Trains? Dinosaurs? Disney Princesses? No...the Tudors!

Many many young children become experts in a topic.  Dinosaurs, trains, princesses and so on.  As adults we are not necessarily all that impressed (it is what we have grown to expect)...but in reality we should be.  The assimilation of the information and application in their everyday life is rather impressive; how many of us can name all of the dinosaurs or train types, in fact, I failed horribly (as did Teagan) on a Disney Princess quiz provided over Skype by a five year old cousin/niece, thankfully the "Big Mac" got them all correct.

Then we get to some quirky topics.  And for this, I must thank my mother!  Teagan has become a five year old expert in basic Tudor history.  She can name Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Mary I and nearly do Mary Queen of Scots via their portraits.  But more graphically, she can explain their deaths with a particular fascination with Anne Boleyn and what life was like "a long time ago then".  It began with a full day visit to Hampton Court (now referred to as "Henry VIII's place" where there is a whispering ghost) and has continued ever since.  Most weekends now, Teagan will wear her Elizabeth princess dress and become quite offended when someone does not know it is Tudor!

To add to the detail she is often asking for the story about Mr Rat who had Yersinia pestis who made everyone "get dead" but then came the big fire and all of the rats and fleas "got dead".  Yes, this was established in her mind at the Museum of London in the Great Fire exhibit.

We are planning our next break out of Qatar and it will be to London and the surrounds (thanks to cheap National Day flight tickets).  A key feature will be Teagan escorting Ross to Hampton Court (she must go back!) and a visit to the Tower of London.  The V&A will be on the list this time as we want to introduce some finer historical appreciation.