The Wheels on the bus

Measuring how tall we are compared to the bus wheel

Playing with mirrors on the bus

Having a go at Morse Code

Paper folding at the print workshop

After much lego making, some origami (areoplane making), colouring and sticking we ventured out to Amberley Museum today. It was Pumpkin's choice as he specifically asked to go on a bus ride. I had to think about the logistics as taking a buggy on the bus is not possible and where do you put bags when you don't take a buggy? So, we lunched in the car and then reduced stuff to one bag and put Plum in the sling. It worked out very well. For one frightening moment I thought the bus wasn't running as when we arrived there was a sign up saying the train wasn't in operation today and I only half read it as we passed by and I had a heart fluttering moment, but all was well. 

Bean and Pumpkin enjoyed playing with the water pumps again and Pumpkin made me read the information on it. 

The bus ride was great and being the only people on it the conductor came and sat with us and told us all about the bus we were riding on. Bean was very keen to tell daddy that it was the bus was the same age as mummy and very old (thanks Bean!) The conductor also let the boys stamp their own ticket. I'm always grateful for others that engage with the smalls.

Bean's choice of activity was to visit the pottery. So after walking around the train shed and exhibition we went to the pottery, stopping at the brick making building as we passed. Bean was keen to make something but had his heart set on a jug and after a few attempts and fails he became a bit disheartened and asked me to do it so we sat together and I made it under instruction. Pumpkin declined to make anything.

We stopped off in the communications building and finally worked out how to use the exchange (mostly thanks to the new and comprehensive instructions) and had lots of fun phoning each other.

After a return bus journey to the entrance we stopped by the print shop, as it had been closed for lunch when we arrived, and for the first time a volunteer recognised Pumpkin's name (the normal response is 'oh that's unusual. We probably don't have that one') and our day ended in much the same way as it had begun- with origami, this time it was a hat.