Sweet Shoppe Designs

Credits: Layered template (AD it up, Template 4) by Chrissy W, Prehistoric by Dani Mogstad, Basic Straight Stitching by Jessica Bolton and Messy Staples Cardboard by Kate Hadfield. Font is DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: When mummy told you that we were going to visit the Oxford University Museum of Natural History you really weren’t very enthusiastic about the idea. You couldn’t understand what could possibly be interesting about seeing “old stuff”. But since it was one of the many things mummy had planned but not not been able to do with you during the school holidays, mummy was insistant that we do something educational on our last day out as a family before you went back to school. First we went to the fair and you got to see all the lights and ride on some rides. When mummy couldn’t stand the loud music, the flashing lights, the smoke and the crowds anymore then we walked down to the museum. You moaned and whinged every step of the way. In the end we made a deal, if you shut up moaning and went to the museum we would go back to the fair. So you stopped moaning and started asking about what was in the museum. We told you to wait and see and reassured you that you would like it. When we got to the museum, you saw that the big heavy wooden doors were shut. Daddy helped you to turn the handle and open them. As you stepped inside you were surprised to see that there were lots of people inside. You held daddy’s hand and walked inside towards the exhibits. The first one was rocks and fossils. While mummy was taking some photographs, you and daddy wondered around for a while. You were really unsure about touching anything, but with a little prompting you did gather enough courage to stroke the stuffed animals and touch the fossils. Then you saw it - the interative miscroscope in the geology section. and your little eyes lit up, but although you were itching to touch it you were afraid you would get in trouble. We reassured you that you could touch it and still you refused. Until daddy had a go, and you couldn’t resist the temptation anymore. You had a great time spinning the sample tray, pushing the buttons, zooming in closer and closer the displayon the screen was literally a blur. You couldn’t believe you luck that there were buttons, that made stuff happen and you were allowed to sit down and play with them! You had a lot of fun doing this and were fascinated by all the different rocks and how they changed as you zoomed in closer and closer. When we said it was time to go you moaned and asked when we could come back. I only had one thing to say to you “I told you that you would like it here”. I just couldn’t resist that little bit of mummy pride at knowing I was right, and you had really enjoyed our educational trip.