It’s a really happy 6th birthday to my middle son, the poet of the family, who also received a certificate of top achievement in his primary one (first grade) class at school this week. Double whammy!
He is a very talented little lad with a flair for words and for numbers plus a nicer boy you will never meet; the girls all adore him (both of his own age and those of their mothers!). This of course he gets from my good lady, none of my lesser quality DNA in there thank you very much! The certificate from school was accompanied by a little notebook with the school motto and name on it which I have placed with the rest of his little pile of achievements from school and elsewhere.
In addition to his love for Super Mario he also adores trains, cars and other vehicles so I arranged for a weekend field trip from our base in Girvan to the brand new Riverside Museum in Glasgow. So this Saturday off we went in the pouring rain to the big smoke. Here follows some photos from the day, I would have posted this last night but man was I tired after that trip (traffic in the big city is way more than I am used to!). I have put some captions on each image to assist you in knowing what is going on.
The brand new Riverside Museum by the clyde river in Glasgow
A view from the second floor to the rear of the Riverside Museum
Surprise find was a case of Scottish 18th century firearms linked to highway robbery!
That would be me, the birthday boy on the right and the little warrior on the left...can't go leaving him at home eh!
The museum was very good, it has free entry of course, lots to see and the Tall Ship was at the rear on the river for an added attraction. To me the most interesting thing (and yes I stood on my own for five minutes watching it!) was a hugely speeded up video of the build of the new museum from the breaking of ground to the opening day. Amazing to see the place going up. Scale models of ships, plus a one to one size model of Da Vinci’s flying machine were also present. I will admit to being a bit confused as to why it was not just called the ‘Transport Museum’ as the old one was for aside from a few stuffed animals and nature displays it was 99% transport!
So once more Happy Birthday and I am proud of you my middle son, my little poet 🙂
GBS