The InLaws Visit

My boys have been counting down the days for weeks until their Papa and Mimi come over to England.  The day finally arrived last week and there have been smiles all around.  The first full day the boys got to show them around their school as we went in for the award ceremony.  The boys met me at work on Friday and we went out for smoothies afterwards.  We spent the afternoon painting and played games together.  On Saturday we took the boys to Crawley to see the new Spiderman film and it really exceeded my expectations.  We had our first mexican meal in over a year at a nearby restaurant in the town.  What was really interesting inside were the chandaliers. A few were made from old spoons and one from old bottles.  I posted photos from the below. Sunday the boys and I walked into Lindfield for church.  We got to see the little ducklings and they are just as cute as ever.  Unfortunately the English summer rain caught us in the downpour.  Monday we decided to go see Bodiam castle and there we were greeted by hoards of ducks.  They were quite cute and we had fun feeding them.  Another creature I found was a fuzzy little bat sleeping on the castle wall inside.  It was quite cute.  On the way back we decided to take a detour to the beach in Hastings.  The weather was so cold and it made me miss the warm Hawaiian sun.   We caught up with the rain again on Tuesday, this time in London.  We went to the British museum for most of the day and I think the highlight for me was the Picasso exhibit.  The boys really enjoyed seeing the mummies.  While on the subway we were right next to the actress from Doctor Who (and ER), Alex Kingston, who plays River Song.  No photo unfortunately to share but it was another highlight of the day.  The boys enjoyed playing on the pirate ship at Hyde park while it was not raining.  It has been a good first week.  Just one more week left with the boys before they head over to the US.  I am sure it will go by way too fast. :(

The inlaws surprise the boys at school.

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Ronan reads his story to his Papa and Mimi at school.

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My boys receiving their awards at the end of the year award ceremony at their school.

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2 for 1 smoothies today at 

#gerzoocoffee

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Painting with watercolours with my sons. 

#painting #watercolour #watercolor #drawing #art

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Afternoon art 

#art #artwork #painting #watercolor #watercolour #girl 

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Lost a game of Monopoly to my father-in-law. I traded Mayfair to complete the pink properties...and then landed on both blue properties! 

#monopoly #pink #Mayfair #gamenight 

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Strawberry love. 

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Bottle chandelier 

#chandelier #light #bottle #decor

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I love hugs from my little man.

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Spoon chandelier 

#spoon #chandelier #decor

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Waiting for the rain to stop and the pub to open for lunch. 

#selfportrait #rain #England

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The baby ducklings in Lindfield are getting bigger and are still so very cute. 

#ducks #lindfield #pond

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For 'blood sucking' creatures of the night they are quite fuzzy and cute. 

#bat #castle

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I caught this duck drinking from the dog bowl. 

#duck

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I had him eating out of my hand. 

#duck

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He is a silly knight named Maxalot.

 #knight #sillyface

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At the seaside in Hastings 

#beach

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Fish faces with my son Maddox 

#sillyface

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Checking out the mummies at the British Museum 

#museum #london #skull

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With my sons at the British museum 

#museum #london

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Princess Diana Memorial Playground in 

#london #memorial #princess #Diana

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BONNIE ROSE TWEETS

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• ‎9 and half hours till their arrival. #inlawshttp://t.co/q2e4eVef
• Best part of my morning? Finding a 2 pence coin in the hose of my hoover. No wonder it lost suction. Glad its not broken. #firstworldproblem
• My american father in law is playing chicken with on coming traffic when deciding what lane to drive in here in the UK. :/
• Clean house and just finished the dishes from supper. Whats a girl to do but kick up her feet with a cup of tea.http://t.co/ZYj1Wcw2
• Photo: Painting with watercolours with my sons. #painting #watercolour #watercolor #drawing #art (Taken with...http://t.co/uj3g70Xl
• Photo: Lost a game of Monopoly to my father-in-law. I traded Mayfair to complete the pink properties…and...http://t.co/tsEFelGF
• Watching Karl in Mexico with the hubs and my father-in-law. Yay for hearty belly laughs.
• "What Naples is, is a damn beautiful." - Anthony Bourdain So excited about going back home to bella Napoli this summer!
• Have focused on pushups lately. Sleeping with my hands behind my head, cant tell if its painful in my chest muscles or feels great #exercise
• Hoping it is better than the last three, than again Im not a fan of Tobey as Spidey. http://t.co/NfG09PFT @GetGlue #AmazingSpiderMan
• IDK whats more exciting, the next Bond film, another Batman film with Christian Bale or the newest film in the Bourne Series.
• I ♥ High tops for guys. Can you suggest brands that make affordable ones in boys sizes? My kids outgrow shoes fast. pic.twitter.com/ZDZhIkIV
• Going back through the series starting with season I of NCIS
• Slept on my neck wrong and today my neck progressively keeps getting worse. Hurts to hold my head up. :( #painful
• My 5 yo went from not reading at all in Aug to tonight where he read from Harry Potter to me. So proud. I ♥ reading HP with my sons. #read
• What do you call a Frenchman wearing sandals? >>>>>>>>>>Philippe Phillop. #joke
• Bachelor is Spencer Mathews from Made in Chelsea. Game on.
• Making faces on the train commute to Londonhttp://t.co/3NDT2lAb
• Photo: Self portrait in castle by candlelight #selfportrait #castle @thebonnierose http://t.co/U776ROvx...http://t.co/BX8V1Mrx
• Just rode on the subway two seats away from Alex Kingston aka River Song #doctorwho
• Today I sat next to Alex Kingston on the subway, saw a Japanese artifact that looked like a dalek, and spotted this doctor who bank note at the #BritishMuseum #doctorwho #dalek #tardis
• Woke up from an extended afternoon nap just in time for dinner and a thunderstorm. The rain and thunder sound so beautiful. #rain
• Just shy of 0430 and watching the sun come up.