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Home / Family Days Linky / Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – Family Days

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – Family Days

August 23, 2013 by Gretta Schifano 8 Comments

Mickey & Minnie, Disney's Magic Kingdom. Copyright Gretta Schifano

We’ve been recuperating after a full-on trip to Florida and have hardly been out this week. On our return the teen had a packed schedule involving sleeping and catching up on a fortnight of Big Brother episodes so she barely emerged from her room for three days. Meanwhile the youngest has developed a passion for scootering around our village with other small boys, firmly rejecting all protective maternal offers to accompany him. In short, they’re both happy to be at home.

We did venture to the cinema to see the newly released Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters film. I love reading the Percy Jackson books with the youngest, so when he and his best scootering buddy skidded to a stop in front of our house and asked if I’d take them to see the film I was happy to do so. If you haven’t read the books, they’re great. The main character, Percy, is a dyslexic boy with ADHD who gets kicked out of a succession of schools before discovering that he’s actually the son of the god Poseidon. This means he has all sorts of powers and…. I won’t give away any more, but the books are definitely worth a look. Sea of Monsters is the second Percy Jackson film and all three of us loved it and are looking forward to the next instalment.

Do you need some inspiration for a family day out? Here are a few ideas.

In Wales the National Trust’s Erdigg Hall is offering free admission to children dressed as fairies or wizards this Bank Holiday weekend. (Adult fairies and wizards will have to take their chances). There’s also a medieval festival at Beaumaris Castle which sounds fun.

The Dennis the Menace Festival, aka Beanotown, at London’s Southbank sounds great. It runs until September 8th and 8-year old Robert told us all about it over at Family Travel Times and joined in with the Family Days Linky recently.

Fellow blogger Actually Mummy found the Harry Potter whomping willow while out on a geocaching family walk: geocaching is a kind of ongoing treasure hun. It’s absolutely free to take part in and sounds like it gets children out for walks without them realising that’s the plan.

If you fancy seeing a film alfresco this summer Pop Up Screens are showing some family films in London parks until September 21st, for a charge. There are some classic films on offer including E.T., The Wizard of Oz and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Up in Manchester, Spinningfields Family Film Club is showing Cinderella on 24th August, for free.

Europe’s biggest street festival is scheduled this weekend too, at London’s Notting Hill Carnival. I’ve never been, but the website says that Sunday is Children’s Day, so that sounds like the best day for families to go along.

Have you had a great day out with the kids recently? Wherever you’ve been, we’d love to hear about it so join in with this week’s #familydays Linky. Here’s how:

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About Gretta Schifano

I'm a freelance journalist and blogger specialising in family travel with teenagers, trips when parents manage to travel without their kids, and 50+ travel. I also write about vegetarian travel, parenting teenagers, adoption, SEN, ADHD and anxiety. My work's been published by the Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, National Geographic Traveller, Lonely Planet and others. I've lived and worked in Italy and Spain and am now based in rural south-east England with my husband, adoptive and birth kids and our dog. I previously worked as a social action radio producer for the BBC.

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  1. Alison says

    August 26, 2013 at 4:19 pm

    Florida looks great fun, would love to visit one day. Thanks for the invite to the linky
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    • Gretta says

      August 26, 2013 at 9:08 pm

      I’d definitely recommend it. Thanks for joining in with the Linky!

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  2. Aly says

    August 24, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    Hi I saw a tweet via Actually Mummy to your blog.What a brilliant photo of Mickey and Minnie! We’re yet to try geocaching, it’s on our outdoor fun to do list.
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  3. Actually Mummy says

    August 24, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    I still haven written up everything from our Florida trip in March!
    Thanks for the mention 🙂

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  4. mummymakescakes says

    August 23, 2013 at 8:34 pm

    Thanks for visiting my blog and inviting me 🙂 I agree that Erdigg is a great place for a day out 🙂
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    • Gretta says

      August 23, 2013 at 8:56 pm

      You’re welcome, thank you for joining in. Erdigg does sound great, but I’m not sure about the dress code!

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  5. Emma says

    August 23, 2013 at 8:00 pm

    Sounds like you had fun in Florida! Thanks for the Percy Jackson tip as well, always on the look out for book recommendations for my little boy! 🙂
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    • Gretta says

      August 23, 2013 at 8:59 pm

      Florida was lovely – I’ve got a lot of posts to write! I think all kids would enjoy the Percy Jackson books, and it seems to give them an encyclopaedic knowledge of Greek mythology.

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