Monday 27 May 2013

Fun at Home Whilst Everyone Else is on Holiday

We went back and forth about going somewhere for this past long weekend but decided to stay here at home and it was a great decision.  We got incredibly lucky with the weather every day of the weekend where it hit almost 70 degrees and sunny (very unusual for London and a sunny contrast to the weather we've had the last 3 weeks).  So we went out and enjoyed our own neighborhood every day.  We had heard that everyone goes on holiday for the bank holiday weekends and that was right because even with the sunny weather it was easy to find a table to eat/drink outside, the only gelato place in town didn't have a line, and even the crepe stand was empty.  It was really glorious and much less busy than a typical weekend.  A good time was had by all and I think we all needed this weekend to remind ourselves that London is an OK place to be after all.
We took our nice camera to the Heath to get some family photos (sorry there are a lot here!)

JJ really gets some air with him!

Horsing around on top of Parliament Hill with the city in the background

Stick of the day...

The Kerns in the Heath

He likes to climb trees!

Cheerio snack time

It's tough to cram them all in your mouth

#totalstud

More tree climbing

This tree was still growing sideways even after it fell

Tyler's new favorite way to ride - on Daddy's shoulders!

Baby in the woods!

Not really fired up about Mommy's kisses

Lunchtime!  PB&J of course.

His first taste of gelato.  To say he liked it would be an understatement.  We have a video of him going completely bonkers on a sugar high after he ate a good portion of this gelato.  I think he's predisposed to like ice cream since his mom and dad are addicted too.

A nice lady gave him a balloon at the beer garden.  Within about 5 minutes he lost it - hope it didn't kill any sea creatures in the Atlantic.

I love this street - it's so English!

Fun with the new bubble wand.

It also doubles as Tyler's lightsaber.
He had the sandpit all to himself this morning!

JJ took him to swim class this morning since he was home for the bank holiday.  He also let Tyler basically swim in the fountain before class :)

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