Parties, Visits, Hyde Park

Pascale went to a fancy-dress birthday party for Nicholas, a boy in her class. It was at this country club maybe 2 miles from our Central London flat. It amazes me that there's open space so close in to the city. Pascale was a dragon, and she kept quite busy guarding all the princesses.

Pascale had fun scooting to school.

We went out for a Dim Sum lunch at a restaurant today. In New York, dim sum is always a loud, boisterous experience with lots of little kids raising hell in the restaurant. Not so here. It was very subdued, to say the least. The first thing Josephine did was pick up the sterling silver chopsticks and pound divots into the marble-topped table. Eeeek. After that, the meal actually got better, but it's not an experience I'm going to want to repeat soon. But anyway, the hotel was right off Hyde Park, so we walked through the park on the way home.



Uncle Matt was in London, so he came over for dinner. The kids had a great time with him.

We had some foggy nights, which made for a spooky view.

Pascale went to another party, with the Kensington and Chelsea Women's Club. They had face painting there. Pascale got some paint to match her costume.

Josephine is becoming quite the hostess, serving her play cupcakes with a flourish.