January was a dark and cold month in the UK. The days are so short, with grey skies turning dark as early as 3:30 in the afternoon! We had a slight dusting of snow but nothing compared to what we are used to in Utah. We don't miss the shoveling, but the kids miss playing and sledding in the fluffy powder of Utah.
Santa brought a pasta maker this Christmas for the kids and they were 'keen' to try it out (that's UK speak for excited). They learned how to make pasta dough from scratch at a cooking class last October so here they are putting it into practice. They rolled out their own dough and made their own ravioli! Turned out to be a very tasty meal for them!
One Saturday in early January we ventured into London to check out the new Lego store. This store just opened in November 2016 and is now the largest Lego store in the world. We tried to get into the store a couple days after Christmas but there was a long 'queue' (line) to enter the store and would have been over an hour wait. Just to enter the store! Fortunately there was no line the day we went in, and we timed it so we arrived just as the store opened. The store is located in Leicester Square as pictured in the first photo below.
This is a replica of the Tube made out of Legos. Lego passengers are a Buckingham Palace Guard and Shakespeare.
This is a two-story replica of Big Ben made out of Legos!! And the clock actually shows the correct time!
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| Telephone booth made out of Legos |
After the Lego store we ventured over to St. Paul's Cathedral to take in another London site that we had not seen yet. Just outside of the cathedral was a public square with table tennis available for any passers-by. Rachel and Carson gave it a 'go' (try) and had fun chasing the ball all over the square.
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| St Paul's Cathedral |
The kids took another cooking class in January and this time learned to make meatballs with cous cous. Won't be long until they are making dinner for the family!
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