Thatcher has been busy working for the last week on his WWII project for school that was due today. He was so fascinated that three of his great-grandpa's served in WWII, I thought it would be fun if he learned more about them and did his report on them. After general conference I thought it was an even better idea, and asked him what he thought, he was all over that idea. He called my Dad and Todd's Dad and got the info that he needed along with pictures. He then wrote a report and made the poster all by himself. I am so proud of him! It is his first big project/report for school and he did such a fabulous job! Plus, I love that it got him thinking about his ancestors!
Today after dropping off the boys for their last day of school before Easter break, I hurried home to get ready quick to meet my friend Jen at the tube stop to go to Victoria Gardens and lunch with some of the other girls in the ward. I had never taken the tube before with just me and Tate. I've been totally nervous to take the stroller on the escelators in the tube stations, and also having to carry the stroller up and down some flights of stairs. Well this morning was a great induction! Jen and I acidently took the wrong tub, switched trains twice, and ended up going up and down more flights of stairs and escelators than I thought possible! We ended up at the wrong place and then realized we had to go back almost how we got there and that there would be more flights of stairs and more carrying the strollers (or buggies as they call them here). But we did it! And we, especially I, survived. I was grateful she was with me giving me tips and tricks and now I feel pretty confidnet I can do the tube by myself and not be a chicken anymore.
Once we finally got to where we were going for lunch, we walked around a bit at Covant Garden Market. I saw this guy being crazy/scary...I love these crazy street performers.
Here is the outside to the market.
It is so neat with lots of shops, and cafes and restaurants. I want to go back soon for sure! We ate a little place called Shake Shack, it's a burger place. Now, having come from Texas where there is every great burger joint in the world, I would rate the food so-so. But the best part about the lunch was ordering a large (which was more like a medium by the states standard) Diet Coke WITH ICE! I enjoyed every single sip and was in all seriousness sad when it was gone. I miss ice. I miss sonic. I miss my route 44's. I will admit I am a adict.
I had just enough time to come home and pick up the boys from school and then run home, drop off their stuff, and get them a quick snack and bathroom break, before heading off again to Todd's office for the BCG Easter party. They put it on in the middle of the square where the office building is and it was so cute and charming.
We walked in and there was this clown that kept the boys very entertained...
They really did a cute job with this party with the clown who did balloon animals, a face painter, Easter Egg Hunt and visit from THE Easter Bunny. It was really a great family party and the boys absolutly loved it. I am a fan of BCG London. Just saying.
They had this little ball pit for the babies and Tate wanted to sit in there the whole time...
Until the Easter Bunny came over and Tate was VERY intrigued with him...
This bunny suit is enough to give you nightmares for a week!
The Easter Egg hunt was really fun, and the boys really made out like bandits...waaaaay too much chocolate, and they immediatly started to eat all of it. I had to acutally physically take it away from them because Tagg ate a whole chocolate egg! I am shocked they weren't sick on the way home!
BCG is the building on the left. Cute little square with the prettiest little park in the middle. I love that knobbly big ol' tree!
I caught that girl mid run...love it.
Tagg still thinks it's cool to have baby chicks painted on your face. Thatcher is over it, so I figure he has about 18 months before he is too big for this sort of thing. Sad.
They wouldn't give up, they just kept searching and searching!
Isn't just so pretty?
We hurried home because our babysitter was coming for date night. Todd and I decided to go try out The Eye because it is so cool, and you just have to do it while you are here! We picked the perfect time to go, it was sunset and really nice weather. We have been so spoiled with the weather!
Here we are just before we bought tickets and got on!
We bought the fast track tickets because we are lazy like that and also when we saw the line we guessedimated that it was probably about 1-2 hours to wait. No thanks! There were also tons of obnoxious american teenage school groups, and if I had to stand behind them and listen to them talk about Miley Cirus while they giggled and gaggled I would have probably punched one of them and then it would have caused a scene. So just to avoid all of that, we just decided to just fork out the extra dough and get on!
The fast track tickets are great because you really just pay, and then go to the front of the line and step right on. While we were waiting for the 2.2 seconds we had to wait, we met another american couple and found out they were from Oklahoma! We obviously instantly bonded and they were super nice, which wasn't a surprise.
The Eye never stops, so you just kinda hop on when it is still moving. We got into the pod thing and started to go up! It is really, really cool. Highly recommend. The views were incredible and it was really fun to see everything at dusk. I will admit, once you start getting to the top, it is a little freaky. The pods actually do shake a little because of the wind I suppose, and also how they are positioned on the wheel. So yeah...I had to talk myself out of a little anxiety, but we were good after that!
This is probably my favorite scene in all of London. I just love Big Ben. It is so amazing seeing it in person. Pictures can't do it justice.
After we got off we headed across the bridge to the Westminster Abbey area and wanted to get some fish and chips, but we were out of luck because it was so late all the fish and chip places were closed. Next time!
Here we are on the bridge thinking we are totally young and cool and taking selfies!
So we headed back up closer to home and found a little place that serves Pho. What is Pho you ask? It is some vietnamese soup that Todd has come to love after he was introduced to it by some of his colleges at work in Charlotte. So he wanted me to try it out. I wasn't a fan, just to let you all know. But I am picky like that. Oh well, I gave it the ol' collage try!
It was a great day. So busy, but packed full of firsts and fun things! It's hilarious that date night now ends at like 10:30pm for me. I am not kidding, I can't last longer than that anymore!
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