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Our Bloxham friends, Oleg and Fran, very kindly let us use their Canary Wharf flat for a long weekend in London. The weather was good to us and we "did" St Pauls, the "Great Fire" Monument, lots of rides on the underground, red buses and Docklands Light Railway and had such a great time that we ended up staying an extra night. Lots of photos follow...
Jake the Peg trying on his new shoes at Decathlon.
Learning the difference between "Cubism" and "Surrealism" at Tate Modern.
Mum trying to come across all clever and arty and explaining the significance of the apple core.
Giant Spider at Tate Modern.
Photography exhibit (on the South Bank) of everyday life in the Congo : Benanna were movingly enthralled.
Entrance foyer of the Natural History Museum.
Anna checking out the Blue Whale.
And what would a trip to London be without a run-in with some flying rats/pigeons?
Well, "looking" is probably more accurate (poor daddy was gripping his wallet very tightly).
Ben is now a sushi convert: he says he likes it because you don't have to hang around and wait for the food, you just grab what you want!
We visited Covent Garden and Ben was selected by the street performer as a "cute kid" volunteer. He took to the stage with applomb, clearly said his name into the microphone and proceeded to breakdance and have the 200-something crowd in stitches. Great, like we need another drama queen in the family...
Anna just had her two pre-school booster shots (one in each juicy arm) and justly deserves her "No. 1 for bravery" hippo sticker. The nurse says that not only did Anna not flinch, but it's the first time that she's seen a kid actually stare at the injection needle as it goes in. I sense the beginnings of a medical career...
Thanks to our lovely friends and family for helping us celebrate Philip's birthday this weekend: Gill and Dave, Dean, Lou, Amber and Tristan and Nico and Fi.
"Happy Birthday to you!"
Fi reading Amber and Anna a story.
Just too cute not to publish: Anna wearing her "new" top from Amber.
