National Museum of Scotland

It was the first day of the summer holidays for Daddy today. After my last swimming lesson we came home and then got the train into Edinburgh and visited the National Museum. A lot of it is closed for refurbishment but when it opens it should have some dinosaurs - I can't wait for that! But we were actually here to see the Lewis Chessmen.

They have a large chess set in the foyer when you go in, I was playing a game against Daddy when another boy wanted to play so Mummy, Daddy and me played against him. He was good but we beat him!




We eventually found the Lewis Chessmen and I was really amazed by them. They are so cool. They're made from walrus tusks and some of them are whale teeth. I'd like a set of chess pieces like these!





There was a section of the museum setup for kids with lots of things to play with. We played in that area for ages lifting ourselves with pulleys and firing rockets into the air with air pressure and seeing things glow under black-lights. It was great fun. I can't wait to visit the museum again but it really needs dinosaurs to be a real museum. Maybe Mummy and Daddy can take me to the museum in London some time...

Headstands

Today, I have mostly been doing headstands...

Linlithgow Knights

We went to Linlithgow Palace today to see the knights. This is similar to the Robert the Bruce day we go to at Dunfermline but different knights and a different display. It was still very impressive and a lovely venue though.

Police

The police came knocking at the door this evening. They'd been sent to check on a disturbance in the area caused by some kids and they immediately thought they should check up on me - I've no idea why they thought that! Luckily it was one of Mummy's old work colleagues (I didn't know Mummy had been in the police force) and they let me sit in the car and switch on the blue lights!

Edinburgh Zoo

Went to Edinburgh Zoo today. It's always fun but today we went into an area we haven't been in before. It had lots of Rainbow Lorikeets and you get to buy nectar to feed them. They come and sit on your arm and eat the nectar. The nice lady told us all about the birds too.





We also saw the Sun Bears. These guys only arrived at the zoo yesterday and they were out in their enclosure exploring and showing off for us.

After seeing them we stopped at the park near the monkeys and Daddy didn't know which monkeys to take pictures of...

New Scooter!

For finishing primary one and not getting into too much trouble, Mummy and Daddy bought me this scooter. Except it was too wet to play outside on it when Daddy came home so we played with it inside instead!

Happy Anniversary

It's Granny and Grandpa's Diamond Wedding anniversary this week and all the family got together today for an awesome lunch to celebrate. Mummy and Daddy told me that there was no food for me and I would have to share some of theirs but I sat with Auntie Carol and she gave me plenty of her excellent food! And then they gave me food of my own anyway!

Uncle Dave made some paper aeroplanes and between courses I was able to fly them around the place. Luckily there weren't very many other people having lunch!

Happy Anniversary Granny and Grandpa!