We had the opportunity through the Lakenheath Officer Spouses Group to take a free bus trip to London for the day. Jeff and I decided to take Colton as it was going to be a 12 or 13 hour day. 
I was a little bit nervous, with our big MDG charity auction the night before stimulating him a bit more than I thought it would, that he would be a mess during the day. However, he did brilliantly! Just like a little British boy should. He took turns being carried by mommy and daddy throughout the day in his little front pack. He took in all the sights and sounds of the busy streets, riding a bus and even the tube throughout the day. 
We decided to spend the day doing things the other boys would most likely not enjoy. So we went shopping up and down Portabello Road. It's this cool market street by Notting Hill. It's in the movie in scenes. I watched it after we got home and recognized shops throughout. We hung out with several of my friends Wendy Lawlor and Sarah Hall and picked up a few neat things from the market vendors.
We also visited the largest map shop in the world. Jeff fell in love with a map of Texas which was several hundred years old. I told him no as it cost 27 thousand pounds. We found one of the Suffolk area we live in that we really liked. So perhaps for fathers day it will appear as it was considerably less than 27,000 pounds. Then Jeff had never been to Harrods. It is the most amazing store I've ever been in so we poked around a bit and visited the food halls for some tasty treats for the bus ride home. It was a fun day and it gives me hope that Colton will be a great little traveler.
I was a little bit nervous, with our big MDG charity auction the night before stimulating him a bit more than I thought it would, that he would be a mess during the day. However, he did brilliantly! Just like a little British boy should. He took turns being carried by mommy and daddy throughout the day in his little front pack. He took in all the sights and sounds of the busy streets, riding a bus and even the tube throughout the day. 
We decided to spend the day doing things the other boys would most likely not enjoy. So we went shopping up and down Portabello Road. It's this cool market street by Notting Hill. It's in the movie in scenes. I watched it after we got home and recognized shops throughout. We hung out with several of my friends Wendy Lawlor and Sarah Hall and picked up a few neat things from the market vendors.
We also visited the largest map shop in the world. Jeff fell in love with a map of Texas which was several hundred years old. I told him no as it cost 27 thousand pounds. We found one of the Suffolk area we live in that we really liked. So perhaps for fathers day it will appear as it was considerably less than 27,000 pounds. Then Jeff had never been to Harrods. It is the most amazing store I've ever been in so we poked around a bit and visited the food halls for some tasty treats for the bus ride home. It was a fun day and it gives me hope that Colton will be a great little traveler. 
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