It's been a while since I've written a post about London so here goes.
We live walking distance from the Tower of London now (by walking distance I mean about a 40 minute walk - 2 miles). The Tower of London has an exhibition on from August-November commemorating the 100 year anniversary of World War I called "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red." They are planting a ceramic poppy in the moat for every British and/or Commonwealth soldier killed in WWI - 888,246 poppies in total. The last poppy will be planted the 11th of November (Armistice Day). It is a really impressive display, even though it's only halfway done in these photos (you can see the volunteers in the background working diligently). And, naturally, we had to take a photo of Poppy with the poppies.
More info here if you want it: Tower Poppies
You can also buy a poppy for £25.
Today, my friend Lauren and her baby Ada went with Poppy and I to visit an art display of sorts in east London. The Cornershop is a shop stocked with normal things you'd find at a corner shop - but everything is made out of felt. The artist, Lucy Sparrow, stitched almost 4000 different items to put into the shop (it took her 7 months). The result is a really cool little shop where you can't touch anything but you can buy a felt pregnancy test! Here are some photos:
Here's an article about it: Corner Shop
And finally, some candid photos of Poppy and her NCT baby friends. We meet up every Tuesday with all these babes and their moms, usually to eat cake and drink tea (or a cheeky Tuesday afternoon glass of wine) and talk about our babies' poos!
I have about twenty of these photos and they are hilarious! The babies are in order left to right from youngest to oldest.
Ivy, Ada, Poppy, Ivo and Max
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