At long last, a blog about Mom's visit in March! This was before the rain started and before the illnesses set in and we had beautiful springy weather for her to enjoy. In fact, the weather went downhill as soon as she left. That's been happening lately.
One of our first London adventures was to wander to the zoo, via Primrose Hill. Here we are with an unknown friend who's father took our picture for us:
MIllie was particularly enthralled by the zoo's show featuring rats and various birds pooping on cue.
And everyone was very brave when it came to petting the goats:
I also ran my first 10K in a lot of years while Mom was visiting. It took place in a small village in Oxfordshire called Brill and the race was called the Brill Hilly. And it was, as it name suggested, hilly...especially at the end. Evie also ran the toddler dash and had a more official looking number than I did.
Jim showed his support by chowing down on a bacon sandwich pre-race:
On our way to the starting line! Lala and Millie led the way.
And they were off! Evie and Jim 'dashed' with the best of them!
And Evie showed off her 'golden' to Millie when she finished.
Some time passed before I got to the finish line, so everyone enjoyed the early bloomed daffodils (which got beaten down by the relentless rain a week later):
Finally, I finished! Who hoo! Now it's time to get back in shape and run a marathon in October. whohoo.
After the race and after perusing an antiques market, we headed to a pub, where Evie made a train out of the chairs.
One of the highlights of Mom's visit was her tour of the nearly completed Olympic Park! Jim was a great tour guide, as usual. Here they are with Mayor Boris Johnston's orbit in the background:
In front of the aquatics centre:
Posing with the daffs:
And taking in the view of the park:
Olympic stadium!
Olympic love in the Great British Garden!
Mom in construction worker mode:
RUN Sculpture. I'm trying to be inspired as I type this:
Victory in the Olympic Stadium!
After all that excitement, we put on our dress up clothes and went to the performance of My First Cinderella Ballet, especially for small children. While she completely enjoyed the performance, Evie was surly about having her picture taken afterwards (as evidenced by the grumpy look on her face):
Eventually, in Covent Garden, which was decorated with beautiful giant Faberge-style eggs, she cheered up again:
Back at home, we dyed our brown eggs and put them out for the Easter Bunny. They were very natural looking:
Easter Bunny chocolate excitement!
And boiled sweets for breakfast!
A few days later, en route to the Tate Modern, we swung into Neal's Yard to sample a little cheese:
The rain had started, but we were still cheerful:
And everyone enjoyed the museum (mostly):
It was a fun visit and everyone was sad to see Lala go! But we'll all be reuinted in a few weeks and we'll also get to see Nana and Papa!
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