Alice sets off to seek her fortune

A city baby to the core, Alice pressed me for some time in the big smoke to see if the streets were indeed paved with gold. We set off to see if the streets were paved with gold in the city where not Dick Whittington, but a man whom people voted for "for a laugh" is mayor. Alice has amused herself in the suburbs by eating grass (here, she looks slightly sheepish after she was caught in the act)...



...but it was time to see what the capital had to offer. Phasing ourselves in gently, we started off in the outskirts of Arkly, where Alice was able to catch up with her fellow bloggers Madison and Lucy. The girls had a lovely time sleeping, feeding, grumbling and bashing each other.

Here, Alice offers Lucy some comfort after that vigourous pat on the head.

Although I think she secretly thought it was funny, as she and Madison later exchanged high fives.


Madison's Mum and Dad looked after us really well and Alice slept beautifully in another strange bedroom and enjoyed herself bouncing in Madison's non-bouncey walker.

The next day we wandered into Haute Barnay for a coffee before setting off for the big smoke. There, Alice was kissed by a would-be politician (aka her Uncle Pops), saw where Mummy and Daddy had their first date (and Daddy was an hour late) and then had a lovely day picnicking and mooching about with Auntie Becca.

We even popped into Hamley's, which will be a veritable treasure trove of nagging in future years, but Alice was content to look at the bubble blowing man and have a feed for the time being.

We're now back home with the adoring Aunties and the Great British Summer has arrived. Brrrr.