Tuesday, 10 April 2012

A couple of random days....

As I write this I am sitting in one of my new favorite pubs that is walking distance from my home.  It is no Craft & Commerce (what I wouldn't give for an "up in smoke" right now...would someone please go have one for me while sitting under the squirrel riding on a raccoon) but this pubs got a great old feel, real wood fire places, and great local ale and cider.  The cider here in England is way different then then what we are used to.  It is not as sweet and,  just like the ale, a bit warm.  I love coming here and just getting cozy by the fire in a big worn in cracked leather chair and just writing....so on with the random days. Due to the Easter Holiday and good friday the normal help routine was thrown off and it was just Belinda and I on Good Friday and Saturday.  This always leads to creative child swapping and some sort of outside adventures.  Let me also add in both boys have slight spring colds so sleep at night has not been very regular.  So here's what we've got...sleep deprived Mum, semi-sleep deprived Sara, lots of coughing and other cold type bits from two boys who are trying their best to be ok...the silver lining is the weather is good!!!  With this silver lining in our favor we head to the seaside again to spend the day with Belinda's family.
Splashing Wellies!
It's another lovely day in Brighton...still my new favorite place.  The best part about this time was I borrowed a pair of Wellies so I got to have a proper splash in the sea with the kids!
On Saturday morning George is in need of some quiet time and Rudi needs to be active (as anyone who works with kids knows two kids rarely need the same thing) so quick decision...Belinda stays in with George and I head out with Rudi (with out a shower mind you...sometimes you just put on a hat and hope for the best) to Kew Gardens.  Our outing was actually quite lovely.
Just a small corner of the Gallery
     He loves to start his tour of the gardens at the"pictures".  This is a great collection of hundreds of flower paintings done by one woman displayed in a really cool house like gallery.  I walked in having no idea what to expect and it was a take your breath away kind of moment.  Rudi also thinks the hardwood floors in the gallery are like a dance studio so he starts singing out "dancing, dancing" and twirls around...side note his parents were both in the royal ballet so dancing is a huge part of his world.  Next we visit his second favorite spot the fish ponds in the green house.  These green houses are nothing like anything I have been in.  They are huge and have any plant you can imagine...Rudi only has eyes for the fish though so that's where we stay.  All I hear while we watch the fish is his sweet little "blub, blub, blub" sound like the fish make.  So cute!  On the way to the duck pond, our third stop on Rudi's tour of Kew Gardens we make a detour to the Creepers and Crawlers play zone.  This is the best play area I have ever been to...there was everything from a zip line bumble bee to a venus fly trap that you can lower a fly down into and it will eat it.  Pretty cool right....I think a lot of you would go to this with out kids or borrow one so you could go.  We finally made it to the duck pond and fed them some bread.  These ducks are all very used to this and not shy....Rudi was close to loosing a finger.  Once we got home Rudi took a nap, George was still relaxing and I finally got a shower (days like this you take them when you can get them even if it's one in the afternoon).
The afternoon was carnival time...literally.  For the Easter weekend there was a little fair down the road so we checked it out.
George on the trampoline

George had a blast on the super high bouncing trampoline contraption and Rudi's constant asking to "drive car" came true!

Rudi driving me in his car
 














Spin Teacup Spin!












There were even some spinning teacups....I drew the line there.  Even though it made me think of Disneyland it wasn't worth the "green" feeling I would have after.
All in all the two random days were great.  Michael (Dad) got a break from filming in America and came home Saturday night and will be home for a week which meant I got Easter Sunday and Monday off...Yeah!!!  Easter adventure to come!  

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