Seeing the world of a 3 year old.

My Gc all got excited about going on the bus or train it's lovely to see and hear them seeing the world from different angles.

That sounds like a lovely afternoon, larry5. One of my grandsons was just the same at that age, and still at 5 or 6 a treat for him would be a bus ride. He’d ask to go on particular routes, usually ones that went to the most boring one-horse towns, so off we’d go. We’d usually find an ice cream on sale somewhere before heading back.

Isn’t it great that we can do these simple things again?

We were travelling back on the bus one day when the little girl in front aged about 3 said are we going on an adventure nanny. Now whenever we use the bus my husband says let's go on an adventure.

What an exciting adventure for him, larry5 yet such a simple thing to do!

DGD had been on a bus a few days ago and described to me how much she'd been able to see compared to going in the car - it was so exciting she said.

When I grew up it was normal as we didn't have a car (I didn't tell her that).

It's so exciting at that age, how lovely that the young chap enjoyed himself so much. It's lovely to hear.

It was magic when I went on a train----years ago when it was steam and the clickety click of the wheels. Belle Vue zoo it was.

Buses are such a novelty for young children who normally sit in a car. One of my grandsons was obsessed with buses aged 1 to 3 years and got very excited when he saw one! It was a great adventure every time we took one, and train rides too. They are so lovely at that age because everything is so new to them.

It sounds a lovely day out.

My two years old grandson loves buses and gets really excited when he sees any. Fortunately his grandad on his dad's side was a bus driver and he'll take him to town on the bus.

One of ours entertained the top deck of a bus with her questions. “why do people wave at the bus?”, “how do we make it stop when we want to get off?” “does that lady know we can see her in her bedroom?” On and on she went. She had such a fabulous time and couldn’t wait to tell her big sister all she had seen. Simple pleasures indeed.

My 3 year old grandson is desperate to come and see me, on a plane. He knows I go to work on a plane and that I've been gone for a long time and he wants to come.

Breaks my heart when he asks.

I hope he gets to fly to you soon GagaJo as our grandchildren grow up so quickly and I know I wouldn’t want to go too long without seeing my grandson.

I hopefully go home in 44 days. He'll have to wait a bit longer to fly. No hols this year, I don't think.

I used to try and plan activities for my grandson but now follow his lead.
Last week I took him to the toy area of a charity shop where he spent a good 20 minutes and spent £4 on a Paw Patrol transformer and a cement mixture that he played with for the rest of the afternoon!

Our Gdcs so rarely go on buses, so it’s exciting for them - especially if they can sit upstairs.

When we next have them to stay (it’s been a long time) we’ll definitely be going on the bus into town, where there’s a large charity shop with lots of toys. I’ll let them choose one each - to be kept at our house since they have so many at home - especially if they’re plastic - dd doesn’t want any more of that in the house.
I well bet anybody a tenner now that Gdd (just 6) will choose a Barbie, assuming there are any! She already has lots - nearly all 2nd hand - but does play with them for hours.

That has reminded me when we did similar with our 3 year old grandson. He was so excited spotting all the tractors, lorries, ambulances and dustcarts. He sang (really loudly)the wheels on the bus to the amusement of the other passengers. We had such a lovely day.

That's adorable. It's easy to forget how magical the ordinary world can be to a small child.

This brought back memories of taking our three GCs on a bus for the first time for them all. They were aged from three to five and thought it was a huge adventure. GD wanted to know why the bus kept stopping, and what happended if she were to press the button in front of her (the bell); GS2 saw another bus and shouted excitedly for the driver to overtake it. Great times indeed!

I remember my SiL taking one of his boys for a bus ride. Such excitement!

My mother hated children asking questions and would never let me talk on a bus. She used to tell me the conductor would throw me off if I started talking. You can see why she only had one child!

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I used to try and plan activities for my grandson but now follow his lead.
Last week I took him to the toy area of a charity shop where he spent a good 20 minutes and spent £4 on a Paw Patrol transformer and a cement mixture that he played with for the rest of the afternoon!

My gc love a trip to Ikea, they love going into all the room settings, sitting on the chairs, looking in the drawers, they're entertained for hours! All rounded off with something to eat in the cafeteria!

My grandson now 10 still calls me bus nanny after I took him on a bus when he was 3, I didn't have a car at the time. Funny how times change, when I was a child it was so exciting to go anywhere in a car....

GD - 3 later this year.
We were taking care of her one Sunday being in a "bubble " so decided to pop on the local "ferry", basically a fishing boat which traverses the river regularly. Would be her first time on water rather than in it.
All was well, from car to walk to the shore picking up shells etc. along the way.
Boat duly arrived and she dug in her wellies - no way was she getting on . After much coaxing off we went with me reassuring her and pointing out any and everything I thought may interest her. No response.
Eventually she said "Nanny, we swim in water we don't drive on it ".

When our daughter was 3/4 years old and at playgroup we took all the children to a Wimpy in Aberdeen, (with Mr Wimpy in attendance), by train. The funny thing was that from the playgroup hall we Mums could have driven just 15 minutes and been in the city. Instead, going by train entailed us all driving 20 minutes in the opposite direction to get to a station first, then the 20 minute train journey, and a walk from the station, and of course the same return journey!! So worth it though as everyone of them was so excited to be on a train, (some for the first time), and my daughter still speaks fondly of that day, and she is 36 now!!

Took our 3 grandchildren on the Llangollen steam train from Corwen to Llangollen. So many different sights from the train and so many questions about the train and the carriages. Lunch in town then back again. Brilliant.

Plus children sing that sing ‘the wheels on the bus ...’ and as they more often go places by car it’s a real treat to be on a bus. We’ve promised our 4y old granddaughter a bus trip ‘soon’.

Whit half term holidays are coming up. It’ll be all about the journey, not so much the destination! She’s already reminded me twice that I’d said we’d go on one.