to say which were, ‘get that fire going’ and ‘can we come in’. He said these really well albeit a tad quiet! 😉 When he was sat down not singing or saying his lines he was yawning away and having a good look around – typical Aaron! He did very well though and we are very proud!

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When we visited Endsleigh Garden Centre for their Christmas opening night, Radio Plymouth were there doing there show and they were taking pics of people to put on their website, and they choose the boys.  They were given a flag each to wave (saying Radio Plymouth) and had their photo taken, so here is that photo.

Famous Boys on Radio Plymouth website

When we went to Otter Nurseries recently, we found Santa’s Sleigh left behind for children to sit in and have photos taken of them, so that is what we did!

Santas Sleigh

It wasn’t the best Christmas ever as Coby was really ill and Ben and Aaron were ill as well. Saying that, Ben and Aaron enjoyed it all and had lots and lots of presents to open on Christmas morning. It took well into the afternoon to finish opening them all, and they had some really good presents from everyone, and Father Christmas. Unfortunately, due to them not feeling very well, they were both in bed just after 6pm, which was very early for them, especially for Christmas Day.

They both got up just after 7am and dived into their stockings, which were chock a block.  We then all went downstairs and the boys were amazed to see all the presents under the tree.  They wanted to dive in straight away but we managed to get a bit of breakfast first, and then started opening presents.  We were still going by dinner time, and they both had their Christmas Dinner, although Aaron didn’t eat it all as he isn’t found of roast dinners. Ben scoffed all of his though! Aaron preferred dessert! 😉 They both had a good play in the afternoon when all the presents were opened, with their main ones being a remote control robot Dinosaur (for Ben) and a robot Puppy (for Aaron). Aaron also got the ambulance he asked Father Christmas for! They had some more food for tea but has slowed down considerably by this time, and not long after went up to bed, tired out and not feeling very well.

All in all, we did have a nice day, but it was a shame that all the boys were ill and myself and Kelly were completely tired out after being up with Coby all Christmas Eve night.

Thanks to everyone that gave the boys cards and presents!

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