Our Fall visitor parade continued, and with it came more fun and memories.....
September 7-13 : Uncle Kyle, Aunt Addie and (highly anticipated) cousin Carter! From the time we told Avery that Carter was coming to see her in London, she was pulling toys aside to be ready for him, asking when he would get here, and constantly reminding me of all the things she had planned to do with him. We were so happy when Carter, and his (brave for bringing a two year old on such a long flight) parents walked through our flat door! We spent the week taking them around town, negotiating toy sharing between three small children, and enjoying nightly "pajama parades"
The Flood boys on the London Eye
Playing at the Park.... Avery making the "little ones" push her
National Rail train ride with Aunt Addie
Carter giving the stare down to the Queens guard at Windsor castle
Obligatory telephone shot of the family of three and a half ... baby girl Flood due in January
Avery and Carter saying hi to Paddington bear at Paddington Station
Our nightly "jammie parade parties". The laughter and toddler dances that occurred here were unforgettable
Nope, it doesn't get any cuter than these two stroller sleeping cousins
A family shot ( minus working Lane) on Parliament hill overlooking the city
September 26-29: Laci and Jessica leave the kid and husbands home for a girls trip! There is nothing better than having two moms visit who left their own kids and responsibilities at home to come have fun with us. They spoiled our girls rotten, and provided a lot of desperately needed girl time for me. We toured by day, drank wine and gossiped by night.
These two literally got off the plane and said "let's go!". They were not about to let jet lag stop them from anything! They win the award for best time-adjusted visitors, or at least they faked it well.
What started as a work relationship, has developed into two girlfriends who got to be at Buckingham palace together. Pretty cool.
We've been friends with Laci for years, but had only met her best friend Jessica briefly before... by the end of the trip I am not sure who liked her more, me or my girls.
This is why I love these girls. In a town full of high end designers and boutiques, they understand the beauty in "TK Maxx". (yup, thats the UK version of American TJ Maxx).
Girls night! This was fairly early in the evening... I'm not brave enough to show how we looked at the end of this night. It was my first time staying out in London beyond the time that the underground train runs. Enough said.
After a few days in London, they headed to Paris to end their trip.Where they apparently met this guy :)
Just writing about these visits makes us miss all of these people,
~L, L, A&S
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