We had a great time with Tara and Jeff last week as they headed to London for the first leg of their European vaca. It was really nice to have folks from home here and we all went out for our first night on the town with people other than just ourselves! We miss them dearly and enjoyed hanging out in Hampstead, tasting really delicious British food and drink, witnessing a serenade to a Take That song by a man dressed in a Hooters costume on the tube, and just being part of our life here. Tyler really took to both Tara and Jeff. Tara showed him some moves with the air guitar to Guns & Roses and he loved talking with Jeff (well when I say talking, I mean saying "haaaaaaa" over and over again). We even had a few celebrity sightings. JJ and Tyler saw Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis walking on the High Street and Jeff saw James Franco sitting at a bar in the West End. Now that they are gone we are really looking forward to our next trip back to the states even more and I can't wait to get out of this terrible London weather. We still wear fleeces here and a pocket of sun may come out from time to time to warm things up, but the weather has been consistently been 50ish and cloudy/rainy. When I see pictures of people back home that are in bathing suits and going to the beach - it makes me a little sad. I think a lot of travel south is in our future this summer if this weather keeps up so we can see the sun...
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| We walked to Buckingham Palace one evening |
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| Tara and Jeff did one action packed day of sight seeing - here they are on the boat tour |
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| They look so stylish and British! This was on the walk to Sunday Roast on Mother's Day |
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| Tyler picked a dandelion for me for "Mum's Day" He had a little prompting from Dad. |
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| Our big guy always likes to walk with a stick. |
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| The Kern's on the tube on our way to dinner with Tara and Jeff |
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| Tyler loves Auntie Tara :) |
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| This crazy lilac tree is growing out of the sidewalk. We had to cross the street to see if it was real and it was! |
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| Tyler loves Mommy's smoothies! This was an exceptionally good one: spinach, pineapple, banana, greek yogurt, flaxseed, and coconut milk! |
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| Tyler thinks it's hilarious to look at me through his plate after dinner. |
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| We went for a nature walk Friday and he had a lot of choices for his stick. This picture also inspired us to give him a haircut yesterday - it was getting a little crazy! |
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| Then we tried out a new play club in the Heath. He was a big fan. |
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| They had about 8 of these little cars and it was hilarious to see all the kids roaming around in them. |
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| Training scooter |
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| Saturday I volunteered at an event for the women's club so Tyler had an action packed morning with Dad. He found these crows while eating his muffin snack. Since he had food, the crows were a little more interested in him than normal. |
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| Just waiting for him to drop crumbs |
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| Fun in the Heath with Dad near a pretty tree. |
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| Weeeee! |
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| Later on, we enjoyed I made our first Pimm's Cup- a British drink. Yum! |
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| At Toddler's World |
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| He loves these fountains outside Toddlers World and where he goes to swim class- he has to dunk his hand in each stream. |
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| Getting all wet! |
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