ROAAAR!!! Doyouthinkhesaurus?

J has shown interest in Dinosaurs for some time now, we've looked at books about Dino's, looked at them on the net, been given toy dinosaurs for presents etc Its a fascinating subject.

Lee and I had been thinking of visiting the Natural history museum but its a long way to travel for little ones and London can be a bit of a nightmare for getting around, so I looked up on the net for museums with Dinosaurs and came up with Manchester. Fortunately for us my best friend Jen lives in Chorlton not far from the city centre so we arranged to stay over with her. The girls were as excited about staying with their Auntie Jen and Uncle Tim as they were about seeing Stan the TRex!!

We went over mid week over the peak on the snake pass which is always a pleasure through the gorgeous countryside. Arriving lunch time we had a bite to eat then went to the local park.
After a yummy Thai curry tea made by the most excellent cook Tim we chilled and chatted till late.

We set off early the next morning on the local bus to the museum to spend the whole day there. We had a fantastic time Jen took the day off work and came with us on our expedition into the Jurassic. The museum was really well set out with species together just like the natural history museum, Jasmine was interested in the ape/man section which spurred us on in a Darwin/evolution conversation.

S loved the huge polar bear and massive sperm whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling.

We saved the best till last which was Stan the TRex, a cast made from original TRex bones and positioned to look like it was setting off at a run which was quite impressive and a little scary when we came round into the main hall to view it. We walked up to it with slight trepidation until we were looking right up into the jaws!! Wow amazing one claw on its foot was bigger than my hand, we really got a good idea of the size of these giant lizards.

We spent quite a while in the prehistoric room before going up into the gallery to have lunch. In the picnic area some tables were set out with model dinosaurs and colouring pens and paper on so after eating the girls had a long play while Jen and I had a lovely cuppa and catch up.

There were a lot more exhibits that we didn't get too that will save for another time like the Egyptian room and vikings. Our best bit was of course Stan so we went back to see him one last time before heading home, I think we'll be going back a few times this year.

http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/