London Children's Museum

The plan on Saturday was to meet Dave, Jayne, Jaiden and Justin (a family from our China adoption group) in London at Storybook Gardens. We headed out knowing the weather forecast wasn't in our favour. As soon as we arrived there and were next in line to pay to get in, it started pouring! It was the kind of ran that just running to your car gets you wet enough to feel as though you were submersed in a pool of water. We were soaked! I think the only one who liked it was Justin who giggled the whole time from the shelter to the vehicle. :)

It was a good thing we had actually planned ahead and researched some other things to do in London in case of bad weather so we went to Plan B - The Children's Museum in London. What a great place. It was three floors of educational fun for the kids. They all enjoyed themselves immensely as did us adults who tried to chat while chasing after five excited children.

After the museum, we finished the day with a nice dinner out. It was great to see Dave and Jayne again along with their beautiful children. Victoria and Austin always have a lot of fun with Jaiden. As for Samara and Justin, even though they don't interact with each other too much yet at this age, they have a connection that hopefully they'll appreciate as they get older.

Samara doing a dinosuar puzzle:

Searching for dinosaur bones:

Three Olympic medalists:

Austin doing some ice fishing (his favourite part of the day):

Samara giving daddy a ride on the snowmobile:

"Oh sorry Daddy, I found a new guy to ride with me!"

Cooking in the Victorian kitchen:


Samara in a caterpillar costume:


Making a butterfly craft:
Dr. Victoria explaining of the function of a large intestine to patient Jaiden:

Dr. Austin checking out patient Justin's eyes (or is the other way around??)

So much to do and see!


Thanks for hanging out with us guys . . . hope to see you next month.