Starting my week with the Weekly Edit is a ritual I’ve kept for years. It’s my favourite Monday morning anchor—a chance to slow down, celebrate the ‘small wins,’ and gather the smiles from the week behind us. Part reflection and part record-keeping, it’s my way of documenting our family’s adventures before the next chapter begins.
The Weekly Edit {Week 15/2026}
We took the week off to spend some time with the teens who had a two week Easter break. We decided to stay close to home with some days out and we ended up being really busy. We took the teens and the dog boating at Cliveden. This has been on our list for a long time and we managed to pick the warmest day of the year so far. Unfortunately our boat had battery troubles and we ended up being towed back, and given a voucher for a trip another day!
We saw there was a new sculpture trail at Battersea Power Station featuring elephants. This is now one of our favourite areas with good shops and places to eat. The weather was warm and sunny when we visited, so we were able to sit outdoors and enjoy our lunch in the sun.
My teen saw an advert for the Mundo Pixar Experience in London and wanted to visit so we did that too. You can immerse yourself in Pixar’s world and enter the worlds of your favourite characters from Cars, Coco, Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Up, Finding Nemo. This was a fun immersive experience with plenty of photo opportunities.
I finished reading Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton which I really enjoyed. It’s a novel about the life of a London architect from the 1890s to the early 1930s who realises that he may have married the wrong woman. I enjoyed the mentions of architecture and buildings. I also loved the fact that the architect was described as moderately successful, yet the was enough for him to be able to afford public school fees and send his useful son to Oxford.
It’s been a while since we watched anything at the cinema but we squeezed in two trips to see The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Hoppers with my daughter. Both were really good.
Such a busy week off with the teens. Let me know if you’ve done any of these things in London.
It sounds like you had such a lovely week! That Pixar exhibit sounds like so much fun, and this post has just reminded me that I’m well overdue a cinema trip!
Hannah |
Oh, those sculptures are so much fun! I love elephants, and the one you featured is so whimsical.
The Mundo Pixar thing sounds amazing. I love all their movies. Every single one of them. That would definitely be for me.
Ohh the Pixar experience sounds like fun, I love Pixar movies. We parked in Battersea power station not long ago but didn’t have time to explore and I’m really keen to x
The Pixar experience sounds like fun, my kids would love it. I also love Battersea Power station – I haven’t been in a couple of years but want to make a trip soon, Battersea Park at this time of year is so pretty with the blossom!
I always enjoy these weekly edits, they feel like a nice mix of real life and little moments. It’s those small things that really stick. My son would love the Pixar event, he’s big into Toy Story and sleeps with his buzz and woody every night.
Corinne x
oh Pixar experience! I am a huge fan of Pixar and would loooove to do the experience. It is great that you did it, this is so much fun.
I was thinking of seeing the Elephant Trail. It’s good to know there are shops there so we can make a day of it!
I would have absolutely loved to have visited that Pixar exhibition! I’m a huge Pixar film fan, my favourite film being Toy Story!
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Pixar exhibition sounds like a pretty wonderful exhibition to visit with my family next time. Thank you so much for the recommendation.
It is so cool that you are able to dip into London so much for their activities! Seems like a really good way to keep teens busy.
I had a trip to London with my daughter this week and we both said we needed to visit Battersea soon. I have not been to the cinema in a long time but C has seen both the films you saw and loved them