Our Spring Visit to England

We've been back from England for almost two weeks and somehow still the cold we managed to catch (and share) lingers on.  I am so looking forward to a trip to England that doesn't result in us getting sick, but to be honest, for the trips to go so well in spite of the illnesses that have been around is pretty impressive!

This visit we spent the first 3 days in London staying with Keith, Char and Otto.  In our time there we saw Sonja and Sham and even got to see Sana and her main squeeze Kazuki.  As a nice celebratory Ayyam'i'Ha dinner we went to a Persian restaurant that happened to be right around the corner from Char's place.  Keith was kind enough to offer to stay with the babies and Char and I met up with the group and had a lovely evening together.  The area that Char lives in has many great options for babies including a fantastic library with a huge kids area.  There was a lovely cafe that was baby friendly, and on Sunday morning they hold a really fun soft play event in half of a gym.  Otto and Liam had such a good time!

The group of us out for Persian food

 Kazuki and Sana

 Me and Sonja - all the other photos we're making ridiculous faces

 Otto and Liam having a bath together -they were actually so funny to watch! 

 Monday we took the train up to Nass's and descended on them after they just got back from SA.  Thank you guys for being such generous and gracious hosts, despite fatigue!  The week was good even though I managed to get so sick.  The kids had a great time together for the most part - though after a while Lua started letting Liam know that she needed her space!  Leo and Liam had some good times together, and even the sharing issue wasn't too big of a deal. 

Liam is a big fan of laundry, and apparently, laundry baskets!

 This was such a sweet time.  The three of them were really playing together some sort of tea party game.  I loved watching them!

 The train became a slight point of contention in the mix because such exciting things are hard to share, but they did manage to take turns enjoying rides, and since then, Liam is definitely much more interested in sitting on, straddling his legs over, things.