As I mentioned before, Kelvin’s school break allowed us time to see more of London and spend time together. If you read my article in PMN you’ll remember I mentioned I took Kelvin to see the dinos in the Natural History Museum. Those are subjects that my son never tires of. In fact, he has a plastic container of toy dino’s (definitely bigger that Harry’s bucket!).

Perhaps you’d like to see what Kelvin and his Kuya PJ saw and did? I used a slideshow & endeavoured to put meaningful tags on them. Here are some highlights anyway:

NHM has an Earth section where they feature the minerals, events etc having to do with our planet. What’s new was PINATUBO. It is part of their updated exhibit for the volcanic activities on Earth.

PJ, a normally quiet guy suddenly called out “Tita, Pilipinas o!” It was really an interesting exhibit. They showed news reel and videos of the eruption, the lava flow and the aftermath. They even created a diorama of the “ghost towns” complete with the ash fall.

NHM’s latest free attraction was the interactive learning centre. We almost missed it if not for Kelvin’s wandering feet. We went to the basement where people have the entire space to eat their packed food, and veering to the left which I remember as a mini-courtyard, turned out to be the best place in the Museum.

Kids & adults were allowed to get up close and personal with specimens. There were tools to measure them or perhaps look at them closely like magnifying glass & microscopes & even cameras that project to a screen! Then you can access a dB where you can learn more about what you’re looking at.

I was truly amazed that Kelvin seemed to know how to use everything! The guide (there are so many friendly staff that as soon as you enter, one of them will immediately approach you) told us once what we can do in the place & Kelvin nodded & headed to the rows of cabinets. He picked one with insects & proceeded to use the camera. He attempted to use the microscopes but the eyepieces were still too high. I tried to lift him, but that’s not going to last, my arms will break.

The place even have dried anaconda skin that we can roll & unroll. Kuya PJ & Kelvin tried on a shark jaw. They played with a stuffed sea turtle. We looked at ant colonies. And Kelvin saw his first human skeleton (plastic only) - and insisted it’s a dinosaur! Well who can blame him, all the bones he saw on the upper floor were dinosaurs’.

What really caught the two boys’ attention were the pools of water with living organisms in them. I think we stayed in that section for at least 15minutes, the two just huddled, head down, looking at these tiny creatures (there were cards on the side to tell you what they are).

The only downside of the trip was during lunchtime when Kelvin wanted to eat some crisps because Kuya PJ had one. The thing is he already has one, but he wanted PJ’s… ayayay. Kulang na lang magpakarga sa Kuya nya! I have a feeling he would trade me for his Kuya.

Anyway, after the Museum, I brought them to the Tower of London. We didn’t go in, it was already late & besides there was a fee ‘no! It was enough just to walk around the area, have the two run around (actually Kelvin did the running & shouting) while I sit in the shade with a cool breeze.

Before we dropped PJ home we stopped by McDonald’s. Everybody was happy and satisfied.

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