Tuesday 20 January 2009

Girls Day Out

Liam had a few days off work in half term, and so I left Sam and Leah with him, and took Megan for a girls day out into London. Our Merlin Passes include the London Dungeon - too scarey for Leah and Sam, so Megan and I headed straight for it.

Despite getting there early, there were huge half term queues, but we loved that we could queue in the MUCH shorter fast track queue. Even so, we had to queue for about an hour. Its okay though, 'cause we had company!
Photos aren't allowed in the Dungeons, but I can assure you that at times we were petrified! And we learned a lot! And screamed a lot! In fact, we both loved it and can't wait to go again...but not with Leah and Sam - much too scarey - but maybe with Vicky and Leanne.
Where next? We headed for Madam Tussaudes - so many celebrities to meet!

Arrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh - its Troy!!!


David insisted on this one...

Megan spent the whole of last term learning about World War 2 - she really enjoyed it. She was THRILLED when she bumped into Winston Churchill and, erm, Hitler!

Two down, how many free attractions can we fit in to our trip?! We headed for the London Aquarium and on the way, averted a disaster. Luckily Megan was on hand to prop up Big Ben

(aren't we clever...and original! Actually we had to queue up behind 3 lots of chinese tourists to take this picture!)

The Aquarium was great - especially the sharks.Next to the Aquarium is the London Eye - so we had our first evening flight.Megan loved the mime next to the river - she couldn't wait to get on his pedistal!

By this time, we were starving so we headed back to Leicester Square to get KFC. Actually, we marched aimlessly round the London Eye for about half an hour, desperately looking for KFC to end the day perfectly, but we couldn't find one, so we jumped on the tube again and went where I knew there was one. Unfortunately, I didn't realise it was the premier of Quantum of Solace in Leicester Square! It was heaving! We fought our way through, with my camera on hand to snap any celebrities. Leicester Square must have been packed with them - we could hear the crowds cheering every now and then.

This is my one and only paparrazzi shot:

I got a blurred picture of Boris! I think I've definitely blown my chance to be a paparrazzi!

KFC was worth the wait, and we headed home exhausted! I don't think we could have fitted much more in.

Monday 12 January 2009

Vicky's 12!

How can she be 12? Everyone (except me) is getting so old! We got to Lorraines just in time for the cake - perfect timing as always.

Vicky's not one to shy away from the lime light - of course she joined in her "Happy Birthday" song!
Its a sign you're getting old when there aren't the right number of candles on your cake! Vicky's reached that point now!

She had lots of family and friends around her to help celebrate.

Check out the sister with attitude!

Carvery Crowd Pleaser

With the busy lives that everyone has, it seems we only manage to see Liam's cousins when Harriet comes to visit from Canada! Luckily she comes quite regularly now, so during her recent trip, we all met at the Carvery - very popular choice. Its scarey how much the kids have grown up each time we see them!