Where have we been?

Good question.  I realized today and Mark reminded me that it has been over a week since my last post.  Yikes.  Too much time has gone by!  I will do my best to recap the past week and a half.

The boys successfully started school on September 9th.  I'm happy to say that they love it.  It is a small school in Marlow with only a few students in it so far. They are getting some decent individualized attention right now and that makes me happy considering the recent transition.

Here are my pumpkins on their first day of school. Believe me when I say that I did try to get them to pick different raincoats and wellies- but they both insisted on the train gear.  So, train gear it is.

 

This is the little road we walk down every morning to get to school. 

 

They are coming home with all sorts of projects - from painting, to making boats, to color of the week drawings - good fun. Today they took a walk to the park and fed the ducks and swans.  All very exciting to these little guys.  I picked them up today and as we were driving home I mentioned how great their leaf print pictures were and Oliver said, "Are they lovely Mom?"  Very British indeed.

This past weekend was decent despite the weather.  It has been raining, at some point during the day, every day for the past 8 days.  It has also dropped about 15-20 degrees compared to a few weeks back.  I think the clouds are here to stay for awhile.  We just need to learn to dress better for it!  Meaning, always wear or take your raincoat and umbrella- everywhere. 

Saturday was low key. We ran some errands in the morning and then...WAIT FOR IT...

We stayed home.  Can you believe it?  It was a perfect day to light our first fire in our house.  The kids snuggled up in the living room to watch Mary Poppins and Mark and I enjoyed our fireplace.

On Sunday, after Mark and the kids got home from Rugby we took a drive to the city to visit Regent's Park. It is a huge, huge park in central London- 395 acres to be exact.  I think we only experienced a corner of it but it was fun. Queen Mary's Gardens were beautiful and that was only a corner of the park.   http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/the-regents-park

 

 No Alyssa, its not the same exact bag as yours, but its pretty close. Mine isn't canvas.

 Couldn't help it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Henry must have gone down this slide 20 times- and every time he put his arms up. He loved it.

 

 

 

Oliver noticed all of the pigeons sitting, just relaxing and he made a mad dash to try and catch one.  He truly believes he can catch one and is highly disappointed when they all fly away.

 

Their little legs were tired- because yet again, Mom and Dad forgot the stroller!

 

 

They held up really well and we rewarded them with a visit to a pub close to our home- 2 pints and 2 ice cream sundaes.

 

  Lucky kids.