Repack

So no sooner do I land and I am unpacking a bag to repack another piece of luggage. Definitely crazy- it seems 2 months ago it seemed like a good idea to fly back from the states on Monday and then rally the kids to fly and meet Chris in Switzerland on wed. Yes- I know I need to save for therapy as well as college for these kiddos. Picture the therapist's couch and CJ saying "I woke up in Michigan one day and the next day it was England and the next day it was Switzerland". Or maybe he can just have great dreams of candy in each country and some pretty damn good chocolate in Switzerland ( I am SO not above the bribe to get thru travel)

So we shall see how pressing my luck with jetlag and preschoolers goes tomorrow. Perfect world we will be climbing the mountains (I am sure I will have to carry 35lb Casey Jane) Heidi style up and drinking hot chocolate in style and singing edelweiss. Or reality style would be swimming in a hotel pool that resembles every other hotel pool- ordering chicken tenders and fries and forcing the kids to don some leiderhosen and heidi ensemble for which I can only hope to show their prom dates in years to come. A mom can dream can't she.

rebel

Ok I rebelled a little and the blog has taken the backburner. I think I was so schooled out since we didn't get out of school until mid July- that I needed a break.
So let's see what has been happening- am stateside with the kids- had a memorable flight where we were on lockdown in our seats for 3 hours and we hit so much turbulence both kids got sick- (note the barfing in the air at least didn't let me think that there was anything wrong with the flight- got to love kids for keeping your mind on the priorities like trying to find a barf bag ( which thank god I had some ziplocks of goldfish crackers)

I have shopped quite a bit- still haven't lost the patheticness of acting so delighted to be wandering aimlessly around Target with my big icyfull (should be a word) glass of Diet Coke. Just finished watching Twilight again- still a fan of Mr. Pattinson , he definitely smolders the screen (even the tv), saw relatives/friends answered questions with more positivity than 6 months ago about living in England. I noticed a trend with CJs british accent- it seems our little man loses some of its authenticity when he gets tired.

Time change makes it hard to reach Chris but he seems to be surviving without us- had to leave him typed up instructions/diagram of how to operate the made in Germany washer/dryer. Tried to update myself on US news- whole another blog on how when we return from England this country may seem a little more like England (can u tell I'm not a fan of socialized medicine). But I am so happy to be home- (yes - chris and I both agree, we have some great friends in England, and do some pretty cool things, but it ain't home). I actually get teary eyed when the Passport Control agent says "welcome home"- (or maybe I am just so relieved to have survived the flight:)

Lil Bro

So we had A LOT of fun with my brother here.
I escaped 2 days to London kid free and got to enjoy the sunny weather sightseeing.
First day I picked the sights and as expected jam packed the day that we were running from subways to trains and completely wiped out. Second day my brother insisted on seeing only 2 things and not running around the city like a chicken with a head cut off. For the record it was so much more relaxing his way! I did get kicked out of the Holocaust exhibit at the War Museum. I failed to read the no cell phone signs and was responding to a text. (to be fair it was a friend watching Casey Jane who needed to find barbie Thumbelina pronto or a tantrum was brewing)- my little brother thought it was immensely hilarious to have me being escorted out for a small period of time. (note the exhibit is very powerful and of course barbie texts should not be allowed)
We shopped -( yes, my metro sexual brother likes to shop) we ate (sushi and Sapporo), we took dorky tourist photos (okay that's just me), watched the MJ tribute (I mentioned Chris and I are huge fans- we found the gloves for the family a bit much and why or why was Louis Farrakhan there! okay and Jesse Jackson),
Photo contains my new purchase- a beautiful Radley bag (30% off- thankyouverymuch)

Why I love teachers

Cute little end of year notes accompanied by a photo album of my daughter every month of the school year. Made my day!
(Please note spirited was not even mentioned!!!)

So I passed my drivers test- and yes I almost hit the curb during my parallel park and yes I was freaking out during the 40 min exam. (Note- I had the same grumpy test giver as before but he seemed a lot better since I was driving a piece of junk driving school car (cost me $75 to rent the car) and not my own car- I also kept my american accent mouth shut for most of the test)

Other news- remeber how I said how I love small schools- well one bad thing when you have less than 200 kids in a school is sickness Spreads. Our school has been closed all week due to SWINE FLU- we haven't fallen and have actually enjoyed being out and about ( since I was kind of getting sick of working on spelling words in summer)
We supposedly go back Monday- will see.

Baby Brother is headed in for a visit- hope the sun keeps shining (you know it will rain as soon as his 747 hits the tarmac but one can dream) . Love the fact that this 83 degree weather has heat warnings in England - I think when its 83 in Texas everyone is outside doing things:)