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My eldest is now a man child, at 14 stands at 6.1 but still loves a cuddle.  For his birthday I bought him tickets to see the rugby union London derby at Wembley.  So yesterday we headed off via London to jump on the tube.  We got to Liverpool St and happened to see the first three statues of the Shaun in the city hunt.  Ok I may have planned it that way lol  Then we jumped on the tube round to wembley,  It was a record crowd of 84,062 people and it was good game but sadly the quins lost to the sarries . We then headed home via McDonalds lol every boys fave food.

Saturday was a rugby six nations day, with three matches back to back. I got to sit and catch up on some stitching. The storyline sampler frame for March is Sherlock.  The original chart did not include a bookcase but after seeing peeps add one on Instagram I knew I had to as well. Onto the zodiac sampler, not quite finished yet but getting there.  Sunday was a day to be a family so the six of us headed to the local bowling alley. Two games of bowling which was great fun and I thrashed them all :-)  followed by lunch out at the Hong Kong noodle bar. Yum yum. Followed by an afternoon of watching films and chilling. So how was your weekend?

Sunday saw us up early and head off to London super comic con.  I have never been to a comicon before and had no idea what to expect. We had early entry tickets so got to head in 90mins earlier than the crowd.  There were stalls and cosplayers in awesome costumes. We met author and artistsof comic  books including the guy who draws the story boards for doctor who. I had no idea who a lot of the characters were and I was told by a guy dressed as te punisher that I need to get my Geek on lol. The kids are planning what costumes to make for mcn comicon in October.  Oh help me lol

As a Christmas present for the girls I bought them and me a ticket to see The Script @ O2.  We headed out in the afternoon after listening them excitedly get ready since 10am.  I have promised the girls dinner at Wasabi.  Now I love this place, Chaz has been with me before but it was chlo's first time and boy is she a picky eater. Anyway all was cool, we grabbed dinner without too much fuss and then headed to our seats. Now the O2 is a large venue and usually I always opt to stand but as chaz is only 11 we had to sit and the tickets were in the heavens. The sound quality is bad up there as you get an echo, but the girls loved it, especially as first up supporting was a young guy called Colton Avery. He stop with his guitar and sung, he had a really cool voice but reminded me of an American ed sherran.  Then next up was tinnie temper, I have seen him before and so wanted to get up and dance but the seats as so high when I stood I  wobble. So no dancing but you ca...

On Thursday I was working in London again but this time on a training day near Liverpool St. On the agenda it gave an hour for lunch, whoo hoo. Well I was searching for tickets for the recently opened sky garden at the top of 20 fenchurch St and noted that although there were no tickets for the weekends there were tickets for lunchtime on the training day. So a quick call to my colleague and these were booked. Well the week before the weather was forcast cloudy, I said have faith in the many texts I received with weather updates. On the morning it was clear blue skies, so I crossed my fingers and hoped.  Lunchtime arrived and we hot footed it the 10mins walk to fenchurch st. And was greeted to airport style security before heading into the lift that goes straight to the top, oh my ears did pop. Anyway you step out of the lift and head into the sky garden, it's awesome and big enough not to feel crowded. There are two restaurants and a bar, we wandered around climbing the steps up h...

Now my guys are almost 16,15 and twins nearly 12. Up until a few years ago I always arranged an Easter egg hunt. You would find me at 6am running around the garden hiding plastic eggs which contained all sorts of yummy chocolate. I figured that it would be considered lame now as pretty much everything I suggest is considered lame. Cinema, bowling, painting, you get the idea even coming in London with me, I just get a look and a no thanks. So last Friday we headed out for a meal as a family to use some vouchers up we had.  Funny food is not lame though lol. Anyway the discussion got round to Easter and they asked why I don't do an egg hunt anymore.  It appears that an egg hunt is similar to a Christmas stocking, they are not too old for it. So this got me thinking, I feel they should have to work for their chocolate (insert evil mummy laugh) what they don't know is I'm going to put a clue in the eggs for the location of the next egg. They maybe a few treats along the way but...

Carrying on from my last post I thought I would share a few pictures from my working day in good old London Town. Occasionally I have to attend meetings in London which I don't mind too much as I love London but after paying a fortune for a ticket then standing all the  way feeling like a sheep In a pen, I like to actually stop grab coffee and let the people all rush by. Yesterday I was in marylebone which is North west London, meaning a train, a tube then a ten min walk. The train ride was usual as in packed hot train with no seats left lol I arrived in London and received a text from a colleague, she was arriving in Kings cross a few tube stops from me and absolutely hates the underground system so I offered to meet her. This also gave me a different opportunity, I love kings cross. From the outside its an Art Deco type of building quite plain... I love the big sweeping arches. Anyway kings cross is overshadowed by St pancreas literally opposite.... Completely different styles de...

I love the modern architecture found at Kings cross station. London is an amazing mix of old an new. Head over to Abi's blog creatingpaperdreams and join in with your one photo and twenty words.

Yay happy 1st of March, spring is on its way!!!!