Breakfast with the hubby

Chris spent the early part of this week on a business trip to New York City, so the morning he left, we went out to breakfast before he left for the airport.
We went to one of our favorite local places, the Nightingale Patisserie. It is just down the street from where we live (our soon-to-be-ex-house) and has pretty yummy food.

This is what I typically order... it is called the Healthy N.  It is scrambled eggs with smoked salmon on top, with a side of arugula (called rocket here) topped with a half of an avocado, pesto, and sun-dried tomatoes.  

Lost Socks

One of life's mysteries.  Where do all the lost socks go?

We moved here a year ago. One year. In that year, we have accumulated this many socks that are missing their mates.

I keep them in a bag and then go through and match them up once every week or so.  How do you handle lost socks in the laundry?

Paddington, The Movie...

This past weekend, we took the girls shopping for new school shoes. Yay. Not.  Their uniform requirement limits their selections to a few brands and styles, and they range from about £41-61.  The first pair we bought them lasted a whole year, so I suppose that isn't too bad.  Georgia came to me a few weeks ago and said that she needed a new pair because her feet were getting wet when she wore her shoes. It turns out, the sole on one shoe was completely flapping around. She had seriously been wearing them that way for some time! We patched them up and then committed to getting her a new pair asap!


Later that day, Olivia went to a friend's birthday party, so we took the other two girls to see the Paddington movie. We had intended to go see it last month, as it opened here in London in mid-December. But, as it turns out, we finally got around to seeing it on what was also the opening weekend for the movie in the U.S.
It was a super cute movie and we all enjoyed it!