Our first visitor...Mum Mum!

Mum Mum was our first visitor, and we had a great time while she was here!  We got to get out and explore a little bit, but she caught the cold that was going around our house, and I needed to spend some time trying to organize around here!!!  It rained at least once every day that she was here, but it has not done that since we have been here.

She and Drew had a big time playing lots of games: Toy Story Yahtzee, Cars Memory Match, Sequence, Monopoly and cards.  They also wrote lots and lots of letters and had a great time delivering them to the post box.  She taught Lauren how to play Spite and Malice, how to shuffle cards, and how to braid.  She helped Alison with her reading and drew some pictures.  We surprisingly only had one tea party.  She also helped me a lot by doing my laundry and doing the dishes after dinner every night!

Drew, Mum Mum and I went into London on Wednesday and went to The Victoria & Albert Museum as well as the National History Museum.

We saw lots of beautiful dresses at the V&A Museum, but Drew wasn't really feeling it, so we didn't stay much as the wedding dresses.  Drew loved the National History Museum!  They have a huge dinosaur exhibit, that includes a large T-Rex model that roars when you walk into the room.

He thought that was pretty cool.  But the thing he loved the most was the insect portion of the museum.  There is a big exhibit about spiders, with videos of different ways they attack their prey and he thought that was pretty awesome.  We will definitely go back there with the girls, it was great fun!

Saturday, my mom and I took the bus up to the village and walked around in a few really cute shops, and then headed over to the Cannazaro House for high tea.

 It was a really beautiful place (it would have been even more beautiful if the sun was out and the sky wasn't gray, but this is London!).  They serve tea on the back patio, that is surrounded by glass doors.  We were seated in these super cushy chairs and we were served 4 tea sandwiches (smoked salmon, cucumber, tomato and ham and egg), 2 scones and 3 different desserts (strawberry macaroon, cheesecake and sponge cake), as well as a pot of really delicious tea.  It was yummy and we felt very British having our tea!

Sunday, the girls were invited to a birthday party at the Tooting Leisure Center (they loved saying Tooting and laughed almost every time they said it.), and it was great fun!  Very similar to US birthday parties I would say.  The mom of the birthday girls was so nice and made a cake with no eggs just for Alison!  And it was very delicious!!  After the party, we met Brad, Mum Mum and Drew at a local restaurant for Mum Mum's last dinner...she requested fish and chips.

Thanks for being our first visitor, Mum Mum!  We enjoyed having you here and hope you enjoyed our London experience!!!