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This pic was taken at Otter Nurseries the other day, when we were browsing the Christmas items. 😉

Christmas At Otter Nurseries

Here is a photo of Ben and Aaron with Father Christmas and one of his Elves at the Milky Way Adventure Park. They both had a good chat with him about what they wanted for Christmas and whether they had been good or not, but they were both quite shy really.  Coby didn’t want to sit next to Father Christmas at all unfortunately, as he was tired and teasy and wanted to just go and play on the indoor play equipment! Tut! They all got a little present though, so they were pleased with that.

Father Christmas @ The Milky Way Adventure Park

This Christmas was Aaron’s 5th Christmas already – where have those years gone! And this year, he (along with everyone else) wasn’t ill so he could enjoy it properly! 😉

The day started when the boys finally woke up at about 7:20 and realised it was Christmas morning, so they sprung out of bed (waking each other up in the process) and went into the hallway to see the stockings jam packed full of presents. Aaron was very excited as usual as he loves Christmas and has said on numerous occasions that he wishes it was Christmas every day! haha

Once the stockings had been dragged into our bedroom, Aaron started ripping into his presents. I think he only stopped for a few seconds when he opened a present that turned out to be chocolate, which he duly started eating! He had lots of nice stocking presents from Father Christmas that included books (Minion book was his favourite!), chocolate and sweets, clothes and some other little toys such as cars and some very large comedic glasses! He had good fun looking through it all but was very keen to go downstairs and see what Father Christmas had left under the Christmas Tree!

So once all was opened, apart from Coby’s as he was being too slow and a bit naughty, we went downstairs to find a huge mound of presents under the tree, and lots left from Father Christmas! All three of them had to be stopped from diving in as we wanted to get some breakfast first, which had to be as quick as possible.

We then started on the presents, and the first ones were from Father Christmas as they were at the front of the tree. Aaron’s main present was a remote controlled Yoshi Mario Kart which was massive and looked amazing. He was very pleased with this and, like Ben, wanted to get it out straight away, but we managed to persuade him to wait until the other presents had been opened. So he continued opening his presents in turn and he had a lot of lovely items that included a Playmobil Camper Van, clothes, a Minion Basketball Set (which was shared between him, Ben and Coby), a Minions Wii game, a brand new car shaped money box made by Great Uncle Neil, a Minion hat made by Grandma, Lego, a Spiderman game and many other goodies. He was very happy with them all, which was great!

He managed to open all his presents before Christmas Dinner was ready and then ate a good portion of his dinner (apart from the vegetables!). He even had a second helping of Turkey and scoffed his starters and afters! He ate all this even though he had been scoffing on chocolate and sweets all morning! He then spent the afternoon playing with his toys before talking to Grandma and Nan Nan on the Internet and showing them what he had been given. He was very tired by the time bedtime came around and went straight to sleep after having a wonderful, exciting Christmas Day!

Here are some pics of him on the big day,

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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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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