Bubbles and friends in Evie's baby class:
They Might Be Giants family Concert at Southbank Centre! I have been a fan of They Might Be Giants since I was fifteen, so actually seeing them in concert was very exciting for me! Jim was excited, too, but not as excited as if it had been The Cure, and Evie was nap deprived and overwhelmed by the whole thing, so I'm not sure how she enjoyed it.
This is what I look like at a TMBG concert. (Actually, I think I might have been looking at the giant, silver, remote control penguin that was flying above our heads. It was definitely Evie's favorite part of the concert and I will post a video soon).
Because the weather has been so nice, we've been spending as much time outdoors as possible. Here is Evie running free at Primrose Hill. The best part about this picture are the hunky men in the background. When the sun comes out in London, the shirts come off and it's a sea of pasty white and PDA everywhere you look!
Jim keeps his shirt on in public.
Hooray for summer!
Like all the toddlers around here, Evie now has her own little stroller, which she likes to push around our neighborhood and down to the playground. It was the least expensive one I could find and it has proven itself as "Ghetto Stroller." I've been diligently taping it together with electrical tape as it systematically falls apart, but Evie doesn't seem to notice. When one of the wheels goes flying off, we'll upgrade.
Pushing Daddy in the Ghetto Stroller before bed(maybe this is why it's broken?). Videos of Evie and her stroller to come!
Evie has also acquired a baby for her stroller and she is a nudist named...Baby. The only clothing she has been allowed to wear since Evie took her clothes off of her is her headband, which she wears as a bracelet. Baby goes with us everywhere these days, as would Ghetto Stroller, if I hadn't electric taped it in such a way that it will no longer fold up.We've also been spending lots of time in our garden, coloring with chalk and pushing baby around in the stroller. Our garden is so nice in the summer once we clean up all the leaves! Here are Finchley, Evie and Baby hanging out in the garden. Finchley got a slight hair cut...
Taking Baby for a walk to the playground.
A rest with Daddy on the bench.
We are so lucky to live near several really beautiful parks and Golders Hill Park is a great one because not only is it a beautiful park, but it also has a mini zoo, a water garden and a really nice playground with the best sandpit around.
Checking out the deer:
Checking out the ice cream (definitely another perk of Golders Hill...and cheaper per scoop than the ice cream in it's neighboring park!):
Living near so many parks means that we can sometimes visit two in one day. After Golders Hill Park, we moved on Hampstead Heath, where we had a picnic outside of Kenwood House and watched some frisbee players while eating watermelon:
Fourth of July, as you can imagine, is not really a big deal in England (although some people joke that they should be celebrating the fact that they got rid of us. I mean, they celebrate an attempted terrorist--his failings--so why not celebrate the departure of the Americans, too?). Anyway, despite that, we tried to be somewhat patriotic and got together with some of our multicultural friends at a pub. It was a beautiful day to be Americans in London, that's for sure! Happy Summer!
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