Waiting Is the Hardest Part

Day two across the street from Hyde Park saw M and I split the day so each of us could work in peace. He took the first shift since he has a set schedule and has to work at night here (daytime in CA). He took the kids to a different playground in Hyde Park that I was hoping wasn't the Princess Diana Memorial Playground, because I wanted to go with them to that. It wasn't. :)

Hotel #2 was the Grosvenor House. Me no likey. Well, not as much as the one on Grosvenor Square, which has better views and an ice machine. And this hotel is super stuffy. It's great for hanging out at Hyde, but not much else. Oddly enough, this is my dad's favorite hotel.

When M got back, I took the kids out. We went back to the same playground. The walk there was beautiful. I wish I could describe the gardens on the way, but there's just no way I could do them justice. They were so beautiful, there was a couple taking their wedding photos there.

We hung out at the park for about 30-45 minutes. It was pretty crowded. And it was a little cold. I told M we would get dinner on the way home, so we took the long way out of the park to hit the shops on Oxford Street. Boy, was it a loooong walk. We walked along the lake for part of it, which was really nice.

Then we came up on the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain, so we popped inside to take a look. The last time we were here, it was out of commission because people don't understand that water = slick surfaces, so they kept falling all over the place.

The fountain is pretty cool now. People were walking in it, and the guards were conversing with them like normal, so I figured it was ok. Mr. A wanted to go in, so I made him roll up his pants. Mini Minion was right behind him, but the water was a little deep (it hit above her dress), so I made them move to shallower water. Mr. A said it was FREEZING. I bet it was, but those two are borderline impervious to weather, so they stomped around until I forced them to get out.

On our way back, we saw a rainbow. Mini-Minion was really excited, because she has never seen a real one. It was quite exciting stuff. But we should have realized although rainbows usually come AFTER rain, apparently they can come before, too. Because it started raining. All over us.

So started the Bank Holiday weekend. Bank Holiday as in, there was no work on Monday (the 30th), which meant of course, that we were definitely stuck in a hotel until at least Wednesday (Tuesday being the earliest we could sign a lease).