View Full Version : The Dawn family meets the Skywatcher family (again)
Short trippette and photos to follow once I've done the dishes and made the boy do his piano practise. :D
Skywatcher
20-04-2009, 03:35 PM
Just remember we have photos too :D
Ooooh. Interesting dynamic... war of the photos, eh?
This could be quuuuite interesting. :D :D
mumof2
20-04-2009, 03:36 PM
ooooh cool! when did that happen?
Adrian took a really cool one of us all sitting on that wall watching the ducklings. :D
Ducklings? :overhere: We LOVE ducklings!!! :9:
Skywatcher
20-04-2009, 03:44 PM
That means he's not in it , crafty swine :nono:
But he's the only one that thinks Mickey is a human in a costume.
Skywatcher
20-04-2009, 03:46 PM
:lipwobble:
WHAT???????????????
:laugh:
That Adrian has SUCH a dry wit!!!
:laugh:
Isafari
20-04-2009, 03:58 PM
Awe...I thought that by the time I'd got to the end of the posts, the photos would be here :(
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 03:59 PM
Yeah! Can't for the dueling photos! We don't need dueling dragons, we have dueling photos! :yes:
Beccaberry
20-04-2009, 04:13 PM
GET ON WITH THE PHOTOS ALREADY!!! :mental: :mental:
He can practice the piano ANYTIME!
mumof2
20-04-2009, 04:54 PM
huh. I thought with 2 pages to this thread already there must be photos here too......:unsure:
Skywatcher
20-04-2009, 04:55 PM
:lol: she'll have to start a new thread now :lol:
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 04:55 PM
Somebody start coughing up some photos as my hands are tired of hanging on to that branch. ;)
There will be a delay in the photo posting on account of the state that my husband has left our kitchen in having singularly failed to do his kitchen chores since Saturday afternoon. I'm not happy.
If anyone has any incriminating photos of Adrian - please post them.
Dizneyblonde
20-04-2009, 05:13 PM
Off to look for Adrian pics...
Keith
20-04-2009, 05:14 PM
Awe...I thought that by the time I'd got to the end of the posts, the photos would be here :(
ME TOO! what a tease
Skywatcher
20-04-2009, 05:18 PM
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OK here we go. We'd planned to get together again for a while and the last day of the Easter holidays worked so it was off to Herstmonceux Castle and Science Centre aka the Space Castle for a mini-Secrets meet.
Herstmonceux Castle has to be the worst signposted castle in the whole history of castles. And we weren't helped by the fact that Steven insisting on mapreading and holding the map upside down. We pretty much arrive on time and pull in to the entrance right behind the Family Skywatcher. :mental:
Fifty two hours later the woman in the ticket booth figures out how to work the card machine and we're off to park outside the Science Centre.
You enter through the gift shop - Disney could learn from this as the boys were immediately in raptures and started pleading for some plastic trinket or other. We were delayed slightly by Chris not understanding the instruction "SLIDE" on the door but soon we were in and back out again and you start in the outside water garden.
Lisa doesn't know how to work the Archimedes screw. :lol:
Skywatcher
20-04-2009, 05:23 PM
:dozey:
Oh great start
It was decidedly nippy so the slightly damp boys were forcibly removed from the water stuff and taken inside where there were tons of buttons to press and switches to switch and things to do and it was totally awesome.
We did this.
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And this
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And the boys did this
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Then the other boy joined in.
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Lisa did some balancing and easily beat my score of 0.1 seconds. :sigh:
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Steven built a globe
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The boys made a stained glass window with only minimal brutality toward each other. :lol:
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Adrian made a pretty pattern
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v401/dawn_ash/DSCF1144.jpg
Steven and Matthew spend hours mastering the Seige Cannon while singularly failing to knock any blocks from their target. In fact Matthew managed to shoot his cannonball backwards over his shoulder. I have still to work out how but he did it several times. Show off!
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I just plugged into my Borg regeneration chamber.
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Oh oh oh the funniest bit was watching Lisa trying to put the internal organs into the human body.
What side does the stomach go on again?? :laugh:
MystikPiglit
20-04-2009, 05:27 PM
That looks like a very interesting place. :thumbsup:
Outside into the not so cold now for the ummmm...outside bit. A voice from nowhere announced a bubble show starting in 5 minutes. We debated going to it because it was inside a tent and may have been warm but we didn't go despite a second plea from the voice from mid air.
Thomas found a girlfriend. :D
Steven and Matthew play with the biggest anti climax experiment thing in the history of science.
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The grown ups just kind of stood around commenting on the weather.
Then there was this.
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Which we all sat and watched for a bit.
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Then it was a bit of stroll into the observatories to look at the telescopes. Didn't stay in there long as Chris and Adrian were getting lens envy. :lol: And besides, the boys wanted to get back to that water play area to get proper water over them. I tried to build a little dam but it had several leaks until Thomas pointed out my structural engineering deficiecies. :dozey:
OK so it's now lunchtime and we have picnics and it's now warm enough to sit outside and eat so we hop into cars and drive down to the castle car park.
Via the gift shop.
As we walk from the cars to a picnic spot Lisa shows me something.
Something you've all been waiting forever to see.
WATER FOX!!!!!! :mental:
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 05:38 PM
Looks like a good day! :D Thank you for sharing!
Dizneyblonde
20-04-2009, 05:39 PM
Looks like you all had a fab time!
Lunch eaten so it's off for a walk around the castle grounds.
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Lots more bits for the boys to run around and play in.
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I wander into some cool trees with the boys to have a look and we find a "tree car"
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Lovely grounds to walk around with lots of little things to stumble upon like the circle of logs with rune symbols on. Boys wore themselves out running around this. Quick chat with the peacocks and we headed back to the cars. Thomas is showing random strangers the hidden Mickey we found in one of the cool chestnut trees and drawing strange looks. :lol:
We head back to Chez Skywatcher for a welcome beverage. We have a quick peer through the special "look at the sun" telescope which was really cool even though apparently the sun wasn't performing for us. I thought it looked awesome.
Matthew is showing Steven his Bakugan collection. Thanks, now Steven wants at least 60 of them despite never seeing the TV programme. :dozey:
Thomas starts to show me his cubes. At first it's cool. We start with the standard rubiks cube and he demonstrates how he can do that cube and how his record compares with the world record. Then he gets another cube and does the same. Then I start to get a little anxious. Then the cubes become more and more complex. I start to back away nervously but he's following me saying "wait you haven't met the awesome power of the 7 square cube yet" and "look at this mighty one" :unsure: It was scary witnessing that kind of intelligence up close. I'm glad I don't share a house with it. :lol:
Then Lisa gets the Discovery Cove photos out. There's talk of how it's worth every penny and how you get 2 meals and all your drinks free and then Lisa utters the words - CARPE DIEM! :mental: I'll have to check the website. :D
Quick wander round the corner to grab the local geocache and to admire the Mazda while the boys play together in the garden. Sadly it's time to go now as it's a school day tomorrow. We had a lovely day and it was a wonderful way to round off the school holiday.
Next stop - Bodiam Castle.
mumof2
20-04-2009, 05:51 PM
excellent pics Dawn, the boys all hanging out together - so cool. :thumbsup:
Skywatcher
20-04-2009, 05:52 PM
We had an awesome day too - hope is won't be long before we see you guys again (providing Archie gets let off kitchen detail)
Skywatcher
20-04-2009, 05:53 PM
Ooo did the pic of the duckings under the duck come out :unsure:
Yes. Did you want to see that?
Skywatcher
20-04-2009, 05:58 PM
yes please :D it was cute
Dizneyblonde
20-04-2009, 06:05 PM
Ahem we also want to see the Water Fox ones please...
All I got was a sneak preview of a keyring photo. :D
Disneybumble
20-04-2009, 06:07 PM
Sounds and looks like a great day. Surely you took a photo of the water fox photo. Orv maybe it could be auctioned off and pay for the entrance to Discovery Cove.:wink:
Dizneyblonde
20-04-2009, 06:07 PM
And what was your honest opinion Dawn ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v401/dawn_ash/DSCF1126.jpg
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 06:11 PM
Awwwwwwwwwwwww
Ursula
20-04-2009, 06:41 PM
Ducklings? :overhere: We LOVE ducklings!!! :9:
Speshially in orange sauce....
Ursula
20-04-2009, 06:43 PM
There will be a delay in the photo posting on account of the state that my husband has left our kitchen in having singularly failed to do his kitchen chores since Saturday afternoon. I'm not happy.
If anyone has any incriminating photos of Adrian - please post them.
I have but you don't know about them....
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 06:47 PM
Speshially in orange sauce....
:lalala::jawdrop::lipwobble:
In my defence I would like to point out that after we got home from Skywatchers we were debating what I would cook for dinner... dawn looked in the kitchen and said something to the effect of "oh, i'll do that lot tommorow... let's have Chinese!"
Steven had cheese on toast :)
It was a fun day at the castle. Thanks to Skywatcher and famiily for putting up with us! :biggrin:
Skywatcher
20-04-2009, 07:07 PM
Always a pleasure :D there are more geocaches around :D
Oooo a really nice one at Bodium as well :D
:mental:
Someone's just laid a new series up the road from us. I'm going Saturday. ::D
Skywatcher
20-04-2009, 07:10 PM
Its a date then after Cornwall with lots of Books :thumbsup:
HELLY! :dozey:
Fair 'nuff Adrian. I'd not let her get away with that! :D :D :wink:
Fair 'nuff Adrian. I'd not let her get away with that! :D :D :wink:
:thumbsup: :biggrin:
I didn't realise there was more than one layer. :furious:
daveann
20-04-2009, 07:55 PM
aw it looks like you guys had a blast and great fun was had by all :)
LOL! That's too funny Dawn!!! :lol:
josh.p.
20-04-2009, 10:40 PM
yay!! I've been waiting for this and all along I was looking in the photography section! Brilliant TR... as always! I bet you two had a blast... Steven, Matthew and Thomas look like best friends!
The boys got on really well. It's been almost 2 years since we got together but they just picked up and carried on - no shyness or anything.
wow!
what an amazing place!!
really cool pics! :)
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