Straight Outta Compton
Is there somewhere really close to where you live or that you regularly pass on frequent journeys you make about which you often say "we really should stop and go in there?"
For me, in my London daze it was Tower Bridge. I drove over it daily for years before ever properly exploring inside.
Well, today we have been to Watts Gallery in Compton. One of the places on our 2012 check list that we travel past regularly on our way to my parents house. We set off just after lunch, and had a very pleasant couple of hours looking around. S, 7, leans far more towards Victorian art than I do and, as she is the one being home educated....... She really enjoyed the alabaster Medusa head, the bust of Apollo's wife; did some fabulous detective work matching up a dress in a cabinet to the outfit worn in a portrait on the wall and last, but by no means least, was the fabulous Losely farm ice cream :)
A kind guide gave us too children's packs which were well thought out with a wooden clipboard to lean on and containing top quality lyra coloured pencils. This activities relates to the portrait room packed with Victorian heros and asking you to complete your own hall of fame. I was flattered to be included.
E enjoyed Medusa too but he is not a fan of dark galleries, just about persuaded him to walk in further to see the large horse sculpture and he caught site of a, rather spooky looking, head of Christ with a garland of giant cocktail sticks around his head and wouldn't go any further. The fabulous thing about today was that it really didn't matter. He and I did the outside activity trial looking for the: sun dial, weather vane and pottery area whilst Grandma shadowed S (and rather enjoyed the gallery too) and O and Grandie well, they snoozed and siesta in the glorious sunshine. We are very fortunate to have such great support.
In Other News
One more sleep til The Daddy One returns home! Managing excitement is, in someways, trickier than might first appear and we have had a few temperament wobbles today.
last night S, 7, asked me what a "Snaggle tooth" was - I had no idea so we looked it up together. Then, later, when I was reading a dinosaur bit to Et there was mention of the Sussex iguana don skeleton that was found 15 or so miles from our house.
The fabulous black and red fruit 70th birthday cake in yesterday's photos is to have its candles lit a second time at a party on Saturday so it was left in Grandma's capable hands. Just before sleeping S came out of her room and said "I am too tempted by the cake, I had to come away because I was scared I was going to eat the icing bit." I was SOOO impressed. Such maturity in one so young.
Home to find the final Jane Blonde book on the door mat. That's literacy hour (or two) covered then
Another blistering blue sky March day. Bonkers weather but I'm not complaining. Might have to head to the allotment after supper. We went to another park later on yesterday. Great to have that "third summer leg" back to the day.
Straight Outta Compton
4 comments:
Didn't realize y'all were in the L.A. area. Now I gotta go listen to some N.W.A.
Straight up gangsta, yo!
I didn't really explain the song connection today - I allow myself 15 minutes to blog and sometimes the seconds expire too sound.
Yes, regular readers know I love my hip hop - Don't listen to it so much now - being the parental part of the advisory and all but The Daddy One and I often joke that a seriously affluent home counties suburb close to rapid train lines and road to London (i.e pricey houses) shares it name with somewhere very very different across the pond. :)
I meant 2 packs not too!
Have noticed several typos in this post. Sorry. As I've said before if I wasn't home educating 3 smalls I could produce a great home ed blog of resource. I forgot too that S, 7, did some brilliant parchment craft this morning and that the wild reading habit has filtered down to 0 2 who spotted his letter and sisters letter in the word SLOW on the road!!
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