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What an amazing 9-year-anniversary trip! The destinations (London, Dublin, Oban), the company (Beth and Scott Haenni), the weather (not one drop of rain!), the reassurance of knowing that the boys were having a great time at home with my mom/parents (depending on the day) -- it was all amazing.
We started our trip in London. We stayed at this hotel (Beth and Scott stayed close by, just on the other side of the square). Our highlights in London were our behind-the-scenes tour of Kensington Palace, including a viewing of some of Princess Diana's dresses (courtesy of Beth's relative's connection to the director of the museum), our dinner at Boho Mexico, our trip to Camden Market, hanging out in Trafalgar Square (including watching a little of this exhibit), and our ride on a double-decker bus. Other memorable events, but more from a comical perspective than anything else, included our dinner at Nobu (it was ridiculous on many levels), and our ride on the London Eye (very cool views, but we quickly dubbed it the saun-eye, as the sun baked in the glass panels on our 30-minute ride).
Kensington Palace
The London Eye
City at Night
Camden Market
Being Touristy
You can scroll through more pictures from our London leg on Flickr.
This week's I ♥ Faces theme is "Completely Candid". Candid shots are always my favorites of the boys. This one is from a couple of weeks ago. I was taking "1st day of school shots" of Noah & Griffin and in between their posed smiles, they had this silly/precious moment with each other. I love how their foreheads are resting together (like a boy-hug). Pure brotherly love!Come see the other candid photos entered in this week's contest at iheartfaces.com.
Grandma T, this post is for you! We love you and hope you have a wonderful birthday!
If you need to access your card from a link instead, here it is.
Grandma T, you made quite an impression on the boys this summer!
- As soon as I said that it was your birthday, Miles started singing (fyi - his first clip is entirely in a baby voice that that has cropped up over the past couple of weeks, but since all of his greetings were unprompted, I didn't want to ask him to do it again. :)
- As I was uploading these little videos, Noah said, "mom, I wish we could go to Grandma T's house again. Actually, I wish we could live there." :)
- All morning Griffin has been swinging between saying, "happy birthday" and "Grandma T". :)
We l.o.v.e you so much!
Brooke, Mike, Miles, Noah & Griffin
We had a really great Labor Day weekend. My mom was here on Friday/Saturday, which was such a treat. We stayed really low-key on Saturday night and Sunday: we played in our jumpy slide....we played kick-ball....we went to the park. It was laid back and really nice.
They boys and I often hang out at parks, but it was really fun to have Mike there with us.
Mike and Miles headed over to the grass so that Miles could ride his bike. This picture cracks me up. Total mini-me. 
Noah and Griffin spent the entire time climbing on the play equipment. Of course, at least one of our boys was toting a lovie-du-jour. 
I love how Griffin is just in-the-mix. He's very physical and will try anything. Put it in front of him, and he'll climb it. This first thing he's climbing is twisty and tall. He zipped up it without a care. 
Griffin has been growing like crazy this summer --- meaning he talks a ton, mostly in sentences, and he does so much for himself. He's been sleeping in a double bed (w/o rails) for 3 weeks now. It was such an easy transition for him. We took his crib down, but his bed up and that was it. He popped out of him room once and I put him right back in, and that was it. He wakes up and stays in his room until we come to get him. Its a-m-a-z-i-n-g. When Miles was that age, he would wake up, walk downstairs, and walk right out the back door. We woke up many mornings to the sound of the house alarm going off. When Noah moved to a bed, he also started sharing a room with Miles. As soon as one of them woke up is was an immediate play-fest (read: running through the house like crazy people). The stereotype that the 3rd child is laid back & chill definitely rings true in our house.
Griffin also seems to be a sports guy. He loves balls and gravitates toward sport-y things (e.g. he'll pick out pjs that have balls, etc.. on them verses cute animals or monsters). This picture cracks me up, too (didn't notice it while I was taking the picture). Looks like he's got the "way to go, buddy"/buns smack that he'll need for future team sport days. 
On Saturday night, Miles, Noah and I camped out in the backyard. I'd be wanting to do it since Uncle Brad set up his tent at my parents' house this summer. He entertained the kids by reading to them in the 'fort' and they loved it. Its been on my do-do list since. 
Here we are, around 8:30pm, ready for stories and bed. It was probably 10:30pm before the boys finally fell asleep, but we slept there all night. Miles woke up at 7am and Noah slept until 7:30am. A great success, I'd say!
Just before we jumped into the tent, Miles wanted to take a 'crazy picture'. I was trying to 'sling spiderman's web' with my hands. I think I ended up making a 'rock & roll' sign. I'm such a dork. 
