Once a month I take out one of the girls on their own - well, usually on their owm. Emily chose to take her school friend, Amy, with her this time. We got quite a shock when we got up because the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow! In April! Yes, I know it snowed at Easter and that was only a couple of weeks ago but that didn't settle here and it's been so warm and sunny over the last few days.
We went out anyway - takes more than a bit of snow to keep us in and we had the extra fun of being able to make snowmen and a great excuse to go for hot chocolate (as if we actually need an excuse).
The trip was to the Natural history Museum branch in Tring. I've never been there before but it's well sorth a visit. There are six galleries full of all sorts of animal specimens: mammals, fish, butterflies, birds. The girls got to meet a polar bear, ten penguins and a lot of sharks (amongst other things)!
There's a selection of quiz sheets for kids of different ages which get you actually looking at the information that is there rather than just wandering aimlessly. There was also a great dressing up kit with lots of Victorian clothes in all sorts of sizes and a special Discovery Room to find out lots of intreresting facts about your own body. I had a great time and I think that the kids did too :)
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