After another healthy breakfast...
Our first stop was M&M world.
The kids loved this machine. You stand on it and it tells you your M&M personality.
The M&M lab
Then we headed to Hamley's--the oldest toystore in the world. It has 7 floors and over 50,000 toys. We walked through the entire store, which took all morning. The only downside is that every now and then one of the kids would say that they wanted to buy a toy that we saw on a different floor, but they couldn't remember where it was exactly. Omg. We spent an hour at the end trying to hunt different things they'd seen earlier that morning.
What I loved is that the sales people are not just demonstrating the toys, they're actually playing with the kids--showing them cool tricks, acting silly and having a great time themselves.
My kids liked these hover disks. You throw them like a frisbee or fold one side against your body and let it go.
Another cool thing they had was magic snow. You add a little water to this white sandy stuff, and it grows into a light, snowlike substance right in your hand!
Matching manicures. They wanted something different on each nail, so she did a butterfly, hello kitty, a strawberry, a minion and a bird.
This lady was showing the girls a magic floating ferry. You clip that little yellow hair clip in your hair and somehow it syncs up with the wand and you can make the little fairy fly. So cool!
This guy is showing some kids a car that can go straight up the wall and even across the ceiling!
The Royal Family Made out of Legos
This guy cracked me up!
And this guy...
Every time Baylor shot him he would fall down, stumble into the wall, dive behind displays--totally play it up! So funny!
As we were walking out, an employee stopped us and said, "Wait!!! Have you had your family picture taken with the teddy bear? I'd be happy to do it!"
Love that place.
Regent St.
After Hamleys we jumped on the tube and headed for Harrod's.
Harrod's is beautiful. It's organized into separate rooms for each department.
This is the perfumery.
The pantry. They had really pretty gift baskets that you could pick up or customize.
At the bottom of the Egyptian staircase is the Princess Di and Dodi Al Fayed memorial. This is a sculpture of the two of them and a book of condolences that you can sign.
Inside the pyramid is a champagne glass that she drank from the night she died, and a ring he had recently given her.
On the way out we grabbed sandwiches from their deli.
Then we headed for the Museum of Natural Sciences
Outside, we ran into a bubble man dressed like Sherlock Holmes. And playing Shetlock Holmes music.
Ken couldn't contain her excitement...
Then we caught the tube out to Notting Hill for dinner.
Definitely my favorite part of a London so far. The buildings are so charming and the shops and restaurants are all very quaint and pretty.
Portobello Road
Here's the bookstore where Hugh Grant's character worked in the movie Notting Hill. It used to be called The Travel Bookstore.
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