Hanging Out

Eating sandwiches and cookies for lunch at the botanical garden.

Chasing in Garden

Ana loves this maze in the botanical gardens. It's a great place for Ana to chase and run around. She can run really fast now!

English October

It is autumn in England and starting to get a little cooler. Today was a nice sunny day so this thursday we went to a new playgroup in Cambridge by the river at St. Andrews. The kids really love the tampoline as you can tell from the pictures. They love jumping up and down. Ana and her friend Aada who is from Finland took turns on the trampoline.

Afterwards we went to have lunch at a pub. Yeah, you  wouldn't think English food is any good but it was decent. There was a lovely outside area nearby and we let the kids play in the autumn leaves and run around and be silly.

I feel like dancing, dancing...

Jabbering Away

Ana talks a lot but most times we don't understand her language :) We think she is a real chatterbox alwyas going on and on about everything. Her favorite thing is talking on the phone and just talking!

Barcelona 27/9-14/10

We went to Barcelona for a little over 2 week for Ana's birthday and one of the things we did was go to the Barcelona zoo with Ana's friend Emma. Emma goes all the time so she was more than happy to take Ana and show her around. We had never been to the zoo before because Ana was too young before we left. I did not realize the the zoo was so large and nicely shaded place for little toddlers to run around. This will be great in the summer since Barcelona gets really hot in the summer. Many of our friends buy a year long membership which is a lot cheaper than paying to go everytime. It surprised me how expensive it was to buy a pass. There is also a great dolphin show which Emma and her mom introduced us to and Ana enjoyed since she had never seen a dolphin except on TV. Afterwards we went for a walk and the girls enjoyed climbing on this log beside the flamingos and we were able to take some photos.

We spent the whole wednesday morning at the zoo and then had lunch there. Emma and Ana shared sandwich and a snack afterwards. You can tell they were really hungary! It was a great afternoon!

London Weekend September 2008

We did not really have a summer holiday this year since I am not able to leave the country so we decided to use our hotel points and spend a few days sight seeing in London. Of course, all sights chosen to be very toddler friendly for Ana's sake. We toured the London Aquarium which was a huge success since Ana had never seen fish so up close and personal. Then we booked a package that took us on a boat tour down the River Thames which also included a ride on the London Eye.

Of course I think it was all lost on Ana because she quickly made friends with a 4 year old she met on the boat and proceded to drum up her own social agenda. It didn't faze Ana one bit to be so high up in a little buble when we got on the capsule for the London Eye.

We stayed in a Marriott near the Marble Arch area of London which was not too far a walk away so after sight seeing we strolled through St. James Park and fed the ducks and chased the squirrels. It took about 1 hour to walk back to the hotel.