Now that we have a little on the way we are blessed that we are able to celebrate special events like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. If you remember for Mother’s Day Alfie treated my mum and I to a spa day at Stapleford Park, so it was only right that I treated him to something special in return for his first Father’s Day. Although technically it’s not really his first as our baby boy isn’t due until September, so we are calling it his Unofficial Father’s Day instead.
Amongst multiple components I think one of the key things that has helped bind mine and Alfie’s relationship is that we have very different interests, but we also share some common threads too. For example, we both love going to the theatre and spending time in London. Shockingly, for a couple that love to see shows the last time we went to the theatre was to see Phantom of the Opera for my 25th birthday, this year I turned 28!
A last-minute decision was made and we decided to see War Horse instead of The Book of Mormon, which had sold out. We stayed at a beautiful hotel located in North London. It did involve a 20 minute tube ride to Covent Garden where the theatre was based, but was so worth it as our hotel room was lovely.
Sadly we were running late for dinner, but were really hungry so concocted the plan of having our starter before the show and the rest of our meal afterwards, which worked really well. We headed to The Real Greek in Covent Garden where I had the salted cod to start and Alfie had the falafel, both tasted amazing!
If you haven’t seen War Horse already then I highly recommend it. The show was amazing and so brilliantly well acted, the puppetry for the life-size horses was fab!
After the show, as planned we headed back to The Real Greek to finish dinner. It was actually quite late so we ordered a small selection of food to share between us, such as the Greek Salad, fries and pork dish. We also had baked aubergines in a tomato sauce and lamb skewers too:
With our bellies satisfied and well stuffed we headed back to the hotel, just in time to catch the second half of the England game on TV, sadly they didn’t win the match.
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The next morning after breakfast and after Alfie had opened his gifts we headed into central London to do a bit of shopping, which included stopping off at the Hummingbird Bakery for our favourite red velvet cupcakes, treating the bambino to some cute clothes from Zara and afternoon tea at Harrods:
Wow, these pink macaroons were to die for!
Alfie had a wonderful weekend, actually we both did! For some reason Father’s Day seems to be so overlooked in comparison to Mother’s Day, I’m not sure why. It’s something that we will definitely be making a big deal of in our house forever more.
What did you get up to for Father’s Day? Do you like going to the theatre?
*Theatre tickets and dinner were supplemented by Intellcig as part of their #GetSocial campaign. All content and opinions are my own.
Sounds like a great weekend for both of you and you are right Father’s Day doesn’t get the same hype as Mother’s Day x
It was fantastic! 🙂
What a lovely weekend it seems you have. And I am an addict to theater and the humming bird bakery too.
Both made the weekend perfect! 🙂
So sweet to have an unofficial fathers day when it is just the two of you, sounds like you had an amazing time too! Those macaroons look divine!
It was such a great weekend Claire and I wanted more of those macaroons! 🙂
It’s good that you don’t take each other for granted & share special days turning into cherished memories to live in your hearts forever(baby is very blessed to born in a such a loving environment:)! X
Awww thank you Karina, that has really made me smile! 🙂 x
I completely agree that sometimes Fathers’ Day is a little overlooked, but you guys did a great job celebrating! 🙂
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It’s such a shame, fathers deserve some celebrating too! 🙂
Ahh sounds fantastic! Glad you had a good time. I’d love to go to the theatre but I find going to London quite stressful :-S
Nice choice on the afternoon tea and cupcakes. Mmm.
I absolutely loved War Horse! I’d recommend The Lion King too but I think that you have already seen it.
I’ve seen the Lion King already Laureen and it was totally magical. I actually wouldn’t mind seeing it again. 🙂
We just had a barbeque in the backyard with my hubby and dad. Your day out looks AMAZING!
I love a good BBQ, sounds wonderful!
Ohh sounds so lovely! I love the pink macaroons!
They were super cute and delicious!
Looks like so much fun!
It really was! 🙂
Wow – afternoon tea at harrods – get you girl! I bet you are SO excited for next year to have your little one for mothers day/fathers day! I know i would be 🙂
Hehehe! To be fair, everything else was far too expensive in Harrods, but afternoon tea was spot on! 🙂 We can’t wait for him to arrive, so excited!
Looks like a great time! I love going to the theatre.
Same here, such a magical experience! 🙂
Awesome! Sounds like you had an eventful weekend.
We sure did, thank you!
It looks like the perfect day! Those macaroons look amazing!
They were divine! 🙂
i’ve always wanted to see book of mormon but it always gets sold out so fast! i think i would celebrate mother’s and father’s day early as well! 🙂
It sells out so fast, very popular! Hopefully one day will both get to see it. 🙂
We saw War Horse in New York last January and I loved it. I’d seen a snippet of a scene at Olympia horse show the year before, and you’re right about the puppetry…they had the movements of the animals spot on and despite there being several men walking around stage, your mind blocked them out and I saw the movements of the horses.
We thought that it was incredible. You’re spot on with the other men disappearing into the stage, so well crafted and thought out. 🙂
Looks like a really fun weekend! And what a good idea to have an unofficial day when it is only the two of you.
It does sounds a bit of a strange thing to do, but technically he is a daddy now, so why not? 🙂
Really want to see War Horse; glad you recommend it. Ah, reading this post makes me really really miss London! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Oh you would love it, totally amazing!
Sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate his first Father’s Day! I am drooling over the food pics!
Thank you! It really was! 🙂
We had a cookout at my Grandpas house. It was great!
Sounds like such a great way to celebrate!
this looks like it was such a nice little celebration!
It really was! 🙂
We never do Fathers day cards at school because it is not an officially recognised traditional holiday- it was invented by card shops I think!, whereas mothers day is. You have to see the book of mormen, it is so funny!
Glad you had a good time, the macaroons look amazing!
I have always wanted to see Phantom of the Opera! Looks like a fun day with yummy food 🙂
You so should, it’s incredible! 🙂
You guys know how to celebrate!!! 🙂 It looks like a really great weekend 🙂
Aww, it sounds like such a great unofficial father’s day. It is so special that you treated him to that!!
The food looks amazing! and the pink macaroons look so pretty 🙂
Sophie
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Those macaroons look delicious! Sounds like a wonderful time 🙂
Looks like you had a blast! I’m sure you can’t wait until baby is here!
Those macaroons look awesome! Glad y’all had a great weekend!
That Greek salad looks amazing. Look at all that feta! I would dive head first straight in to that 🙂