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Time is flying by. I blinked and like that tomorrow is the first day of April. How is that possible? Life has been busy with the normal routines of school, after school activities, work and daily life. In between the mundane stuff though we had some fun adventures and milestones over the last month or so.

During the week Olivia and Ashton had off of school in mid-February, we occupied ourselves with a few fun activities around town. Our first destination was the Natural History Museum. Seeing the dinosaurs was definitely the highlight of the visit. So much so that Ashton is now a bit obsessed with dinosaurs and requires Geoff or myself to read the same dinosaur book to her every night before bed. No matter the solicitation of other books, she will not be swayed. Hmmm...that booked might have to become temporarily lost sometime very soon.

Am I a bad parent for having a good laugh at Ashton's expense from the look of terror on her face when she first saw this dinosaur??

As I've mentioned on here before, I love the vast amount of children's theatre that London offers. There is always something fun on stage going on to take them to. On this occasion, we went to see The Cat in the Hat. Super fun!

The girls had their first trip to the dentist. They handled it like pros. They were fascinated with all the dental tools and the dentist did an excellent job of making them feel comfortable. The highlight was getting to choose fun sunglasses to wear while the cleaning happened.

Speaking of teeth, Olivia lost her second tooth a few weeks ago. The first one happened back in November. She was so excited to put it under her pillow to see what the Tooth Fairy would deliver. Going rate these days is £1.

In celebration of the Chinese new year, a Chinese Magical Lantern Festival was held in a part of town west of the city called Chiswick. The Festival contained hundreds of fun and creative light displays. The weather was cold and it started raining midway through leaving us chilled to the bone, but it was still fun. Plus, the girls got their first experience roasting marshmallows! However, I do think more of the marshmallow ended up on their hands and hair than actually entered their mouths.