Thursday 8 October 2009

School Holidays So Far!

Well, we have had a busy 2 weeks. I think I would be happy if we had 3 weeks holidays at this time of year. The first week went so quickly that we have only just go into holiday mode. 


We have been to the zoo, AQWA (the aquarium) & today we went to the Fremantle Maritime Museum of Shipwrecks. I am fairly sure this is what they have enjoyed the most - which is great because it was the CHEAPEST by a long shot  Smileys


They had some excellent holiday activities there. We made some pirate kites (which took FOREVER) & then we received a treasure map which we had to follow all around the museum & collect the clues at each stage so we could reach the next.

Master 4 loved seeing the old swords, daggers & cutlasses. He was not very impressed when he found he couldnt take them out of their glass cabinets. Miss 5 loved looking at all the old coins. She found it hard to comprehend the age of them (nearly 400 years old). She kept asking "how old is that"? Miss 8 was very impressed with the treasure hunt & finding all the clues. I was mostly impressed by the part of the shipwreck they had in the museum. It was only the bow, but it was enormous. They also had some cannons lying around the place, another thing Master 4 loved. Perhaps he was a seaman in a previous life?


Then lunch at Fishing Boat Harbour, icecream at Baskin Robbins & home for a cocktail & a lie down. 


A very fine day in The Dixon House

1 comment:

sibylle said...

sounds like a great day :) Glad you enjoyed the Maritime Museum!
We need to catch up...xox