For the first time in our lives, we experienced a mega Christmas In The Park party yesterday. The event was held at One Tree Hill Domain, adjacent to Cornwall Park.
We had to take a 15-minute hike up a hill to the park from the car park. That was not a problem as the weather was cold but what dampened the mood a little was the drizzle. Throughout the evening, it drizzled. Everyone had to put on their hoodies. For the kids, it was a real jungle trekking adventure, made even more adventurous with the drizzle and freaking cold weather. Temperature was about 11-12C.
The kids posing with a unique looking gigantic tree at the park. It was drizzling and the tree branches were wet and slippery but the kids were not at all perturbed by the wet weather. They wanted to climb up the tree! Kids, they just wanna have fun!
Can you spot us? We were seated next to an orange tent.
Lesson learnt : buy a tent and bring really warm clothing if we ever attend such events again in a cold country.
It was also the girls’ first experience (mine too) using mobile loos and gawd, they were really narrow and squeezy inside!
The hubs bought hotdogs, nuggets, hot chocolate, coffee, fries, candy floss and a whole bunch of junk food for the kids! I just had to close both eyes and let it go since it’s a HOLIDAY and I am not supposed to pour cold water on everyone. 😀
While waiting for the show to begin, we brought the girls and their twin cousins to play at the funfair.
Going up the haunted house. In less than 2 minutes, the supposedly scary tour was over and they said “not scared at all!! It was only dark inside there!” There goes our NZD18!
Kids on the Dragon Boat ride.
We left the event early as the drizzle did not stop and boy was it freezing cold! The wind was strong and the rain water made it worst. We were all damp over all and had to hike down the hill to the car park, carrying our backpacks and 2 portable chairs. What an experience was it for all of us.
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