- This is a nice spot if you wanna, like,
pose for a painting, right? (laughs)
Yep, there you go, that's the painting right there.
(upbeat electronic music)
(upbeat guitar music)
Good morning, everyone.
Today, we're going to Parliament,
and so I'm up a little early getting ready for the day
while the kids are asleep, and we'll wake them up
in a little bit, and we'll head over there.
But I did wanna show you where Duncan slept last night
because they didn't bring us a crib, so we had to make do.
We made him a little, little place
in the corner of our bedroom (laughs)
and shut all the doors, and made sure that
the whole room was baby safe before going to sleep
just in case he woke up and didn't wake us up.
(upbeat guitar music)
All right, everyone's awake now, as you can see,
and we just got off the Tube, and we're gonna meet somebody
who's gonna show us around the Parliament.
Are you excited to see the Parliament?
- Yeah!
- [Dad] How do you feel about it?
(children's voices echoing in the hall)
Do you like the Tube?
(woman's heels clacking)
You're making a lot of faces today.
- The London Eye, the London Eye!
- There it is, and look behind you.
- That's Big Ben. - What's that?
I don't know because it's wrapped up in cloth.
- [Dad] I know, they're doing some refurbishments on it,
but there it is, it's right there.
- What's refurbishments?
- [Dad] They're just, like, fixing it up
to make it look nice.
You can see it much better from over here,
now we're on a bridge over the Thames.
- Where's the bridge? - [Dad] We're on it.
- [Jessica] Yeah, we went the wrong way.
- Okay, apparently, we're not supposed to be on this bridge,
we're supposed to be back where we started,
so we're gonna go, we're going back.
(bright upbeat music)
All right, we just finished in there, and it was super cool.
We got a tour of the place by someone who works there,
and I wanna say thank you to Emily for showing us around.
We had so much fun, it was so cool to learn about
the tradition, and also the politics,
and how it all works and functions.
It's a unique system, and it's kind of like
how we do things in America, but if you add,
like, a bunch of history and traditions,
and it was beautiful in there.
I wish I could've filmed it, but they don't allow
cameras past a certain point.
You can't make videos in there,
so I got a couple pictures of the first two rooms.
(light bell music)
And then after that, we couldn't take pictures or film,
but there were beautiful, like,
gold and paintings, and the tile work and the chandeliers.
Anyway, it was super cool, now we're gonna get some lunch,
and then I think we're gonna do some tourist-y things
around the area, so won't you join us?
We're in Leicester Square, Leicester, Leicester Square?
I don't know how you say it,
but we're in this place, and it's super cool here.
(slow electronic music)
And Jess is looking into getting tickets to a show.
We are gonna miss the show, Duncan.
(Duncan whines) I know.
Duncan is too little, so I'll probably stay home with him,
but Jess is trying to get tickets
for herself and the other kids.
All right, this is a little out of the ordinary for us,
but I think we're just gonna go back to our flat
and hang out there, and not go on an adventure.
Everybody's pretty tired, I think we're all tired
after the time change and all the stuff we did
for Summer in the City, which was excellent,
but you get tired afterward,
and I think we're gonna just take a day
and just chill out a little bit, which will be really nice.
(upbeat electronic music)
What are we doing?
- I'm walking with Da-da, getting some food,
going to the store, that's it.
- Are you going to the store?
Yeah, we're gonna get some groceries and head back.
Jessica walked this way to get dinner last night,
and I stayed with the baby, this guy. (groans playfully)
And she was telling me that this street
is super cool, and it is, it really is!
Have you been having fun shopping?
- Yeah.
- We're picking out all kinds of stuff.
Parker's been a huge help.
Duncan...
Has been entertaining.
One thing that I was hoping for
was to use a cart because this guy's heavy.
(Duncan cooing)
But to use a cart, you have to put in a pence.
I don't, I don't have any coins.
I have no cash at all, just a card.
(Duncan coos)
So I've been carrying him.
All right, that was pretty successful.
I got everything on our list,
and Parker was a huge help.
Parker, thank you for being such a help.
- Thank you, you're welcome.
- [Dad] You ready to go home and do some laundry?
- No.
(upbeat electronic music)
I just realized that I haven't really shown
this apartment yet, or flat, as it were.
So maybe we should do that.
First off, one of my personal favorite features,
the center door knob.
All right, first off, we've got Bailey's bedroom.
She clearly made her bed this morning.
- My own, personal sink.
- [Dad] She's got her own, personal sink in here
with a mirror that looks at her as she looks in it at her.
- Yeah, look at this.
- She's got some fun art on the walls, bird pillows,
these go straight onto the street,
you can see straight in here during the night times.
(shutters clatter) We keep it shut.
And then the boys' room is right here.
So they have two beds, this is nice,
it's a corner unit, which means that, I think
we have a lot more windows than the other units.
So we have these windows on the side walls here
that go out into the alleyway.
So cute, I just, I can't get over
how cute the, like, streets are,
and I'm not saying cute in like a condescending way,
so if you're from here, and you've like,
"Well, yeah, it's cobblestones.
"That's just, like, how it is,"
I just think it's lovely, I like it a lot.
This is where I'll be spending most of the evening,
I think, because there's a washer and dryer,
so get a little laundry done before we leave.
I went to the store and bought laundry liquid,
but there's some in there already,
so I'm a little, like, (clicks tongue)
maybe I shouldn't have done that,
maybe I should've checked before I went shopping.
All right, now we got a little flight of stairs.
(footsteps padding on stairs)
Art.
(bright music)
There's a bathroom right here,
it's got a tub and a sink and a toilet, obviously.
This is the living area, so we've got a Jessica,
who is living her best life.
- I'm Jessica, these are Paddingtons.
- [Dad] There's a little television,
we haven't played with that at all.
- [Jessica] Well, Duncan did.
- Yes, Duncan played with the remotes using them as phones,
and made the TV go all sorts of colors,
and then we've got the little street out here.
It's so cute, it's all cobblestone and lovely,
and these cool chimneys that kind of look like
Winnie the Pooh's honey pots.
We've got a table, and then we've got a kitchen area,
so there's this nice countertop,
fridge right here, freezer right here,
a dishwasher, sink, stove, our little alleyway here.
This, I think, opens up, and you have
about a six inch balcony, six inches deep. (laughs)
- [Jessica] Open it!
- And I feel like, I don't think, I don't know,
I think I need a key of some sort.
I'm not gonna force it.
(door rattling)
I think there's, like, a lock,
which is good because I feel like Duncan
could definitely fit between these bars.
We have a plant here, partway up the stairs,
let's go up the next flight of stairs.
So it's three stories, so this is the second story,
but technically it's the third story if you're from America.
And this is our bedroom,
brought us a crib, so that's good news.
Jessica and I sleep here.
- [Bailey] This is my little beauty area.
- That's a nice spot if you wanna, like,
pose for a painting, right? (laughs)
Yeah, there you go, that's the painting right there.
And then we've got this thing here,
I'm not quite sure how this opens.
(blind sliding on wood)
Oh, very easily, look at this, cool!
Right over here, we have a creepy crawl space.
So if you want creepy crawl spaces,
this is the place for you.
And a little desk area over here.
I've been doing some, like, journaling over here.
- Wait, you need to show them the bath stopper.
- Can I show them my awesome ladder that goes to nowhere?
(Dad and Bailey laughing)
Whoa, nope, put it back, put it back.
It is decoration, it is not for touching.
Another cool slanted window, there's another one here
in this bathroom, nice bathroom here.
Hi, (guitar strums) let's talk about what we learned today.
(guitar strums)
We learned that, due to refurbishments,
Big Ben is covered in cloth.
(guitar strums)
We learned that Bailey has a mirror
that looks at her when she looks at it to look at her,
(guitar strums)
and finally, we learned how to pose for a painting.
(guitar strums)
Thanks for watching, everybody.
We'll see you next time.
(guitar strums)
(Duncan laughing)
(Parker shouting excitedly)
(crowds chattering)
- [Jessica] Parker, stand, be close.
(Parker yelling excitedly)
- My heart is--