a meetup

The girls and I visited the People's History Museum in Manchester today.  It was an event organised by blogs up north, a group of very lovely blogging Mums.  

The girls where very well behaved in the car.  What should have taken 45 mins ended up taking 2 hours, but I was very proud of my girls.  My youngest slept the whole way and my eldest and I played 'I spy' and sang lots of songs.  Even when we entered Manchester and got very badly lost, mainly down to road closures, the girls behaved.  So we arrived a little bit late, something I always hate doing, especially when I left with plenty of time.

The People's History Museum is a very interactive hands on museum, the kind of museum I like as I believe children learn best though play.  My eldest was given a bee back pack which contained some 'I spy' cards.  These were great for spotting different things as we walked around.  We pretended to be like 'Mr.Tumble' as he always has a picture of an item he has to find.  My youngest took a shine to the magnifying glass in there and my eldest loved the binoculars

there you areI spy

Scattered around the museum are various boxes which contain items relating to a person in history.  This gives you the chance to dress up and have a bit of fun learning about people history.

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The girls had a lot of fun exploring the museum and I enjoyed meeting in person some lovely blogging mums.

The journey home took an impressive 3 and half hours due to several accidents and traffic works but the girls had had so much fun they slept the whole time

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This day I love a meetup. 

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14 comments

  1. Oh no! I can't believe it took you do long to get home! Still, it was lovely to meet you to.

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  2. What an awful journey. Was great to meet you and the girls and look forward to meeting you again soon.

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  3. Awww, glad you all had a good time - despite the roadworks and accidents! Hopefully next time I'll be able to join you - I couldn't come this week because we had half term last week...

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    Anne
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