It meant to be Autumn now but it was so sunny and warm today.We took Daniel to Harewood House today, which is an hour's drive away. Harewood House was home to the Queen's cousin, the Earl of Harewood, and was built in the mid-18th century. It has a splendid landscaped garden around a small lake and acres of woodland. The terraced garden behind the house reminded me of the The Palace of Versailles in Paris, and now it was turned into a nice terraced Cafe for people to sit there to admire the great view of the lake and the acres of woodland below it. As usual, the first thing we did when we arrived there was sitting in this nice Cafe. Daniel liked the creamy scone. After the coffee we took a walk around the lake along the shady path, which took an hour or so. then we took Daniel to the adventure playground and visited the Penguin House, as the last activity, we visited the Stately home itself, which house the exhibition of 18 century kitchen, the familly's collection of arts etc and the familly's collection of Chinese objects. Throughout 2008, Harewood is celebrating a long standing connection with the arts of China.
In 1988 around 20 sheets of hand painted Chinese wallpaper were found rolled up in the outbuildings of Harewood House. Research showed that the rolls would form a complete scheme, possibly hung in the Chintz Bedroom by Chippendale’s men in December 1769. the wallpaper, described by experts as "possibly the finest example of Chinese wallpaper anywhere in the World" has been painstakingly conserved and hung in the East Bedroom on the State Floor of the House.
Daniel enjoyed the walk, the playground, and the most exciting experience today for him was watching the penguins, he was getting really excited and was literally shouting to everyone with his finger pointed to the penguins ' Penguin...penguin!....' it was not the first time he saw the penguins. He's been to Marwell Zoo couple of times and saw them couple times. The reason he was so excited to see penguins in real today was that he's been hooked on the Pingue DVD recently. For the stately home itself and the exhibition, Daniel said 'I dont like it!' ...he amazed us by saying the whole sentence...
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It is really good for kids to go out and enjoy the nature, culture, and outdoor, etc. I will certainly make an effort to do it more often.
Daniel is still chubby. Such cute cheeks!
Absolutely! I like to take Daniel to outdoor. The greenness, the sound of water and bird singing are really good sensory experience for the little kids. We aimed for one trip each weekend, normally on sundays. Obviously, museums and gallerys are also good places for family day out. We took Daniel to leeds City museum and town Hall to look 150 years old town hall exhibition last Sunday, he quite enjoyed it.
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