Father Day 2012 – Science Festival (by )

Alaric sharing his fathers day breakfast with the girls

Jean woke me up at 8 o'clock to make Daddy breakfast in bed for Fathers Day. I was already awake thanks to creative insomnia. We made him breakfast and presented it too him (not entirely sure he was initially chuffed to be awoken early on a Sunday!).

Breakfast in bed

The baby instantly stole his yogurt (it's an alpro one so she can actually eat it and she did!).

Jean presenting daddy with planet cup cakes Cake! Fathers Day Planet and Rocket Cup Cakes Fathers day cakes

We had also made some planet/space cupcakes for him which Jean gave him 🙂 I bet you can guess which two the baby decorated!

Jean and Mummy learning about Sunspots with the Cotswould Astronomical Society Staring at the Sun

The we were off to the Cheltenham Science Festival for the day. Above is me and Jean pestering the guy from the Cotswold Astronomical Society.

Jean with a microscope

Jean again spent an age looking through microscopes and prodding things. The main phrase I heard through out the day was, 'I see you have a budding scientist there!'

Alaric found electronics at the Cheltenham Science Festival

Alaric found electronics and was happy 🙂 He also found a picture of Alan Turin and thus told a very interested (and I mean it) Jean about the origins of computing.

Baby reading at the Cheltenham Science Festival Mary seriously considering what we should go and see at the Cheltenham Science Festival

Mary entertained herself for a huge chunk of time with reading the science festival programme 🙂

Pretty ceiling decorations The ceiling of the town hall Cheltenham Fantastic lighting at the Cheltenham Science Festival Techno lighting at the Cheltenham Science Festival Ceiling Star at the Cheltenham Science Festival

I found pretty lighting to take photos of!

Jean's heart rate being measured Jean's Keji Bounce

Jean found an entity called Keji. She got to generate her own little creature who's bounciness was based on her heart rate. Meaning she got to bounce on a trampoline 🙂

Coloured foam teaching chemistry Jean the mad scientist helping the Sustainably Chemistry people at the Cheltenham Science Festival

She then helped the Sustainable Chemists with their experiments 🙂 Though she did inform one Chemist that she didn't want to make a rubber ball because she wanted to explode more things!

Oh yes! She also wanted to start a fire with the telescope once I explained we mustn't look directly at the sun.

Princess Pirate and Captan Sunshine Hippy Al Jean and Daddy in the Aviator

We then went to The Aviator at Staverton airport for dinner which everyone loved 🙂

Jean and Mary seriously writing Jean and Mary in the Aviator for Fathers Day Sister Snug

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