London

Recently I went to London with my Dad. We went from the 10th to the 14th of May. On the Friday at lunch we left by bus to the airport. We flew from Lyon to Gatwick (a London airport). We took the train to shepherds bush. We went for dinner at a pub. I had shepherd pie.


The next morning we went to the Tower of London. The tower was crowded. We saw the Crowns of the kings and queens. We also saw the ravens of the tower. In the afternoon we went to the Petrie Museum. At the Petrie Museum I learnt how to write my name in hieroglyphic. I played a bit with a reproduction of an Egyptian instrument. After I made some papyrus paper. The Petrie museum was my favourite part of London because we made things In the evening we went to see a play called “Public Enemy”.

On Sunday morning we went to the service at Westminster Abbey. In the late afternoon we went on the London Eye. In the evening we went to an Italian restaurant. I ate pasta with pesto and a panacotta.

On Monday morning we went to the Churchill museum and war cabinet. I found it interesting because everything is as it was in Churchill's time. At lunch we had fish and chips. In the afternoon we saw the Parliament in action. In the House of Commons the same M.P. spoke for a long time about health care. Later we went to tea at the Goring Hotel. The tea was humongous and there were many cakes and sandwiches. I had strawberry and mango tea.

Early on Tuesday we left for Grenoble. In the afternoon I went to school.          

Ben's Seventh Birthday Party

This weekend we finally celebrated Ben's seventh birthday. The party was organized around a lego theme - starting with the cake which was shaped as lego bricks.

Lego Birthday Cake

Guessing the Lego Bricks

The party started with a scavenger hunt. The clues started in the mailbox and the two teams (spiderman and batman) had to follow clues and collect lego bricks. One of the challenges was to guess the number of lego bricks in a glass jar.

Opening a Layer of the Parcel

Part of the hunt included a game of 'Pass the Parcel'. Each layer of the parcel included a challenge. One of the challenges was standing in a line from youngest to oldest and another was to find the sum of all the boy's ages (51!).

Standing from Youngest to Oldest

Relaxation During Pass the Parcel

After all the games, the boys had worked up an appetite. Here they are having their snack. Surprisingly we had to cut extra carrots because the carrot sticks were almost as popular as the potato chips....

The Birthday Cake Arrives

Getting Ready to Blow Out the Candles (Part I)

Getting Ready to Blow Out the Candles (Part II)

Now the Candles are Out

Hopefully everybody had fun! Now we need to plan Zoe's birthday (only 4 months after the fact!)