Engine Engine Number 9

When we were at the Glasgow Science Centre on my birthday, we spent some time building a model of a steam powered wheelchair from Wallace & Gromit. A little ironically it was battery powered but that wasn't important. The lady explained to us how to build it and we talked about the drive and the impact of putting different pieces on that resulted in the wheel not running centrally (a funny lumpy ride was the result!).

Anyway, a nice surprise was that we got to take the model home to finish off. Finishing it off required the cardboard wheelchair shape to be correctly folded and added. Today, Daddy and I did this. And it was no surprise why they didn't want us doing it there! It was difficult and fiddly work. However it did come together in the end and we were both extremely pleased with the quality!

Here it is ferrying some Lego minifigures across the floor:

Fireworks!

This year, for the first time, Dad bought sparklers for me for fireworks night! As usual, we headed to the fireworks display at the local cricket club and they put on a fabulous display as usual. They make a tremendous effort and charge nothing to come along and see. While waiting for the display to start I was able to enjoy my own sparklers and even share them with one of my friends!