Business in Belgravia

This morning I let the boys' father take them to school and headed to Belgravia for some embassy business.  It's a lovely feeling to walk around London in the morning when the morning rush is over but it's still quite early... to walk past the cafes and restaurants and little shops before they are open and when the personnel are cleaning windows, setting up tables and opening doors.  Slowly London town is waking up to its full bloom again...

Belgravia is beautiful.  I walked around for a while and enjoyed looking at gorgeous buildings and cute businesses.  Relaxing!

Lots of pictures but I couldn't help myself, too many lovely sights.  :-)

Kaupoilla

Tanaan lahdimme aamulla pienelle kauppakierrokselle.  Ulkona oli niin kylma ja synkka ilma, ettemme halunneet ulkoilla, mutta tuntui etta johonkin oli paastava kaymaan.  Niinpa teimme kierroksen Ikeassa ja John Lewisilla.  Katselimme paaosin joulujuttuja, mutta varsinkin John Lewis:lla oli kylla paljon kaikkea ihanaa.  Tama kauppaketju on mielestani parantunut hirveasti viime aikoina, ja tykkaan kun heidan valikoimistaan loytyy mm. Kartellin ja Flosin tuotteita.

Paivan iloinen yllatys oli vanhojen autojen ajelu Brightonista Lontooseen.  Naimme matkalla monta upeaa autoa ja kuskitkin olivat pukeutuneet asianmukaisesti.  Britit ovat kylla kivaa kansaa!

Jotkut aamut...

... ovat vaan sellaisia, etta on parasta suunnata johonkin kivaan kahvilaan isolle kupposelle.  Onneksi meidan Starbucks on sellainen paikka, etta sielta saa virtaa ankeaankin aamuun.  Vaikka luonto onkin talla hetkella tosi kaunis, ovat paivat taalla jotenkin tosi harmaita ja ankeita.  Joka paiva aurinko nayttaytyy mutten jaksa innostua siitakaan.  Syksy on suosikkivuodenaikani, mutta nyt tokkii.  Tekisi mieli vetaa peitto korviin ja kaantaa kylkea.

Hieman ankeita syyskuvia muuten kauniilta kotikaduilta...

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween and the boys thought it was the best ever!  After school we had a Halloween themed dinner at home and then headed out for trick-or-treating.  My boys were dressed up as WWE dudes.  They are very much into this awful wrestling now, they collect the trading cards and talk about it all the time.  So we had the Undertaker, Shawn Michaels and John Cena with us last night.

Unfortunately all the pictures are really bad but I include some anyway, I know at least our relatives want to see shots of the night.

Good times!

Kiitos!

Vanhempani seka rakas tatini ostivat minulle syntymapaivalahjan hieman etukateen (synttarini on lahempana Joulua).  Hay:n DLM-poyta sai erityisen tunnearvon heti kattelyssa, silla sen minulle ostanut tati nukkui pois viime sunnuntaina.  Ehdin kertoa hanelle mita lahjarahalla tilasin, mutta han ei nahnyt poytaa koskaan, silla se saapui vasta perjantaina.  Osuvasti poydan nimi on "Don't Leave Me".  En olisi halunnut paastaa hanta pois.  :-(

My parents along with my dear aunt bought me an early birthday present this year.  With the birthday money given to me by them I ordered myself Hay's DLM side table.  It got a special value in my life right away as the aunt who got it for me passed away last Sunday.  I had time to tell her what I ordered but she never got a chance to see the table.  Ironically the table is called "Don't Leave Me".  I didn't want to let her go and miss her terribly.  :-(

Friday morning

Alex's classmate Gregor had invited some of his friends to a football training on Friday morning.  He had prepared a schedule and a plan for the session and like the other boys also ours took this event very seriously.  They followed Gregor's lead and ended up having a lovely morning with their friends.  Gregor's mom Jackie had brought some little chocolates for snack time and that of course made the boys very happy, too.

Liam and Gregor's little brother Mackenzie had fun playing in the woods and they set up some cones to make their own football practice.  They were really cute.

Besides football the boys had time to look for some bugs, fetch the ball from a tree and so on.  The beautiful autumn weather and colourful nature made the morning even nicer.  :-)  Oh yeah, and the yummy coffees brought by Alison...!

John Bear

Liam's nursery has a bear called John Bear.  He likes to travel and go around from one place to another.  He has a suitcase and each day he leaves the nursery with it to go visit a child's house.  He brings his sleeping bag, his pyjamas, and his journal.

Last week John Bear came home to us with Liam.  Little Lee was super proud!  He took great care of John Bear and did many fun things with him.  All the activities were written down in John Bear's journal and some pictures were included.  The next morning Lee took John Bear back to the nursery and together they showed all the children and teachers the diary and the things they had done together.  <3