The Giants
Well count me in the 'utterly charmed and sold' on the Giants camp.
Not that taking a 2 yo and a 5 yo to see them this morning didn't have it's challenges. Wow yes. But even with the heat, the hassle of taking them and all the kit, the hassle of keeping one of them amused for like an hour and a half before there was really anything he could see, even though I got DRENCHED (oh yeah, if you get anywhere near that boat, expect to get very very wet), even though it is loud, even though it is packed, even though the street closures basically killed off the public transport we were trying to use to get home and so I had to push 35 kilos of kid home...
It is wonderful and is worth the time to go see it. I loved it, Rio loved it, and Atti, although getting drenched freaked him out, he can't stop telling everyone about "the little girl giant and her truck that squirted Mummy". So I would call that a hit all round.
We are even thinking of going again tomorrow (sans the small) to see the diver awaken.
Possibly makes us suckers for punishment *grin*.
The only thing I regret was not figuring out that it would be the one opportunity where the 300 lens would have been a big winner!
Not that taking a 2 yo and a 5 yo to see them this morning didn't have it's challenges. Wow yes. But even with the heat, the hassle of taking them and all the kit, the hassle of keeping one of them amused for like an hour and a half before there was really anything he could see, even though I got DRENCHED (oh yeah, if you get anywhere near that boat, expect to get very very wet), even though it is loud, even though it is packed, even though the street closures basically killed off the public transport we were trying to use to get home and so I had to push 35 kilos of kid home...
It is wonderful and is worth the time to go see it. I loved it, Rio loved it, and Atti, although getting drenched freaked him out, he can't stop telling everyone about "the little girl giant and her truck that squirted Mummy". So I would call that a hit all round.
We are even thinking of going again tomorrow (sans the small) to see the diver awaken.
Possibly makes us suckers for punishment *grin*.
The only thing I regret was not figuring out that it would be the one opportunity where the 300 lens would have been a big winner!