Kernovich Abroad: Take that, Euro "buggy"

London actually ended up getting a decent amount of snow this weekend. It was true what JJ heard about the tube delays when it snows. It took him over 2 hours to get home Friday night and he ended up having to finally take a bus home. We still can't quite figure out why the tube is slow when it snows since most of it is underground, but regardless the delays were real! It snowed most of Friday and by Saturday there was a nice little covering of snow on the ground. We live near Parliament Hill, a huge hill in the Hamsptead Heath that has an awesome view of the city and is one of the most hilly areas around. We figured it would also be a hotspot for sledding (well sledging as they call it here) but we had no idea how many people were going to be there. There were what seemed like close to 200 people there near Parliament Hill Saturday. So many people were sledging that most of the snow on the hill had already worn away. It was fun to watch although we did not come prepared with a sledge (maybe next year), but the little guy had fun toddling around in the snow and chasing dogs. Now ever since we got here I've been cursing our huge American strollers since they are a pain to take pretty much anywhere compared to the tiny compact Euro strollers most people have here. But this weekend, I loved it as we could plow through anywhere with our BOB jogging stroller. We took it everywhere this weekend with ease while others were slipping around. Reminded me of how much I like the US again :)

Sunday it continued to snow a couple more inches all day and we took Tyler out again to the park to play around in the snow. I had originally planned to go do something touristy Sunday like go to the aquarium or a museum downtown but the snow prevented that so we just made chili and stayed close to home.

The other big news of the weekend was Tyler's haircut. JJ did a very professional job giving Tyler his first real haircut. Up to this point I had only trimmed his rat-tail off or trimmed his bangs but JJ gave him a good all around proper cut. He did such a great job that I named him the official barber of the house. And I confirmed why I was so resistant to have it cut - he looks SO old! He's definitely not a baby any longer. The house looked like a tornado went through it Sunday night. In a matter of about 60 minutes, Tyler learned how to tear up paper napkins and left napkin shreds all through the house, he also threw his dinner everywhere because he was distracted that JJ has cutting his hair during dinner, and then to top it off we had baby hair everywhere. It took a while to clean all that up.

Today we went back to Toddler World at the gym (I also signed up for a gym membership!). Tyler has gained a little more confidence now that he is going to the same places and can also walk around so the classes are starting to be a bit more enjoyable for us both. JJ says it must be the new "fade" (haircut) that gave him confidence. Happy MLK Day!