Butlins!!!

Just come back from a fantastic week at Skegness Butlins.  Jamie and Lucy had a wonderful week.  The grown ups? Well, its not about us anymore is it? We were shattered and my back may never recover from the state of the beds!!  

The swimming pool (Splash Waterworld) was full of excitement.  Jamie took a while to get used to it, but loved the crocodile and the turtle in the small wave pool.  Mummy even went on the big slides!!  Jamie and Lucy loved BobsVille as we called it with the Bob the Builder rides, the fairground, the amusements and their first time Bowling (Daddy still very upset as Jamie beat him!)  We had a couple of trips into Skegness and went to the Seal Sanctuary which they both loved. 

 

The only drawback with Butlins is the amount of large characters that wander around - people dressed up.  The first time I saw Billy Bear, I did not have time to turn around before Jamie was out of the Skyline Pavilion and into the arms of a RedCoat.   'Billy Bear?' she said.  And one breakfast was nearly ruined after Jamie came face to face with the Butlins big green dinosaur.  This made it difficult to watch a lot of the shows.  Jamie didn't know what to make of a life sized Fireman Sam and Norman.  I have spoken to a few people about Jamie's 'phobia' and it seems it is not uncommon.  However, I have yet to find a girl with the same phobia.  Lucy loved all the shows and on the last night we did get Jamie to sit down at the back and watch the Halloween Spooktacular.  He was drawn in by the music and even announced This is ABBA during Mummy, Mummy, Mummy.

 

The highlight for Jamie I think was seeing I Can Cook Katy in the flesh.  She did two shows while we were there and we were lucky enough to get tickets.  When we arrived we ended up sitting towards the back but still had a good view.  Both Jamie and Lucy wanted to go on the stage with her but I think both were too young.  (It was amazing how many older children were there seeing as how we went during the school term!).  It was a good job Jamie didn't go on the stage as there was another character - SALT - which seemed to frighten him with her appearance! 

 

Will we do it again?  Let wait and see....  The price was very good as Dean got 40% off the brochure price.  So, for what we got it was great. And did I mention Mummy and Auntie Chrissie had a lovely morning in the Spa?   We just need to do something about Jamie's 'phobia'.