Five Days of Family
My mom and sis were here this week. It was lovely and relaxing.k
Some things we did:
- Babysat for Jenn and Noah.
- Purchased and put together what Aaron has termed “the white trash Howard Johnson’s play set” for the kids.
- Had afternoon tea at the Lanesborough.
- Saw Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, and Parliament.
- Drank three bottles of wine and two liters of Bailey’s.
- Ate a lot of chocolate brownies with coffee frosting.
- Went to ToysRUs and Tesco.
- Walked down the the main street to change money and go to the bus station to get pictures of the buses for Ethan.
- Played with the kids.
- Ignored the kids. (Or was he ignoring us?)
- Nothing.
Some things we did not do:
- Leave the sidewalk where we were standing to actually cross over to go look at Buckingham Palace.
- Feel one bit guilty about counting seeing the tips of Westminster Abbey and Parliament over the treetops as actually seeing them.
- Realize that the Lanesborough was across the street from our Tube stop until we’d walked almost to the next stop.
- Go to tea on the day of our reservation because I was SURE I’d made the reservation for Saturday.
- Realize that my mother was walking around with her skirt tucked in her underwear as we were waiting to be seated for tea. (Fortunately a nice woman did whisper in her ear that she “had a problem with her skirt.” I must be blind…I was walking behind her as she came out of the bathroom and didn’t even notice.)
Oh, and Elena clarified a few things for us.
These are “Gwammy’s e-ah-wings,”
and these are “Gwammy’s noo-sies.”
She also showed us Liam’s, mine, and Aaron’s when I asked her where they were. Heather’s was by far the best though: she was tickling E and E got into nursing position by accident. She looked at Heather’s face…and looked at her boobs and looked at her face…and looked back at her boobs, and finally declared “Auntie Heh-dah’s NOOSIES!!!” She was quite pleased with herself.
