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A virtual day out

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A virtual day out!

We "visited" a zoo, went on an African safari , went into space, Madame Tussards and to Disneyworld all in one day, find out how below. 

Last Sunday I decided I would try something a bit different with my family .

Now I cant make up my mind whether we are revolutionary's (or sorts) or totally bonkers - decide for yourselves. 

We have a white board next to my eldests desk and I wrote on it " Family virtual day out 10am" along with a list of options of where we could "go".

My sons found this very exciting and prepared themselves as if we were going on a real day out , wash dressed and seated on the sofa for 10am.

My husband had a special cable that hooked his ipad up to the tv but this isn't necessary you could use your tablet or a smart tv just the same.

 

 

Our first port of call was San Diego zoo live stream  !

We managed to observe an owl having a poo but because of the time difference it was a bit dark to see anything else so we decided to come back later in the afternoon to visit the zoo instead.

So instead we decided to go on … An African Safari... via Africam.

We had an absolute blast spotted animals live from the African plains and the boys were thrilled when the camera zoomed in on an elephant having a poo!!

This kept us occupied for about an hour and then my son asked if we could go to space!?! Yes of course we can".

With a combined effort from NASA Glenn virtual tours and some youtube videos we learnt all about how astronauts live in space and we even has a go of trying to walk like an astronaut.

After this we decided to head to Madame Tussards via a POV tour on youtube. 

"Can we go on a Roller coaster Mummy?" Well thanks to POV Roller coasters on youtube and some rather imaginative play using a washing basket of a foot stall - yes we can".

Check out our social media channels here for videos of us doing this, it was so much fun!! I couldn't remember the last time we had laughed out loud that much in a long time.

 

After this it was time for lunch and a nap for the toddler.

After lunch we continued our trip this time we visited Disney world! I absolutely love everything Disney and we have had several trips to Disneyland paris in happier times, ive always wanted to go to Disney world and now we (sort of) could. First stop was The Frozen Ride. We sat on the floor two by two with two behind the other two making believe we were sat in the little boats we could see on screen. We absolutely loved it. After this we used the same strategy to visit "Its a small world" .

Followed by the Dumbo Ride (my sons suggestion!) and finished by a parade (of course) .

After this we returned to San Diego Zoo and now had a clear view of all the wonderful animals.

"That was the best day ever mummy" Jacob my 6 year old said just before he went to bed. And do you know what , he may well have been right.

 

Times are difficult right now and a lot of what we are used to has been taken away, but this doesnt mean you can't find new ways of enjoying yourselves and make new memories to treasure. We created a new memory today which i hope the children remember always.

Mum's Guide to Harpenden have even more suggestions for virtual activities to do during this time. 

With love and best wishes during this difficult time.

 

Kayleigh & The Boys 

XxxX

 

 

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