Posh weekend

Not much to add to Karen's post except to say that, yes, that was one great 24 hour getaway with my Valentine. The Four Seasons Hampshire is a posh weekend getaway about an hour from London, in a converted historic Georgian estate surrounded by gardens and with a great spa and restaurant. Not exactly a budget weekend, but worth it in the name of survival...

K & I took off after Sadie's ballet class on Saturday morning, taking the tube to Waterloo and a 45m train ride on to Fleet, a small town in the Hampshire countryside, and from there a short ride by cab to the hotel. Andrea (our nanny) watched the kids until our return during early afternoon the next day.  Everyone had a good time. Short but very sweet.

Back in London, I must say that it finally feels like we're finding our rhythm. Everyone's healthy, Karen's starting classes soon (more to come on that) and kids are doing well. Actually Sadie is still 2 year old for a few more months and it shows; she's become harder work lately -- lots of crazy energy, a surge of attitude and defiance after several more agreeable months. But hilarious, incredibly verbal and most of the time lots of fun. She's slowly making progress in potty training and it feels like we're getting closer (an accident-free day today!). Parker is affable, well fed, sleeping like a champ at last, and almost done teething (one eye tooth to go!). So no complaints this week.