Another Birthday Trip

With Cora out of school, the the time has come for us to return to England. The girls have both been so excited this week as we prepared for the trip, gathering their things and talking about spending time with our UK family.

With infancy and toddlerhood behind us, traveling is so much easier now. The girls are great on the plane, though the timing of our flight made sleep difficult. We were on the 10 p.m. flight Thursday, so by the time beverage service, dinner service, duty-free, and several cleanup carts have made the rounds, it's well past midnight.

Violet in particular didn't want to settle into sleep (and turn off the personal entertainment system) until about 4 a.m., making for very tired and sick-feeling parents upon our arrival.

But, a bit of fresh air helped immensely. Our first night, Violet slept very well, though Cora was wide awake at 4 a.m. She tried to rest, but it wasn't long until she was bugging Nanny to get up with her.

Later on Saturday, we headed over to Dean and Jenny's house. It was the girls' first time to meet Olivia Grace, our doll of a niece who will turn 1 in mid-August.

 The weather was lovely and warm, so we enjoyed a barbecue and outside playtime in the back garden and the little playground just at the end of Euan's row of houses.

Then it was time to celebrate Daddy's birthday! Euan picked out a cake with bugs on it.