Christmas

All the Magic of Christmas at Weymouth SeaLife Centre

This December we were invited to be guided through Weymouth SEA LIFE Adventure Park’s festive forest by Weymouth’s jolly Elf, Bauble Jinglebell, to meet Father Christmas in his enchanting Christmas Cabin.

Father Christmas has travelled all the way from the North Pole to visit Weymouth SEA LIFE Adventure Park, where he will be residing from now until Christmas Eve, giving each child he meets a special SEA LIFE gift.

After looking around the park and seeing all our favourite sea creatures we found the reindeer stables where we waited to be greeted by Elf, Bauble Jinglebell.

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The kids stayed quiet and posed for photo’s for all of a minute before they decided it would be a good idea to have a hay fight.

It didn’t take long for the Elf to arrive and greet us in time for our 3.45pm timeslot and she introduced herself and led us through the magical forest, where she taught us a magic snow dance which made it snow.

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Playtime in the snow over, it was time to head inside to the log cabin to see Father Christmas himself, whom I have to admit is the most authentic I have seen in years.

He spoke gently, asked the kids lots questions of questions and made the two older ones believe he really does fly all over the world, teaching them about time zones and where he starts his journey.

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They each came away with a small gift, before heading back into the park for some more fishy fun.

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As our appointment was late in the day, we arrived at the park at 2pm, expecting to stay longer after we had seen Father Christmas but we were not aware that the park closed at 4pm so we didn’t get to see everything we wanted to, if you want to visit it is worth bearing this in mind.

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The kids were all disappointed that Adventure Island and the advertised Christmas Craft Zone were both closed. They had been looking forward to colouring their own Christmas tree decorations and writing their letter to Father Christmas.

If you are feeling peckish after a visit to Father Christmas Festive Fayre is serving up sumptuous hot chocolate and Christmas gingerbread or a warming mulled cider and delicious mince pies. There’s something for everyone – whether you’ve been naughty or nice!

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Tickets to see Father Christmas cost £7 per person on top of the entry price (£6 for Merlin Annual Pass holders) and can be booked here: visitsealife.com/weymouth/discover/events/meet-father-christmas-at-sea-life/

Saturday is Caption Day – 10th December 2016 #satcap

Hello and welcome to Saturday is Caption Day #satcap.

If you have not taken part before please come and join in. Simply find a funny / cheeky / captionable photo and upload it to your blog or instagram with a sentence or three about it. Then link it up with me below and visit the other people who link up and have a giggle as you come up with some humourous captions!

I run a local networking group in Bournemouth, Lemur Linkup with my friends Jackie, from Lemur Landings and Joanne, from Charliemoos and this week we had a Christmas breakfast at Sprinkles.

It is safe to say that the waffles were very impressive and Joanne could not wait to get stuck into hers.

Can you caption this:

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Travel

Travelling with a Baby

Travelling with a baby opens up all sorts of issues but it doesn’t have to be a painful experience.

I have been really lucky with my kids and they have all been good travellers, some of which is down to luck, but also good planning.

My favourite form of transport has to be the car as it is your own space, you can take all the paraphenalia you want to keep the kids entertained and you can stop for a break if you need to. We always pack toys, games, food and drink to keep the kids calm and settled on long journeys.

Travelling by plane does open up some issues and I remember being incredibly frustrated by the “no liquid” policy which ended up with Sebby’s drink and baby food being opened and tested before we were allowed through the security check, however that is a lesson learned and I always buy baby food to travel with in the terminal.

I am so lucky that Sebastian loves flying. He is so excited before we board and during take-off then the motion of the plane soon sends him to sleep.

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However it is not always quite so plain sailing and The Baby Website has joined up with Schofields Insurance to come up with 12 travel hacks to flying with a baby to help parents plan their journey’s.

Travelling by Ferry can be fun but it is best to be prepared for bad weather just in case and Sea Bands were our friend on our trip to France back in February this year.

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I have to admit that train travel is my least favourite mode of transport with a baby, mainly as it is so busy and it can be a real struggle to get on and off the train, never mind finding room on the train for the pushchair.

Do you travel with your kids, what is your top tip?

 

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