Second week summary/highlights

Second week update from London...

--we're all sleeping much better.  It's incredible what a difference a good night's sleep can make.

--the adjustment to less personal space and no yard to run out to play in seems to be especially difficult for the boys.  They get in the way of people as we walk down the street, wrestle in the apartment, have a harder time controlling their actions on the subway, etc.  This is a big adjustment and I feel like I'm constantly reprimanding them. 

 

--no news on acceptance from schools, and all schools have 2-4 weeks off now for Easter/spring break

--*trying* to do "school" at home, mostly math pages!

--Ally is on a swim team, still looking for a soccer opportunity for Jonah

--we've mastered using the tube and buses

--we continue to spend a fair amount of time across the street in Kensington Gardens & Hyde Park

--spent a day with Minnesotans: our friends from Edina who've been here for 2.5 years and live in a beautiful
English cottage near Kew Gardens (famous botanical gardens), her husband works for General Mills and they'll be back in MN this summer...(first photos with them)

--visited a couple great museums:  The Natual History Museum and the Imperial War Museum

--saw the iconic London spots:  London Tower, Tower Bridge, Westminster, Big Ben and the Parliaments

--wandered one of London's best markets (Covent Garden), the kids loved the street performers

--attended a traditional Catholic mass, sung in Latin "Norvus Ordo" - wow.

--Belgian visitors scheduled this next week

--Dave is adjusting to the British work culture!