Easter Break

The weekend weather was perfect. Just lovely. 

Our house guests spent 6.5 hours touring the tour of London (??!) on Saturday. So we spent the afternoon at the park and then I napped to an audiobook (the best kind of nap), while the kids designed video games. 

Francisco made amazing enchiladas, which we all enjoyed together, before an evening walk to the park together. We stayed up super late (and I let the kids stay up late!), playing card games--PIT and they introduced us to Cockroach Poker, which was great fun. The boys were just so happy to have kids to play with.

 On Sunday I made pancakes and bacon, and then we headed to the Science Museum. I do not care for museums that are not art museums or book museums. I need to stop going, probably. There were a couple of cool things. 

Aesthetically pleasing space capsule parachute. 

Tower of cars. You know I'd go for the green. 

First iron lung. 

Very early dialysis. 

Okay I was totally interested in this--paintings of thanksgiving (above) for healing and anatomical votive offerings (below) for healing--an Egyptian, Greek, and Christian practice.  

Aesthetically pleasing replica of an early hot air balloon that had been sent up with animals (they call roosters "cockerels" here). 

After the Science Museum (3.5 hours--our friends are serious museum-ers), we walked across Kensington Gardens and had ice cream (kids) and coffee (adults). Then our guests said good-bye, and we headed to a late mass. Blaze napped in my arms for the whole mass. So sweet. We were all tired out. 

Chaos.