It’s that time of year again where the kids are bringing the Christmas lunch booking letters home from school and you are booking your tickets for their nativity performance. You’re keeping an eye out for the best Christmas jumpers in preparation for the Christmas Jumper Day, and stockpiling stocking fillers ready for Santa to deliver …
A week or so ago we picked up one of Georgie’s best friends, Lily, and took her for a day out at Warwick Castle with us, to check out what they have on offer for the Christmas season. It was a really lovely day out and thankfully the weather was (mostly) kind to us, letting us explore the castle and grounds to our hearts content.
A couple of weekends ago we visited the Blithbury Reindeer Lodge to try out their ‘Christmas Lapland Experience’ with the children. The girls were really excited to see and feed the “real live reindeer” and that was definitely the highlight of our visit.
We recently popped into town and, while we were there, headed into House of Fraser to visit their in-store grotto, which has been running each Christmas at the store for quite a few years now.
Last weekend we spent a morning enjoying some time at one of the kids’ favourite places, the Birmingham Sea Life Centre, which is currently looking pretty festive for their Christmas event! You can visit Santa in his grotto (included in the standard ticket price) and enjoy a Christmas film in the 4D cinema.
At the weekend we headed down the road to visit Cadbury World to check out what they have on offer this year for their Christmas Celebration Weekends. The girls really enjoy visiting Cadbury World – especially the chocolate making area!
One thing that the children look forward to and really enjoy each winter is going to visit Santa – or his ‘helpers’ at least – and taking part in as many of the festive activities in the West Midlands we can manage. Where we live there are plenty of places to go and see Father …
Last week we were invited along to check out the launch event of SnowDome’s festive offering; Santa’s Winter Wonderland. With real snow to play in, a show to entertain you, and real life reindeer to meet, it was a great way to spend an evening.
So, I have this issue about the “stocking fillers” category on shopping sites, and I get irrationally angry about it. I happily browse the internet for ideas of what to buy in the lead up to Christmas, and click on the stocking fillers link, only to find a bunch of stuff that is WAY TOO …
As Sea Life ambassadors, we always try to fit in a trip to visit Santa Claus while he is at the Birmingham Sea Life Centre, and earlier this month we headed to the centre to check out their 2017 grotto.
