More Tudoring

with a bit of diversions to Vile Victorians and Egyptian Excavations (plus completely non-historical "Dogs" session at local animal sanctuary)

Vile Victorians was good, particularly the 3D Tay Bridge disaster with girders flying out at us. We were in the front row so very immediate.

We had pizza beforehand, followed by hot chocolate in a coffee and ice-cream lounge just across from the theatre, which had the most outrageous menu of 40 or so different ice-cream desserts you could order, so we spent a bit of time choosing our 3 favourite and comparing notes on what we would have, though not actually having any. We noticed that alcohol in the ingredients upped the price significantly.

The show was much enjoyed, as Terrible Tudors had been the day before.

As well as the usual things, in the week after that, we also had Tudor-themed Livewires, which went well, with excellent activities in areas such as Tudor food, heraldry, Tudor language/words/slang (mine), Tudor clothing. A parent who is an actor did a good turn as Master Will Kempe. A really good session, that group is working really well.

On Tuesday we went to Raystede, local animal sanctuary, for a dog-themed day, which was fun. The children made treats for the dogs in the morning (stinky!) and did a bit of training/playing with one dog, plus feeding the treats to the other dogs later. Then a session where they all got to do different bits of grooming of a very amiable, patient dog, and learned about what is needed to look after dogs properly. Plus picnic and play area time and it was another good day.

Friday we headed up to The British Museum for an excellent Egyptian Excavations workshop, with artefact handling, learning about archaeology and considering how decisions are made about which items to show in the museum. Afterwards we had a good wander through a few galleries, then headed back on the train all together as a rather riotous group.

Apart from that, our usual Monday group and Weds Forest School and Chatterbooks, plus Thurs play at friends after Livewires, made for a busy happy week.

The weekend was quiet, we watched Tintin, which I thought was quite good, better than I'd expected.

Today, back to Monday group, where Freya and her friend started making a magazine. Coming home, Freya went ahead with my key, which she does quite often now. She also wrote 2 letters, one to her grandma Jo and one to her friend and went out alone to post them. Then she and J cooked pasta together and now she is out enjoying the late daylight, on swing and trampoline.

We are now through our very busy March time, and I'm looking forward to a slightly slower pace of life, with more time for proper chats and maybe walks and geocaching, etc.