Simon Cowell is excited about his first Christmas as a father.

The music mogul will spend the festive season in Barbados with girlfriend Lauren Silverman, their 10-month-old son Eric, his ex-girlfriend Sinitta and her kids Magdalena, nine and Zac, eight, and the singer says her former lover loves being around children.

Simon Cowell and Lauren Silverman

She said: "Simon's getting excited about his first Christmas with Eric. The little one can crawl and pull himself up now and he spends all his time on all fours racing around with Simon's Yorkshire terriers Squiddly and Diddly. He thinks he's a dog!

"Simon loves sitting back and hearing all the children's laughter. It brings him such joy being around them all.

"He arranges a giant Christmas tree for the villa and Lauren will put a mountain of toys underneath. Magdalena and Zac's eyes always pop out on stalks. Last year Simon gave Zac a miniature electronic Ferrari!"

The 46-year-old star is planning to buy some educational gifts for little Eric.

She explained: "As my kids are bilingual, because our nanny is French, I'm getting Eric some French books and toys so he can learn the language too - they'll all be able to chat together and we won't know what they're saying!"

As for Simon, Sinitta thinks his ideal gift would be another child.

She added: "Simon definitely wants more kids. His ideal Christmas present might be baby number two!"

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