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Lauren is getting so big! She's now 8 months. She has 6 teeth, 4 of those babies came in at the same time...ouch. She's pulling up on everything and is now starting to feel safe just leaning on things with no hands. Her favorite activity is high tailing it to the open dishwasher and removing anything she can get her hands on. She's an expert at climbing up the stairs and just today learned to open the kitchen cabinets and can successfully get down the step in the middle of the kitchen/living room. She says "Mamamama" a lot when she wants me, I consider that her first word, Jason's still holding out for Dada. She's a very vocal baby. Especially when we're in the museums and some of the big open spaces that she's learned will produce a grandiose echo. If you're looking for us...just listen for the noisy baby!
Here she is going through a bag...caught red handed.
More ice cream please!
Two sisters reading together...
We headed over to Greenwich by boat on the Thames. Here we are waiting.
Our boat ride
Bye to our boat...
LOVE these public bathrooms... you pay $.30 and you get 20 minutes. It then self cleans the toilet, floor and such between users.
Paying to go...
Greenwich Market...kinda like a flea market with lots of yummy food.
Sticky Toffee Pudding with hot cream...SO GOOD.
Pistachios in bologna...really?!?
The girls running in Greenwich Park. It was sunny and hovering around 60 degrees in the sun so there were lots of people out and about.
The official standard measurements.
One foot in the Eastern Hemisphere, one foot in the Western!
V loves being a big sister.
Sunset from One Tree Hill, (tons of trees, bad name for the hill in my opinion.)
Loving on Sweet N
Running down the big hill...
Snack shop, love the name!
Beautiful V & the sunset.
We took a walk through a tunnel that goes under the Thames river...kinda freaky. This was the sign approaching the tunnel. Apparently "busking" means playing an instrument for money. (Good to know.)
THE tunnel, totally freaked me out, I'm not a fan.
Ok, you're going to have to double click on this photo to make it bigger and look very closely to see a horizontal line just above the horizon. It's a green line that marks the Prime Meridian.
We took at 2 hour train ride to Warwick Castle. Parts of it were commissioned by William the Conquer around 1050. This trevichet(sp?) really worked, they threw a rock with it.
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Here we are at the top of one of the towers. I look worn out because there were some 500 stone steps in this tiny circular stair case, with the baby on me. Totally counts as a work out. Jason was freaking out looking at the construction methods and the fact these towers were built in the 1300 and 1400's. We made it!
The Royal Box at the Palladium.
We went to see The Sound of Music, it was SO good!
We bought this for L off Ebay, Jason picked it up on the bus & carried it home.... on his head.
Victoria & Albert
Jason, Lauren & I went to this impressive collection of various fine arts. This was the entrance.
This is one part of a VERY impressive jewelry exhibit. I snapped these photos before I realized no photography allowed. Click on it to see a close up.
Jason called this the Lake Mary Mom's Club clothing exhibit!
Street Scenes
Lotsa smelly cheese, even smelled outside.
This is a typical walkway in the Tube system.
British Museum- We only went through the Greek and Egyptian exhibits and it took a while. Lots more to see.
N was looking to see if there was a mummy in this sarcophagus.
THE Rosetta Stone- I was very impressed!
This reminded us of one of N's favorite guy from Night at the Museum... he says, "Dumb dumb, give me some gum gum!"
Argos- This is a crazy store. You look through a gigantic catalog and then punch in your item number to see if it's in stock. They also do home delivery. We have a catalog at home and the girls pour over it for hours.
If it's in stock you go to the kiosk and pay for it.
Then you wait as things come down the conveyor belt.
Anticipation!!!
3 Man Kitchen Band
Mary treated Valla, Natalie and I to Quidam, the Cirque de Souile show. Those people are amazing!
The Interval (we call it Intermission)
The show was at the Prince Albert Hall, a very old venue...
Transportation Museum
This was a lot of fun. Lots of hands on stuff for the kids. They successfully drove the Tube simulator and Natalie played bus driver for quite a while. It was neat to see how all the tubes, tunnels, bus routes and things we use every day came to be. Our Tube Station opened in 1931.
This shows how they would tear open the street, build a track & tunnel, then cover it again. Kinda messy.
Windsor Castle
A few weekends ago we took a train out of the city and visited Windsor Castle. It is an amazing castle that is the still in use by the Royal family. There was no photography allowed inside, but it was gilded, enormous and fit for a queen.
We left the city from Paddington Station, the girls and I love this station because it has Krispy Kreme donuts!! Here's Paddington Bear
Listening to the audio tour...
They were terrified to get to close to this poor guy who had to be freezing!
Streets of Windsor...
Train Depot with Natalie's favorite site.
Coffee & hot chocolate break.
Lauren is getting so big! She's now 8 months. She has 6 teeth, 4 of those babies came in at the same time...ouch. She's pulling up on everything and is now starting to feel safe just leaning on things with no hands. Her favorite activity is high tailing it to the open dishwasher and removing anything she can get her hands on. She's an expert at climbing up the stairs and just today learned to open the kitchen cabinets and can successfully get down the step in the middle of the kitchen/living room. She says "Mamamama" a lot when she wants me, I consider that her first word, Jason's still holding out for Dada. She's a very vocal baby. Especially when we're in the museums and some of the big open spaces that she's learned will produce a grandiose echo. If you're looking for us...just listen for the noisy baby!
More ice cream please!
Two sisters reading together...
Our boat ride
Bye to our boat...
LOVE these public bathrooms... you pay $.30 and you get 20 minutes. It then self cleans the toilet, floor and such between users.
Paying to go...
Greenwich Market...kinda like a flea market with lots of yummy food.
Sticky Toffee Pudding with hot cream...SO GOOD.
Pistachios in bologna...really?!?
The girls running in Greenwich Park. It was sunny and hovering around 60 degrees in the sun so there were lots of people out and about.
The official standard measurements.
Sunset from One Tree Hill, (tons of trees, bad name for the hill in my opinion.)
Loving on Sweet N
Beautiful V & the sunset.
We took a walk through a tunnel that goes under the Thames river...kinda freaky. This was the sign approaching the tunnel. Apparently "busking" means playing an instrument for money. (Good to know.)
THE tunnel, totally freaked me out, I'm not a fan.
Ok, you're going to have to double click on this photo to make it bigger and look very closely to see a horizontal line just above the horizon. It's a green line that marks the Prime Meridian.
