London Calling

I never know what to write on here anymore! I feel like our everyday life is probably pretty boring. I don't need to share every little thing that is going on, so when nothing major is happening I am at a loss for words on here. Anyway.

Marc and I took Bailey to London yesterday to get her passport renewed. We had arranged for Cerys to go home with a friend from school and Addison to play at a friend's house all day so we could just enjoy being with Bales. It was a long day of sitting- a 2 hour train ride- then 2 hours of sitting in the embassy waiting room- then 2 hours back on the train. Things didn't go according to plan and we wish we had had more time to do something fun for Bales, but in the end the only thing that mattered was that she got her Krispy Kreme donut at Paddington train station! I do love London. It's busy, fast-paced and fun! Now I'm not sure I could handle living right in the middle of it, but every once in a while it's really fun for me. I love the tube and the diversity of people everywhere. We had forgotten to get Bailey's passport photos taken (I know, duh!) so we stopped at a hole in the wall place off Oxford Street that we have used before to get her picture taken. It's a dark, dingy, tiny room that apparently a bunch of famous people use because they have the walls covered in celebrity passport pictures. The most recent additions were Katy Perry and Russell Brand. Interesting. Bailey had a meltdown over having her picture taken by the Polish dude who was very nice and trying to work with us. Her new passport has a wonderful, pouty picture of her and will serve as a good reminder of the delicate 4's.

It's always "fun" to be on American soil at the embassy and always interesting to see other Americans living in the UK. There's always a few characters that I enjoy watching! There are your loud, obnoxious, arrogant Americans who think they are in charge. There are your Americans who are married to British people and that's always fun to see them interact. And yesterday there were two very devout Jewish families there. It's always a mixed bag, I like it. There were several tiny newborns too getting their birth certificates, well with their parents of course. It seems like just yesterday we were there with 2 week old Addison. One thing that would make waiting at the embassy a great experience would be if they could just serve some chips and queso. I didn't see a suggestion box, but I do feel that this would help us have an even more wonderful experience.

Bailey was so happy yesterday having us to her self, she was so pleasant and entertained herself well while waiting. I really enjoyed her, (apart from the picture taking fiasco) she's quite a character! I was watching her interact with two other children in the waiting room who were obviously American but had been living here. It was obvious because of their mixed accent and it was really cute to hear them chat. The little boy was fascinated by the kids puzzle of the United States and all three of them stared at it in wonder for quite a while. It made me think that I'm really thankful that our girls get to experience another culture. Sure, there are things that make me cringe about both cultures. I like that our girls have some Texas in them as well as some British. Makes a cute combination!

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