This one actually features me out and about, rather than in the flat :P Best friends Gem and Jon were visiting from the north, with their son Will and a baby bump (called Creme Egg). Gem's due on Easter Sunday, so I think it's the closest I've seen her to birth, as I think with Will, I visited when she was maybe 7 months pregnant. They were going to visit last weekend but had to wait as Gem had Braxton Hicks. Anyway, they came down to see Jon's sister and me, before Creme Egg hatches.
For any non-Brits reading who don't know what Creme Eggs are - they are small chocolate eggs, filled with sweet soft fondant icing inside (white, with a yellow centre, like an egg yolk). They used to be sold around Easter, but although they are sold in higher quantities around Easter now, you can usually get them somewhere all year long. Because baby 2 is due on Easter Sunday, Gem and Jon nicknamed baby Creme Egg.
Anyway - first up, was Hyde Park. As Gem, Jon, Will and Bump had driven to Jon's sister, they all made their way to the Park and I came from a different direction.
This was me sitting by the Hyde Park Corner Tube station end of Hyde Park, just inside the arched gates. I sat on a kerb stone and waited to hear from them. Spring day in London, people out walking and running.
After a phone call from Gem, we realised we were at different corners, so we set off walking to meet each other. I saw lots of daffodils, and stopped to grab a few photos of London in the springtime sunshine:
After the picnic, and enjoying how chatty and adorable Will is (he knows a lot more words now), we headed off to the Natural History Museum. This was one of the buildings we walked by en route, complete with reflection. Will likes riding on Daddy's shoulders. Although his covering one eye or ear impeded Jon's senses a little ;-)
Inside the Natural History Museum, and in the Earth section (red). Jon and Will looking at a wave meter thingy I think. You rocked it and the liquid inside made waves. Jon made wavy handmotions, and Will copied him, cute!
We went to the Dinosaur exhibit too, and Will liked seeing all the "snap snaps" (because that's what their jaws do - snap, snap!). We stopped in the gift shop to see what he'd like, and although he showed interest in this pupper, he ended up with a dinosaur whose name I forget (U-something), which had a leopard print furry body, a stripy tail, and a bright read furry mohawk and back plume. We tried coming up with names, and I thought of Mike. Mike the dinosaur. He was so outlandishly cool, it just suited him. Judging by the way Gem, Jon and Vicky cracked up, it must have suited him a lot! This was the hand puppet Will tried:
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What a sweet Sunday Six. :lovely: I love the pictures of Will, but my favorite is the field of daffodils. :inlove: It'd maka a great desktop. :nod:
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It looks like a lovely day. The daffodils are beautiful and Will is a cutie. Glad you had such a nice outing!
Love those daffodils! Very cute picture of Will with the puppet, too!
Too cute! I'm glad you ended up having a good day.
I so love the daffodil pictures. My parents garden starts out covered with snowdrops, and then the daffs come - it's such a lovely time of year.
Too cute. But then I am a tad biased. Will doesn't look bad either lol! I like the first daffodil one too. Great to see you! x
BTW it's a Utahraptor and despite us calling it Mike, William has decided it's called Dave. Probably because he has a book called Dave the Dinosaur. He even asked for a biscuit for Dave today! x
Can't wait to get to London (will go on april 24)
Spring us so much forther there than in Stockholm
The photo of Will and Jon at the "wave meter thingy" is such a study in contrasts. Will is enthralled by the wave machine yet Jon seems distracted by the E4 label on the cabinetry. Jon seems to be supporting Will and yet allowing him to stand on his own. Will's left hand portrays a certain immaturity of grasp but his stance with one leg cocked displays a maturity beyond his years. The juxtaposition of the metal wave tank and the wood cabinet mirrors the slightly sepia tone of the photo vs the current as today subject.
Or maybe it is just that Will is such a cutie!
All in all I found myself looking at this one for quite a while.
Beautiful - LOVE the daffodils! Spring has really sprung eh?
And I just had a mild panic-attack when I saw you posted "happy mother's day" - I momentarily feared that I had forgotten it, before I remembered that in the U.S. it's not until May ;)
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