{"id":1249,"date":"2022-03-03T14:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stuffbysofia.com\/blog\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2022-03-16T18:57:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T18:57:54","slug":"the-london-years-lord-of-gondolin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuffbysofia.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/the-london-years-lord-of-gondolin\/","title":{"rendered":"The London Years: Lord of Gondolin, Bane of Gothmog, mighty beater of his headboard, conqueror of the slide, aka our child (18 of 20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After 20 years in London I had managed to get tickets for the Christmas lights event at Kew Gardens. I accepted that I would mess up the kid’s bedtime but since we were leaving London I resigned to having him nagging me throughout or just sleeping in his buggy. He spent the whole three hours walking around (he was 2 years and 3 months old), pointing at things, saying “wooooooooooooooowwwwwwwww, look mommy” and having a whale of a time. It was the first time we had actual fun together<\/strong> – i.e. not just him having fun and me helping. I was looking at him toddling around, waving at people and wanting to touch the lights, with such a sense of wonder and all I could think of was how proud I was that he is an enthusiastic Londoner, just like me. This is definitely not what parenting feels like most times but I had to break it to you gently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on? I\u2019m leaving London soon<\/a> so this is one of my 20 London stories <\/a>\u2013 a celebration of 20 years of my life here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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A post shared by Sofia Gkiousou (@sofiagk)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n