To infinity and beyond.....

Thursday was our day in london and it was spacetastic!! (okay it is a made up word but it is saturday night so I am allowed a little frivolity). After an uneventful journey (on which we stuck out like a sore thumb-afterall, you don't see many rising 5s on the morning commute) we arrived at the science museum with time to spare. We checked out our favourite french bookshop and the lamborghini garage-sad to say we didn't make a purchase in either. We ate chocolate croissants while we waited for the museum to open and we were first in. We had a quick look at sam's favorite things-stephen's rocket before heading to the gift shop so he could spend his money. At last it was time for the Imax movie and it was easy to pick out all the home ed families-for a start, the children weren't in uniform and the child to adult ratio was much lower! We got seats way up at the back, near D and her children. D is another peterborough home ed mom and it was great to meet up with her and her children. Anyway, the movie-all about the international space station, was fantastic and being in 3d made it even better. Sam was enthralled through out and kept trying to reach for things, especially the m&ms!!!!
After the movie we headed down for a workshop on rockets where the home ed children equipped themselves admirably with answering questions and volunteering. Sam was picked to help demonstrate one of newton's laws ( the first one I think). After the workshop we had time for play before heading up to space food handling. This was very interesting but sam was so shattered that he fell asleep in my lap.
We finished off the day down in the basement at the water play area. What struck me most about the day was how excited and eager the home ed children were and their energy and enthusiasm. It was nice spending time with D and her family, her children are all older than sam but they all got on really well. What her boys don't know about aircraft isn't worth writing down!

We wandered to the west end on few errands after the musuem and then headed back to kings cross. We were both pooped but had had an enjoyable day. I would definately attend more days at the musuem in the future and will investigate whether the other major museums in london do similar events.

Yesterday was quieter-normals in the morning and then time with daddy in the afternoon. He is working all weekend so it was our only chance to spend time with him. M's parents came up last night, it was the first time we had seen them since their holiday. they brought us lots of nice goodies, including the lincoln logs that sam is playing with in the photo below.

Today we went down to see M's grandmother. It was lovely to see her and sam really enjoyed spending time with her and finding out about what things were like when she was a little girl. Sam was amazed to hear that she had lived in the same area her whole life. He loves the story about nan not going into an airraid shelter because it had a big creepy bug in it. He wanted a detailed description of the bug!!!!
A contemplative drive home while sam napped. I put on whitney housten which is always a mistake because her ballads are so soppy and take me straight back to high school and college. I made me miss my mom even more and hope that where ever she is she loves sam and is happy about the way we are raising him. She would certainly approve of the fact that van gogh is his favorite aritist.

Tomorrow we must catch up on housework and do some gardening. If we don't get the bulbs in soon it will be too late.