Weekend with Hanna, Dan, Henry, and Arthur

While Micah was in Spain, my dear friend Hanna invited me and the boys to stay with her for the weekend. I enthusiastically accepted. I only had to pack clothes for myself because Hanna and Dan have two boys, Henry and Arthur, who are conveniently the same sizes as James and Alex, respectively. So I loaded up a roller bag, put Alex in the sling, took James by the hand, and took the train up to Hertfordshire. For the Americans who read the blog, it's only about 20 minutes from central London.

It was the best vacation a person could have without her husband and without spending (much) money (I did have to buy train fare, after all). James and Henry played together, bathed together, took naps in the car together... it was lovely. Hanna and I sat inside and held our babies mostly, and Dan played graciously with the older boys. It was heaven! Thank you, Hanna and Dan!

T. Rex!

These are from the Natural History Museum, where there is a life-size, robotic model of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. James loves dinosaurs. It was a good evening.

That was Tuesday. Wednesday morning, we visited the Science Museum with my friend, Stephanie, and her daughter, Eva. James was so cute with Eva, at one point taking her by the hand and leading her to something he thought was particularly exciting.

Today, we went to our favorite, the London Aquarium, to see the fish and sharks. We went with Hanna, a friend from church, and her son, Henry. James and Henry enjoyed sandwiches together in front of the Pacific-Ocean-themed shark tank.

Life is good.