School camp ...

I've just returned from school camp, home-school style.  The whole family (mum, dad, two kids) and I spent yesterday in Canberra, exploring some of the wonderful museums on offer.  On Sunday, we all travelled to the nation's capital by train (I went a little earlier in order to catch up with Dad) and met up for breakfast yesterday morning before splitting up to conquer Canberra's museums.  R (mum) and six year old R went to the National Gallery to see the Ballet Russes exhibition, whilst R (dad), 11 year old B and I went to the Australian War Memorial to have a look at the WW1 and WW2 exhibits as part of B's history studies.  In the afternoon, we all met up at Questacon where the children delighted in watching their teacher have her head cut off in the guillotine as well as playing with other cool science activities.  'Camp' ended with the 4.5 hour train trip back to Sydney, where the children played whilst the adults drank red wine and watched the beautiful Australian scenery go by.  It definitely wasn't your average school camp, but lots of fun.