Kensington Gardens

This past Saturday we took the boys to Kensington Gardens. I think this is one of my favorite Royal Parks yet.  It was so pretty and so peaceful.  Not to mention the gigantic pirate ship in the Princess Diana Memorial Playground.  I think the boys were in heaven. We snuck their pirate hats along for the trip so they were prepared to play the part! We also walked around the gardens of Kensington Palace. Truly beautiful. I believe William, Kate and George will be residing there soon in their 20 room apartment. Is it really an apartment when you have 20 rooms?  I digress.

We spent the entire day in this park and didn't get home until 7pm. Completely shattered.

 

The Italian Gardens

 

    Time to play Pirates. Walk the plank!

 

This ship was big, for small people that is.  They could go underneath and run round from end to end.

 

 

 

 

Arrrgh! Ahoy matey! We found the treasure!

 

There were a few tepees set up in another area - it was perfect for when the rain came!

 

 

The rain continued for a little bit so we took a walk to the Palace.  Here is a statue of Queen Victoria.

 

 

Hooray for single strollers!  Complete with rain gear.

 

They had such a good time running around the gardens. 

 

 

 

And then we went back to the park - because as you can see the weather changed dramatically!

 

 

I can't resist putting all of these pictures of Henry up. He was a very happy boy on Saturday. I could just eat him up when he smiles.

The day ended with pizza and ice cream across the street. We couldn't believe how well they held up considering how much playing they did. Good times, good times.

 

Until the next adventure...

P.S. Thank you Mark for taking all of the pictures from this day and every day. If it weren't for you we would have a very boring blog.