Sunday 30 November 2014

Soft Play and Santa

Since I last blogged, Out of Bounds has opened in Rustington.  We're very impressed.  It consists of indoor climbing, soft play and ten pin bowling.  It's the largest, newest soft play in the Worthing area.  Munchkin has been there twice so far, once with me and once with Daddy.  Although there is an area aimed at under 4's and another aimed at under 12's, we found that Munchkin was able to navigate everything by herself, which was good going as she's nearly 3 and small for her age.

The soft play is on three levels.  You enter and leave through (an apparently) child proof gate so it's all pretty secure.  There are loads of tables within the soft play area, though the cafe is outside so I'm not sure how easy it would be to negotiate the gate with a buggy and a cup of coffee. The soft play cost us £4 off peak, with no time limit.  The whole experience was a complete contrast to the soft play at Worthing Leisure Centre that I mentioned in my last blog.

Other than soft play, we've been planning for Christmas.  I can't remember the last time I'd got this much Christmas shopping done in November.  Munchkin has been very clear about what she wants for Christmas this year: Skye from Paw Patrol, an oven, a till and a Peppa Pig car.  Thankfully, I found out that my step-brother was coming over from the States at around the time she decided she wanted Skye.  Nick Jr haven't released Paw Patrol toys in the UK and I didn't really want to spend £15 + on an imported toy that costs around £6 in the US. 

Munchkin and I wrote her letter to Father Christmas today.  He will be replying via santa.co.uk.  This website enables you to generate a letter from Santa with lots of personalisation.  It costs £4.99 and a percentage goes to RSPCA.  I looked into Royal Mail, which is free but I don't think there's much personalisation and NSPCC which is £5 suggested donation.  NSPCC came highly recommended but I wasn't that impressed.  I don't just want a letter from Santa, I want something that reads like a reply to the letter we've written; santa.co.uk gives me that option.

We're off to see Santa at the Bluebell Railway next weekend.  Blog to follow...