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Twilight Christmas Experience at Colchester Zoo
16th January 2019 /

We haven’t visited Colchester Zoo for a while now. When our Zoo passes run our a few years ago we didn’t renew them. At the time Darren’s shift work meant we wouldn’t be able to use them as much as we wanted to. When I got the email about the Twilight Christmas Experience at Colchester Zoo I knew I wanted to take the children to the event. It mentioned viewing the Christmas lights on the land train. Ethan loves Christmas lights so I knew he would enjoy it. Having visited Santas grotto at Colchester Zoo numerous times and taking Ethan to the breakfast with Santa event. I knew we wouldn’t…
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The Christmas Spectacular Show REVIEW
22nd December 2018 /

On Thursday we had an invite to see Alex Morley’s The Christmas Spectacular Show at Stonham Barns in Suffolk. If you are looking for a Christmas show for all the family and a panto just isn’t for you. You will be mad to miss this Christmas spectacular! The Christmas Spectacular Show Alex Morley’s Christmas production is full of magic, singing, dancing, acrobatics, and humor. It really is an amazing show for all the family. Captivating our children throughout the whole 90-minute performance. Considering Ethan has autism and finds it hard to sit still the cast captured his attention. He didn’t move once and engaged with everything. Even laughing at the…
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The Christmas Spectacular Show at Stonham Barns Suffolk
20th December 2018 /

Stonham Barns in Suffolk have invited us to see their new Christmas show The Christmas Spectacular today. Stonham Barns have created a brand new theatre in the heart of Suffolk. This purpose-built theatre creates a 200-seat venue to showcase regular Stonham Barns performer Alex Morley’s shows throughout the year. The Christmas Spectacular Show will feature hits from Hollywood hit The Greatest Showman, Viktoria Murtinova a Slovak aerial artist, feel good Christmas hits, dance routines and mind blowing magic illusions. Alex Morley stages his biggest show so far with this Christmas Spectacular. It features a fully professional cast of singers, dancers, and variety acts. Including circus performer Viktoria Murtinova a classically…
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Colchester Pumpkin Patch Foxes Farm 2018
22nd October 2018 /

We first discovered the Colchester Pumpkin Patch in 2016. It was the first time we visited Foxes Farm and the children really enjoyed it. We visited last year too just before our adventure to Disney World. The bad weather put us off visiting last weekend. We decided to visit this weekend and the weather was amazing. There were some changes to the Pumpkin Patch this year. To enter the corn maze you now have to pay £3.00. I’m guessing this is the price per person. We didn’t worry about going in the maze so didn’t pay this fee. There were food stalls there this year which is what is was…
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Visiting The Gruffalo Trail At Thorndon Country Park
18th September 2018 /

Before Little E started school she was set some summer holiday homework. This term they will be reading the book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. The homework set was to go on your own hunt to share your experience with your new friends. We decided to take her to the Gruffalo trail at Thorndon Country Park as we knew both children would enjoy it. We have visited the Gruffalo trail a few times but we knew Little E would be too young to remember those trips. Our Visit To The Gruffalo Trail We visited Thorndon Country Park on a Sunday afternoon. Since our last visit the…
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