Weekend Wonders

12 November 2012

The poppy is worn to remember those who sacrificed their lives during war.
 Remembrance Poppy

 

A teacher friend of mine has her students write about their weekends every Monday and cleverly titles it, "Weekend Wonders". Last weekend was Veteran's Day/Remembrance Day here in England and we ventured to Manchester and Birmingham so Darren could pick up some more of his "Walking Dead" graphic novels. He has quite the collection and even attended a comic book convention. I never thought I'd live to see the day the words Darren and comic book convention would be uttered in the same sentence. He says some day B will have a lot of money! :) While he was busy toting B around town, I made sure to get in some much needed retail therapy for myself. Manchester is filled with stores galore and although it was mad, I roughed the crowds and found a lot of great pieces for work and some inexpensive clothes for Bradyn. 



We spent one night in Birmingham and two nights in Manchester. Bradyn doesn't exactly love sleeping in hotels. (He clearly has nothing against the tv screens in them.)  These unknown places freak him out just a little and he has a hard time sleeping in unfamiliar places. The first night was rough because there was no baby crib for him so we had to do some co-sleeping. The next night our genius minds came up with a plan to make our own crib. See below. Yes, those are the two chairs from the corner.

He would let me give him a bath morning, noon and night he loves it so much.

Gorgeous staircase in Britannia Hotel-Manchester