Christmas in the park
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Topic: Christmas in the park
Posted By: nicandtyler
Subject: Christmas in the park
Date Posted: 08 December 2010 at 3:05pm
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Has anyone been? Is it fun? I'm kinda keen to take Tyler (13 months) to the one in Auckland this weekend but will he be too young? Is it really really loud? If we go i'll take him earlyish and in the Mei Tai but still unsure if its gonna be too full on for him or not?TIA ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 08 December 2010 at 4:20pm
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Im sure I took C around the same age,actually Im sure I took her younger cos she was 6months at her first christmas then 18months at the next
....I used to go every year, first with family, then with friends (getting drunk off smirnoff in a water bottle behind the museum , yyyeeeah yah , height of coolness ) then with family again. Its noisy at first but you can just have your little picnic blanket and chill out, and then later its just singing....only thing i've always found is that its frigging hot during the day ,and cooler at night, so I always bring a change of clothes,and if you do go, make sure you bring some sort of shade, cos there is none and people don't tend to like it if you pretend to know them so you can stand under their umbrella for a few minutes...... ------------- 
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Posted By: sunnyhoney
Date Posted: 08 December 2010 at 4:35pm
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Yep, we have taken our kids (and will do this year too) quite young. It can be noisy (especially at fireworks time). Trick is to either sit quite a way back or in the middle (not right in front of the speakers). They have big screens so you don't miss anything sitting far back.
If you find it's too noisy and bub doesn't cope you can always leave or move somewhere else. The kids love it, especially if you help them dance etc. Enjoy!  ------------- Mum to: Joy Emily 1.05am 27/09/07 7lb 3oz Austin Paul 12.47pm 18/04/10 10lb 8oz |
Posted By: first
Date Posted: 08 December 2010 at 5:32pm
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YIp we've taken our son each year. The first year he just crawled around then sat in his buggy. Second year he was walking which was a little trickier but he still really loved it. Planning on going this year too.
One thing I suggest is writting your sons name on his arm so if he does happen to escape your eye the lost tent has a name to place up on the screen. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: sunnyhoney
Date Posted: 08 December 2010 at 5:37pm
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Ooo good idea First. Joy will be a houdini too if we are not careful. ------------- Mum to: Joy Emily 1.05am 27/09/07 7lb 3oz Austin Paul 12.47pm 18/04/10 10lb 8oz |
Posted By: Caronz
Date Posted: 08 December 2010 at 5:52pm
| Skip the crowds and go to the dress rehearsal on friday night |
Posted By: weeheebaby
Date Posted: 09 December 2010 at 12:12pm
Instead of writing your son's name on his arm write your cell phone number really clearly so they can call you  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nicandtyler
Date Posted: 09 December 2010 at 3:34pm
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Thanks everyone, im quite excited about it, hopefully Tyler will like it! And good idea about writing names and number on his arm, ill try keep him mainly in the mei tai and we'll try stay by the back, not too sure how Ty will cope with fireworks, hopefully he likes them too! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: first
Date Posted: 09 December 2010 at 4:31pm
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On the fire works thing you could start walking back to your car a little early so that you are further away from the fireworks when they go off and also then you wont get caught up in the hussle and bussle of everyone leaving at once.
We also showed DS some vidoes of youtube of fireworks so that he got a little bit of an understanding before he first saw them. It can be very scary to little ones as from my observations the noise is off putting but also it would appear that they can't judge that it is far away and they seem to appear scared its going to full on them. Anyways have a nice night out. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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