Brewhouse Yard, Balti and the Birmingham Philharmonic

We made an early start this morning, on the tram to Nottingham for a visit to the Museum of Nottingham Life at Brewhouse Yard.

Having successfully completed World Maths Day yesterday, Madi was keen to take part in World Spelling Day today, so she used my iPhone to compete whilst we were travelling.

After a quick stop off outside the Castle for a picture with her archery hero Robin Hood, we walked round to join our group at the Museum. The children were given a short introduction to what life was like living in the houses that make up the museum in Edwardian times, then took part in a self-led trail around the museum taking in reconstructed rooms and shops from the 1900s.

After a picnic lunch and play outside with friends, in the afternoon we went over to the school room in Rock Cottage. The children tried on costumes, and then had lessons Victorian style, with a very strict schoolmistress!

But the day was not yet over.

Madi chose Tamitanga for tea (a recent addition here to the chain that describes itself as 'urban indian canteen'), somewhere neither of us had been before, but Indian food is one of her favourites and this didn't disappoint and we'd definitely go again; the food was delicious, very good value and the service very speedy. And according to Madi, the mango juice was just amazing!

And then we joined other members of the Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City Family Orchestra and Choir (NNCFOC) for a performance by Birmingham Symphony Orchestra of
Adams The Chairman Dances
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Gershwin An American in Paris
It was Madi's first experience of live classical music, and she loved joining in shouting 'Mambo!' but today was such a big ask of a little person, and she really was exhausted by her long day and actually fell asleep during the last few minutes, and only stayed awake on the tram by chatting with friends from orchestra!