In celebration of Tim Peake’s safe return to Earth yesterday following six months living and working on the International Space Station (ISS), Freya and I had some space-themed fun, which included making this rocket and space suit.
She seemed really interested in the latest CBeebies Stargazing series and I must admit, as a bit of a space geek in my youth, I enjoyed them too. The week of nightly programmes featured Tim (and Miss Mouse) but I’m not sure Freya quite understood where he was – although, saying that, I’m not sure I can really get my head around it either. She seemed very concerned about him not being able to eat cake, which would be top of my worry list too if I was in space.
We followed his journey back to Earth on the iPad (it helped that he read the bedtime story on Friday night so she recognised him) and then re-enacted it in her rocket. I think she had fun.
After The Rain 
What a great idea and lovely photo x
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Thanks, Cathy 🙂
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What a fantastic photo! It’s great that she’s so interested in space and learning. We’ve yet to catch up on Tim Peake’s return to Earth, but we’ve enjoyed hearing about everything while he’s been up on the ISS. Will take time to catch up today.
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It was one of the few occasions I was pleased Freya wakes up so early so we could watch from the start 🙂
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That’s a beautiful smile. I love her cardboard rocket
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Thanks for hosting, Darren.
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Sounds like you both had fun!
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Mark did ponder who was having more fun 🙂
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Great fun and a brilliant cardboard spaceship and outfit.
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Having worn the suit myself I can confirm it wasn’t that comfortable 🙂
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Aww! Fab photo! That looks like so much fun!
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Thanks, Kim 🙂
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This photograph is ridiculously adorable!
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Thank you. The space suit has since doubled as knight armour so I’m rather pleased 🙂
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The best way to learn Tara 🙂 so much fun. Freya looks really happy.
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I think she enjoyed herself and I must admit I did too 🙂
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Oh my goodness how adorable does Freya look. Her smile is just captivating. Sounds like you both had fun x
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Aww thank you. I did have making making it with her. Thank goodness for parcel tape!
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The most adorable little astronaut ever. Love the rocket and Freya’s big happy smile. Beautiful photo 🙂
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Thanks, Louise 🙂
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this is so cute and a lovely idea!
#MySundayPhoto
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Thank you 🙂
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This is like those professional photos that you pay for for your kid to get! Such lovely quality and lovely story behind it too! #mysundayphoto
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Hi Tara, how wonderful that your daughter enjoyed learning about space, it’s amazing what they can learn even if she didn’t fully understand what it was really all about. I’m not sure I could venture into space knowing about the lack of cake though!
I love Freya’s space rocket and suit. Her smile says it all.
xx
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The good news is you can have cake in space! We looked it up as a result of her question and they seem to have quite a normal diet (no pizza though).
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