Monopoly

I was asking Dad what his favourite boardgame is and he said Monopoly. I'd never heard of Monopoly so he described it to me. Within a couple of short minutes we were playing an imaginary game of Monopoly (and I was winning).

The next day, I made a Monopoly game myself with very little help from Mummy and that afternoon was playing it with a friend. We had so much fun!

And then that evening, Mummy told me that she'd bought a real Monopoly game! We all played and while Mummy and Daddy were trying to be a little tactical, I bought everything I could and then started putting houses on them. The game went on for a few hours (didn't finish it that night, had to finish it the next day) but Mum and Dad had no chance! I bankrupted them mercilessly! Now when I ask Dad what his favourite boardgame is, he doesn't say Monopoly...

Disneyland Paris... Again

Yay! Disneyland again! We're back from Disneyland. 5 days this time and I wish it were longer. I wish it were forever! But Mummy and Daddy think that 3 days is actually enough. They're so old.

An early flight out on Sunday morning meant getting out of bed at 3am to get to the airport on time. I at least managed a wee snooze on the bus from Charles de Gaulle to Disneyland and we were in the park by about 11am. Woohoo!


It was very cold this time. Much colder than we were expecting and no one had brought gloves or hats! We spent a lot of the first day rushing between shops so that Mummy could get herself and me some gloves and hats. More for herself than me - I'm not going to feel the cold in Disneyland! While Mummy was looking over the (rather expensive) clothing, I could play with the build-your-own Mr Potato Head!


The dance routine was great and included the Incredibles. Daddy really liked Elastigirl!




Frontier Land had become Halloween Land for the time of year and there were loads of pumpkin people there. A very good effort by Disney!




And we made sure Christopher Columbus got his photo taken too!













And then there are the rides! We can't take photos on all of them but Daddy did get a few photos on some of the more tame rides...





In this photo, you can see Daddy holding Christopher Columbus and me holding our new addition, Yoditch!


Disney's attention to detail is fab. Just being in the place is great fun.





Can you spot Mummy here?











And then there are the characters!








But all too soon it was home time again. And I got to sleep on the bus again!


And that's it for Disneyland. For a while at least. I will be too old to stay and play for free next year... So we'll need to go to Legoland instead!

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...