Weekends

For the past month or so we have been trying to take advantage of our weekends and explore areas of London that we haven't been to before. Our weather in February was very rainy so any day where we saw the sun we packed up and headed out for the day.

We did a walking tour of the South Kensington and Knightsbridge areas including Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park.

The Albert Memorial

After a few miles of walking it was nap time for someone.

Another walk to Little Venice along Regent's Canal



Valentines Weekend

The London Eye lit up in red lights.

Chinese New Year
We went to China Town for the Chinese New Year. It was quite an event with lanterns, dragons, music and just a little bit of rain.

Entrance to China Town. It took us an hour to move one block.

We also visited the London Zoo again. Avery loved looking at all the animals.

I wasn't quick enough with the camera and the sheep were gone as soon as Avery and Daddy turned the corner.

Hampstead Heath play area just north of Hampstead.

Steering the boat.

Driver and sidekick.

Mother's Day was March 14th in the UK. I woke up to Aunt Jemima pancakes. A real treat considering the English don't really do pancakes. I even received two very special cards.

Custom artwork by Avery

We went to Kentish Town City Farm

Avery loves ducks!

Oink, oink!

Baa-Baa

We have also now experienced Avery's first stomach bug, probably the norovirus. This was not a fun 24 hours. We went through stacks of sheets, towels, blankets, pj's and stuffed animals. On the positive side it was only 24 hours!