Go Fish

We are a tad stir crazy- we had a 4th snow day on friday for which it really didn't matter since we were headed to London for passport renewal. As if living in the burbs isn't inconvenient already- the good ole US embassy has a huge checklist of items you can't bring (and there is no storage)- laptops, cellphones, ipods. Get there bright and early and discover that both Chris and I have our house keys with our car keys (electronic opener) attached. So the guard of course was like you can't bring those in and we don't have storage, on cue Casey starts to high pitch squeel- (sort of the octave of some sea creature) - long story short security guards caves quickly takes our keys and lets us through- (I knew casey jane's scream would come in handy at some point). Wait 1.5 hours after checking in where both chris and I accuse each other of having weird passport stamps that our red flagging us for delay (Me- that Nairobi stamp- Him- all the trips to Cyprus in your passport). Finally get up there and renew CJ's passport where they let us know we will be carrying 2 passports for him (old one with visa and new one)- oh joy one more thing to rememember.

Chris heads to work and I decide to take the kids to the London aquarium. Kids are pretty excited- we walk into the first exhibit ( I think it was catfish) and both kids start freaking out. I'm scared mom- the fish look mean- none of them look like Nemo- its dark in here- Are you sure they can't get out of the tanks- can we go home. Survive the aquarium where by the end casey is trying to put her hand up to the pirannaha tank. We head out and of course some retailer designed the exit so you need to walk thru the gift shop to leave the aquarium. Sidebar- since we are on staycation- Chris and I have decided not to buy the kids souvenirs at every sight we go to- 1. we would be broke. 2 the kids 99% of the time pick out junk that ends up under the car seats. CJ walks right through and notes that I said no souvenirs. Casey grabs a mermaid doll and refuses to let go until I pry it out of her hands. (Note- Cj is behaving nicely but he is so in the tattletale phase," Mom, Casey 's not showing good manners, she is asking for things after we aleady had a fun outing." Tube ride and train ride and home.