Heather on August 14th, 2011

Today we set out to visit Hackney City Farm. (Hackney, by the way, is now known to be the origin of the recent rounds of London riots) When we got to the tube, we learned the tube branch we needed was closed for construction. So, Plan B became a visit St James Park – a [...]

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Dave on July 30th, 2011

Several months ago during a visit to the Tower of London we learned about the gladiator games to be held in July at Guildhall.  Kevin, being really interested in “armour guys” a.k.a. knights, said he wanted to attend. I think the highlights of the day for Kevin were trying on real armour and getting his [...]

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Dave on July 29th, 2011

Starting this September, Kevin is going to be entering “reception” which is the England equivalent of kindergarten in the primary education curriculum.  He will have just turned 4 years old when he starts reception and the class will meet Mon-Fri from 8:45AM – 3:30PM! Until very recently he has still been taking a 2 hour [...]

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