When my friend Donna from What the Redhead said told me she was coming on holiday to Scotland I was hoping she would be staying near enough that we could meet up and I could get to meet her lovely kids (and husband), and she could meet Toby and Gabe. Even though Scotland is a pretty big place luckily they weren’t staying too far away so we arranged to meet for a day out at the Dundee Science Centre.
Dundee is just under an hour’s drive from where we live, which isn’t too far but this was the first time I was taking both boys out for the day on my own. I made sure we had everything we needed, plus plenty of things we probably wouldn’t, and off we went.
Even though it’s not half term in most places near us the science centre was still quite busy. It’s not that big but there was plenty for the kids to look at and play with. Because it was quite small it also meant that I didn’t have to hang on to Toby too tightly, as long as I kept an eye on him he couldn’t go far.
It was lovely to meet Donna’s kids LP and LM, especially having read so much about them over the last few years.
We had lunch at the science centre and Toby was very well behaved, in fact he was really good all day. Gabe was being a bit of a monkey and wouldn’t drink hardly any of his milk (which meant he ended up crying on the way home because he was hungry), but apart from that he was generally happy to hang out in the buggy.
The one downside to taking the boys without Barry was that although there was quite a lot for Toby to look at and do (like these robots with handles to turn and buttons to push) I couldn’t really help explain things to him as much as I might have been able to if Barry was there.
It didn’t matter too much anyway as I think Toby’s two favourite things of the whole day were this thing that lit up and played different notes when you stood on the different sections…
…and running up and down this walkway!
Aside from Gabe crying on the way home as I’ve already mentioned we really did have a lovely day out and it’s made me realise that taking both kids out on my own is certainly possible, even if it’s not actually easy yet!
It was fantastic to see Donna and her lovely family too – I love it when blogging and the real world collide.
I might look and see if we have a science centre near us as they always look so good when I’ve seen posts about them. Hope you had a lovely day (minus the crying on the way home) #MyWildOnes
I bet it was lovely to finally meet Donna, I think it’s great that the blogging community creates real friendships too! I know what you mean about taking two out of your own, it can be a bit of a struggle, but definitely worth it 🙂 Looks like you had fun xx
Looks fun! Keep meaning to take M to this or Satrosphere in Aberdeen.
How lovely 🙂 It sounds like you had a fab time and looks like Toby had tons of fun! I love meeting up with blogging chums in the “real” world. Will you be at BML this year? It’s looking like I may well be!
Thanks for linking up to #MyWildOnes xx
Ah it was such a nice day and sorry I’m only just commenting now – still playing catch up! Love the sneaky pic you took of us – you can just about see both kids! Could be a Me&Mine photo! hehe xx