So today, we decided to relax in Richmond. We went down to the Thames and had a little picnic. Emily tried to put her feet in the river, but we were not allowed, at least by the pier and the steps were too slimy.
Being that we do not do many picnics, we didn't bring too much to do so after we ate and walked by the river, we decided to go to Richmond Park – the Petersham playground where they played at the playground. There were a bit more kids there as school had already gotten out so the girls played with some kids in the sandbox. We stayed there for almost 2 hours but had to leave to go to the store. When we sat waiting for the bus, I discovered our first medical issue and no surprise it was Ainsley. Her skin in all of the exposed areas had red blotchy marks. Since we were heading into town, we stopped off at the pharmacy. The pharmacist said it looked like a rash and suggested we buy some Benadril (their equivalent) and calamine lotion. It almost looked like a sunburn but we weren’t out in the sun long enough to get one so we chalked it up to the sand. Luckily it wasn’t itchy & she wasn’t at all feverish, so we did some grocery shopping and headed home to take the medicine.
It was a very relaxing day, even with the rash. I actually felt somewhat antsy as I hung out at the playground, not being productive at all. But I guess we all need those kind of days every once in a while. And, there were a LOT of English that seemed to thoroughly enjoyed not doing anything. The picnic was a lot of fun.
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