Weekend visitors – Number 1

When living in a big, colourful city, you expect to frequently have visitors who wish to sample the delights of the place.
My dad came visiting first, and in late February my brother, Richard and my little nephew Kai came for a weekend visit.
They arrived late on Friday night after a long train journey from Nottingham. After a quick snack and the making of a traveller’s bed in the lounge we were all fast asleep.
On Saturday morning we woke early and after breakfast, rushed down to the river to take Kai on a short boat trip on the Thames. Unfortunately, we were a little too enthusiastic and got to Embankment (one of the boat stops) about an hour too early, none of the boats were operating yet. It was so cold that the only sensible thing seemed to be coffee!
So it was off to Nero’s (a coffee shop chain here) for a long slow cuppa.
Finally we were on our boat trip, which Kai loved.
After that it was on to a very family filled afternoon. We caught the train to my cousin’s house in Surbiton (a suburb, in south west of London near Richmond) where he lives with his wife Kerry and their little sprog, Louie. My other cousin Emily, her man, Ashley and their little one, Leo arrived shortly afterwards from Cardiff. They were on a stopover before jetting off to sunny South Africa for a holiday.
It was a lovely afternoon - catching up, eating lunch and playing with the 3 little ones. The boys tried to appear interested in our girly chat, but spent a lot of time eyes glued to the tele (the 6 nations rugby was on).
Later Richard, Kai and I wound our way back to my place for a relaxing evening.

The next morning saw us at the Science Museum where Kai was terribly excited by all the touch and feel children’s learn about science areas.
We quickly popped into the Natural History Museum on the way home to look at the dinosaurs (Kai loves them!). I was impressed that he could easily identify a heap of bones as being a dinosaur shape.
After that, they rushed off to catch a train home and I plopped onto the sofa with the tv remote for a much needed break after a fun, if busy weekend.

Picture 1: The cousins and little sprogs
Picture 2: Kai and Richard playing with water at the science museum