Yesterday Baby and I were invited to meet Sid, Scrat and Diego from the Ice Age movies, when they dropped into The Oracle Shopping Centre in Reading. We invited our friends T-B and K to join us for the day. First stop for us was a quick wizz round Pri-marni, to snap up a few bargains then it was back to The Oracle to have lunch. The Oracle have done really well in providing children’s activities for half term and ‘Golf Goes Jurassic’ looks great fun.
The waterside was packed with inflatable slides, water orbs and lots more. I do hope they carry on doing things like this, so we can make the most of it when the girls are a little older.
Then it was time for the main event. We made our way across to the roped off marquee where Sid, Scrat and Diego were resting. We went to join the queue, but instead the staff ushered us through the rope to prime position at the head of the queue. We took some pictures in the sun until they were ready to come out. Baby was so full of cold, poor little thing, so we didn’t have our usual smiles.
I’m not sure the girls knew what to make of Sid, Scrat and Diego, but they did seem quite keen. We posed for photographs and The Oracle staff were so friendly, taking pictures for us and even giving me a car parking pass.
The Oracle’s kindness was extended further when they gave Baby and I a fifty pound voucher that could be used in any shop in The Oracle. I think The Oracle debit card is an amazing idea, especially as a present. I am so grateful for this generous gift. So after the meet and greet we tootled round The Oracle shopping for Baby. I got some lovely things in H&M (one of my favourite shops for Baby shopping) and also bought Baby’s friend a little outfit. Then we ventured to Zara. I have never bought Baby anything from Zara, but wow, the clothes in there are amazing! Baby now has a lovely Zara outfit and I could have spent a fortune if I had one.
So that was our day in the sun, with the stars of Ice Age and plenty of shopping bags. Our two beautiful girls were so well behaved all day, until we got caught up in stationary crash traffic on the M4, when they both went mental!. It was just the end of a long day for them both.
I would like to thank The Oracle for the opportunity to attend this meet and greet and for their generous gift of Oracle vouchers.
Disclaimer: We were gifted £50 of Oracle vouchers, but all opinions are 100% my own.
I am linking this post up with Jaime from Oliver’s Madhouse for Magic Moments, Charly from Podcast Dove for What’s The Story and Katie from MummyDaddyMe for Ordinary Moments.
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What a fantastic day out looks great
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We had a lot of fun x
oooh! how exciting – my kiddos would have loved it!
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It was lots of fun x
Looks like you had a lovely day! I’ve never watched ice age *hides face*
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You should watch it, sure Amelia would love it x
Looks like you had a lovely day out. The slides look really exciting and the golf looks like a load of fun 🙂
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There was so much for kids to do and then all the shopping for us mummies 🙂 x
You got to jump the queue – that must be the best thing of all, especially with the kids! Glad you had a fab day.
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It was amazing and a little embarrassing in equal measure. Thanks we did have fun x
Looks like it was loads of fun 🙂 #whatsthestory
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We were very lucky it was a good day x
Wow this looks like such a fun day 🙂
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It was great fun x
Oh wow it sounds like you had a great day out and much fun was had too. Great the weather is so lovely too, makes such a difference! Thanks for linking up with #whatsthestory
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Yes it was fun and you are so right the weather makes the world of difference x
Great blog post.
Love ice age a firm family favourite here
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Thanks x
Wow, looks fab, we lived just outside of Reading for 14 years and sometimes I really miss it!
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It was a fun day x
That shopping centre looks HUGE!! Lovely day out 🙂
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It is really big, perfect for lots of shopping 🙂 x
This looks like a great day out! And it sounds like you have spent your vouchers wisely. Ice Age is great, my two would have loved this 🙂
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It was lovely x
We love ice age and my two would have loved the water activities – looks like a great day x
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There was so much for kids to do x
what a fab day out!
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Yes it was x
Looks like you had so much fun 🙂
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It was a lovely day for the two BFFs! x
Looks like an amazing set up! And I love zara clothes for kids!
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I could have spent a fortune in Zara x
What great activities for the holidays. We love all the Ice Age movies so my three would have had a great time!
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The Oracle had done a brilliant to create a great space x
Oh my weren’t you lucky with the weather?! Looks like a fab day out
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Yes we were and it was fab x
what a fun day out, F loves the Ice Age characters especially Diego, so he would have LOVED this. x
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It was a really good day x
Wow my kids would’ve loved that! My twins are learning all about dinosaurs at the moment AND we love the Ice Age films! Oh AND we love Zara too lol… good choice of voucher spending 🙂
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The clothes in Zara are beautiful x
Looks like a great day out, and I love that Jurassic area
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It was fun. They had done a fab job with transforming the area x
What a lovely sunny day. My kids love this film
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We were lucky with the weather it was beautiful x
Wow that looks like a great day, our shopping centre doesn’t really do anything fun like that. I love that the weather is so nice at the moment, it makes days out even better when the sun is shining! x
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The weather does make everything better. It was such fun x
Sounds like a lovely day out. We love Ice Age too. And Zara clothes for kids are gorgeous.
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Such a fun day x
looks like you all had a great day! Shame something like that isn’t happen near me my boys love ice age
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It was lots of fun x
Oh my gosh!!! How fun!! My girls would have loved this 🙂
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We were lucky to be invited x
Looks like a brilliant day out, great photos! xx
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Thank you x
What a fun looking day out! Kitty would have imploded with joy seeing Syd the sloth!
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We had a lovely time x
looks like a fun day out! x
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We had a great time x
Aww looks like a fab day! I want to visit this but its so far from here! #WhatsTheStory
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Such a fun day x
What a fab day out! My boys would have loved that! I wish I’d known about it, totally worth the trip!
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It was a great event x
I think I enjoy shopping for my children more than I do for myself!
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Without a doubt! x
Wow what beautiful pics and a day out ! x
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Thank you it was fun x
wow i so would of loved this! it looks like you had some super fun!
thanks for linking up with #MagicMoments x
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We were very lucky to be invited x