Off to see Santa (at Willows Farm) - 20 Dec

The last weekend before Chritmas! Finally the whole Warren fam are all free from flu and ready for some Xmas cheer. So we decided what better than to go see Santa at his grotto!
Boo has actually seen Father Christmas 4 times already so plus this time it will be 5 - Lucky girl!
We decided that the Santa Grotto at Willows Farm is the best choice - close-by, free (except for Boo 'coz she will be getting a pressie from Santa), and they have a great in-door playcentre.

We went about 10am but there were already lots and lots of cars there. So Daddy was getting bit grumpy 'coz he thought there will be a long queue. But surprisingly, the queue wasn't half as bad. They have a lovely winter wonderland, so we were able to take some photos and look at the decorations while waiting.


Boo and Moo waiting in the queue. Lucky Moo gets to sit in his cosy pushchair while Boo has to walk!

Boo is getting v good at posing in front of the camera!

She also loves the Xmas decorations.

Slightly grumpy Daddy - 'coz he's cold! And he's the native!! What about me??!!?? I'm not used to this silly cold weather! Singapore is hot all the time!

I realised most of the photos in the blog are Boo's so I'm making a big effort to take more of Moo's now!

Me and my 2 BEAUTIFUL kids!

It is a really good Santa grotto!

Santa was very friendly and took time to speak to Boo and ask her what she would like for Xmas - and she gave her whole list!!

And we has some great photos (taken by their photographer of course) with Santa.

Most importantly, we got to choose our own gift from the toy warehouse - Boo picked a PINK fluffy bag with ballet slippers on it.

Overall, a very good experience! Will go again next year!

Next we went to the in-door playcentre at the Farm 'coz it's too cold outside!

Moogie on the tractor!

I really like the jumper Moo has on - it has an orange monster on it with headphones on and it says - Not Listening. Daddy says it looks like Moo and from now on, he's going to call Moo, Fungy (why I don't know??!!??)

Moogie with the ball-balls!

High-Five!

Boo coming down the slide!

Moogie really loves the slide and the 2-4yr olds area. He crawled so fast around that mummy was out of breathe chasing him.

Finally, a sit-down! Lunch time.

A great day out!

And we went back to Willows Farm again that Sunday - 'coz we promised Boo to take her on the merry-go-round and Tristan the Tractor.

It's great to be their members - hee hee :P

Merry Merry Belated Xmas!

Can I say I hate Christmas?

ok, maybe I don't hate Christmas
but i certainly don't like it very much as a mummy...

sooo many things to do!
pressies to buy, pressies to wrap.
the ones for the kids are easy enough to get but the ones for the adults!!!
and have to make sure there is enough food and everyone's happy...

Stayed up last night just to wrap all the pressies for the kids at Lesley in advance of their Christmas party tomorrow - soooo tired!

Do you think its worth all of it?

Father Xmas came to Boo's school today

ooh! exciting day today!
Father Christmas is coming to Boo's nursery today!

Mummy managed to pull a WFH (Work from Home) day so that she can take her precious princess Boo to school to meet Father Christmas. And Mummy's really glad I did it coz Boo really enjoyed herself. I think this is the only Santa that she thinks is lovely and not scared of at all. When Santa called her name for her turn to get her pressie, I thought she wouldn't get up but she did and walked all the way from the back to the front to get her pressie which she promptly opened.

Before Santa came, the kids all sat in a circle and sang Carols for the mummies and daddies who came. Boo mostly just sat and pulled funny faces at me.

Oh and stole my mince pie to eat somemore!

Look at all the mummies and daddies who came!

Sitting down to wait for Father Christmas to arrive - all v v excited!

Here he is!!

Here's Boo and Sue (her key worker)

Boo going up to get her pressie from Father Christmas, all by herself (ok, with help from pillow)

She is v pleased with her gift and meeting Father Christmas.

I then took her back to Lesley and went home.

Mummy's got 2 conference calls in the afternoon!!!

Day we went to buy our Xmas Tree

Here's the Famous Warren Family Christmas Tree!

Actually the Daddy went out early in the morning to get the tree first, then brought us back to the garden centre to see the lovely Xmas decorations. The theme is "12 Days of Christmas".

I think this is "8 maids a-milking"

"3 geese a-laying"

"9 Ladies dancing"

What's Boo looking at?

Oh... its "10 Lords a-leaping"

"12 Drummers drumming"

Lastly, a singing Santa!

Boo loves him 'coz you press a button and he sings like Elvis!