The Narayanan Family Blog

The Heath and Kenwood House

Hugo decided we picnic at the Heath. 🧺💦

At the seaside, again

Patti joined us for another couple of days to our favourite seaside town: Folkestone! ☺️🌊

Witch’s Potion

The cuties have been having fun experimenting with chemicals to concoct potions. 🧙‍♀️🧪

A trip to Mudchute Farm

We revisited Mudchute Farm after a long time. 🐑🐔

Bubbles on the terrace

The boys spend a lot more time on the terrace making and popping bubbles. 🫧

Preparing for Mother’s Day

Hugo and Oscar were such cuties preparing a card (and hiding presents!) for their mama. 🎁

Holi at School

Hugo’s school was really colourful today as they celebrated Holi. 🌈✨

At Winter Wonderland

We spent another day as a family heading out to the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland. 🎡🎠

Christmas at Kenwood

This year we spent some time as a family experiencing the lights at Kenwood. ✨

2022 in review

A year-end video prompted by machine learning in Apple Photos. ☺️

Christmas time

The tree is up 🎄 and the gift lists are being prepared. 💌🎅

Oscar’s fourth birthday

Oscar’s friends came over for some bubbles 🫧 and cake 🎂 to celebrate his birthday! ☺️

Tense Pokémon battle

Pokémon battles with Hugo are always intense and fun. I wonder who won today. 🎉

Dotty room

Transforming a white room into a sea of colourful dots at the Tate. Patti helped too!

At the seaside

We spent a few days at a seaside town called Folkestone. It was so much fun!

Parklife

The boys love playing at Highgate Wood just beside our homes.

Over the years

This blog has not seen an update in several years. Here‘s what has been happening. 🐣

New silly games / Neue Albernheiten

Every day Hugo seems to understand a little bit more about the people and objects around him. That’s why it’s getting more and more fun for us to invent new silly games together. He has always loved to giggle, but now he is so much more responsive than

Sunday at the park / Sonntag im Park

We love taking Hugo to the park. He is now interested in so many small details, such as the feeling of the grass under his feet, or exploring all the surfaces and shapes on the playground. Of course he wants to touch (and preferably chew) on everything he sees. Today

Oma & Opa

Oma and Opa visited us again in London (their first visit [https://narayanan.co/storytime-with-oma/] was in December last year). Hugo was very happy to see them, and immediately stretched out his arms to say hello and touch them (including pulling their hair, grabbing their glasses and whatever else he

Indoor soft-play area / Indoor-Spielplatz

As Hugo’s mobility is increasing, we like taking him to soft play areas where he can safely explore his new abilities. Well, that, and there isn’t much else to do on a rainy London Sunday. ;) Treetops [https://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/leisure/sports-and-activities/sports-centres/talacre-community-sports-centre/talacre-treetops.

New summer fashion / Neue Sommer-Mode

Hugo desperately needed new clothes for the summer, so we recently just bought him a whole new collection of outfits. He looks so adorable and grown up in them, especially when combined with his cardigan on our early morning strolls around the neighborhood. Hugo brauchte unbedingt neue Klamotten für den

Little panda bear / Kleiner Pandabär

Hugo loves exploring all kinds of plants when we’re outside. He looks just like a cute little panda bear in this clip. :) Hugo will immer alle möglichen Pflanzen erkunden wenn wir draussen unterwegs sind. Hier sieht er fast wie ein knuffiger, kleiner Pandabär aus. :)

Beating the heat / Hitze-Welle

It’s really hot in London this week. Hugo didn’t even need any clothes today when we were at the park. We just sat on a picnic blanket in the shade and ate fresh strawberries and yoghurt to cool down. Yoghurt is Hugo’s favourite food right now, he

Parliament Hill playground / Spielplatz

The temperature in London is rising, and today we took Hugo to the lovely playground in Parliament Hill [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampstead_Heath] with a water pool for little kids to cool down. Es wird immer wärmer in London, und deswegen sind wir heute mal zum Parliament Hill