It seems that Summer is now, for real, on its way out. I can tell as there are lots of bad colds going around, and now my husband has one too.

The last couple of weekends and my Fridays off work I have managed to rinse the last hot days.

Mum, Paloma and I went to the Diana Memorial Fountain.                

It was a bit of a mission to get there on the tube, but once you are there its lots of fun. I hadn’t been for ages to the Serpentine part of Hyde Park, one forgets how big it is. We had lunch at the Serpentine Bar and Kitchen, which was good quality food, really yummy but very expensive. It is quite child friendly but I was very surprised at how salty P’s chips were. I had to get a paper napkin and wipe the chips! But the fish fingers were great, fishy and tasty.  And what a view of the lake.  There is a baby changing facility in the wheelchair toilet at the restaurant.

It was a gorgeous and hot day so we took Paloma to the fountain. Paloma had lots of fun. The water was quite cold but she loved splashing around.  Should have bought change of clothes for her!

Then we crossed the park, took about 15 minutes to get to the Diana Memorial playground .

Wow, what a sight for Paloma, as I took her out of the buggy she actually yelped. P absolutely loved the sand. She was like pig in doo-doo. At one point she went flat on her tummy and started doing breaststrokes. Paloma ran around like it was all going to end in five minutes. She climbed one of the ladders to get on to the boat. I couldn’t believe she was capable of doing that and there are no other ways one. I could see, including me, loads of Mums and Dads (and Nannies, au pairs)  – posh area innit) trying to get on the boat. Once on it was a bit scary for me, loads of children running around and bashing into Paloma and a massive whole where all the kids played. Paloma loved it though of course. When we left she kicked off so that’s how I know.

The next Friday P and I went to the fountains at  Granary Square in Kings Cross and this I time took change of clothes. Paloma was the only child there as all the children that usually are all back at school. I didn’t know how she would react but she totally loved it. Charging through the water and then we went at had lunch at Caravan, really child friendly or the waitress was any way. She didn’t bung us inside, suggested we ate outside. No childrens menu but the pizza that P and I shared was very tasty, it was a treat as a bit costly. There is a baby changing tray bit in the wheelchair toilet but a bit difficult to navigate in to, but it is clean.

Then last Sunday Hubby and went for a walk around Primrose Hill and along the canal. Paloma loves nothing more than running around in a park. She is like Phoebe in friends. There is a lovely playground area with a sand pit. There is a baby changing area but we changed P outside in the park bit! Then after that we went for a walk along the Regents canal towards the market where we went and had some food. Dad gave us last year, one of these, and we haven’t used it much but I knew that we would be sitting at tables we could use this on. We had such a magic moment. There we all were, Hubby and I eating our Argentinian thick steak sandwiches and P was self-feeding her fresh pasta with tomato and bacon sauce. We were near a stall playing Rare Groove, soul and funk. Eating her food and looking at the crowd walking around. Taking it all in.

Love London.