Badminton World Championships August 2011 - London - Wembley Arena

As a treat for our 4 years wedding anniversary, we bought tickets for the Badminton Worlds, in London. As Badminton England members, we also took advantage of a free offer in the first day of the Worlds, which means we attended on the first and last day of the Championships. On the first day, we also took Maria and our badminton friend, Karyn. Here are some pictures from the event.

 First day at the Wembley Arena

 Not a very popular event. If it was a football match, the streets would have been flooded with people.

 Thumbs up for badminton and the excellent day spent in the arena

 Time to go home

 In the final day, the most interesting and spectacular match was the Men's Single Final, between Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia (in this picture) and Lin Dan from China. Lin Dan won, but it was a very intensive and close game. The Chinese took all 5 titles on the day, but it was good to see a British couple in the final of Mixed Doubles.

Portsmouth and more Peppa Pig World

More summer pictures from our weekends in July.

More from Peppa Pig World - second time:

 Daddy teaching Maria golf

 and Maria trying to show what she learned

 Maria's first ride on her own

in the Digger Ride

and the second one

 In Grandpa Pig's train

 

 Wave to daddy

 

Ready? Going down...

 Despite her face in the picture, Maria really loved this ride

Splishy-splash in the water

 

And her first roller-coaster ride

Some pictures from our trip to Daventry for more geo-caching.

Maria falling asleep next to a cache. A little rest.

 

One Day at Peppa Pig World

Last weekend, our friends, Dawn, Kevin and their lovely daughter Emily came to visit us. We planned to take the girls to Peppa Pig World, which is part of Paultons Park. The girls loved it. As I am getting quite heavily pregnant (less than 3 months to go), I was able to enjoy some of the rides with Maria, but daddy took her in most of them.

 Waving from the boat. This seems quite a gentle one, so I will give it a try with Maria later, too.

 Giving High 5 to George (Peppa's brother)

 George is talking to Maria

 Mr Tumble, the well-known character from the "Something Special" show was at the park and entertained the little ones for half an hour. It was very special and Maria loved every minute of it. There she is at the end of the show, clapping her hands, while Justin Fletcher is waving Good Bye to all

 On the boat again, this time with mummy

 On the train ride

 With daddy on the Dinosaur 

 Maria and Emily watching the penguins just before their feeding time

 Outside of Peppa and George's house

 Maria on the tractor, driving her first vehicle

Before going on the Balloon Ride with Emily

The day after, we took Emily and her mummy and daddy geo-caching in our neighborhood. We had a nice time and the girls were very good walking together.

London to Brighton Bike Ride

Will's brother, Edward tried to convince Will he could do with him the London to Brighton bike ride. I was quite concerned and worried, as I wasn't sure if Will had enough practice and his knees would not be hurt after that, but they proved the opposite. An early morning for both of them and dad Peter who took them in Haywards Heath where they picked up the bus to London for 7am start. We saw them on the way to Brighton, when they passed very close to Will's parents house. Here are some pictures from the event. Well done Will and Ed!

 British Heart Foundation Bike Ride - START

 Stopped for a short break and said Hello to the supporters (parents, sister, brother-in-law, wife and daughter)

 Will and Ed almost ready to continue their ride

 Daddy says "Bye-bye" to Maria and is ready to ride to Brighton

 Off they go

 Congratulations to the participants and those who finished the ride!