So today it rained right at the beginning of the day so the plans to go to the playground were out. And the girls were bored, bored, bored. We only have 5 channels on the TV. We aren’t allowed to get cable because they would have to drill in the side of the house, which is prohibited in our lease. And because our computers know we are in the UK, due to licensing restrictions, we can not watch any shows online. So the fall back of TV was not available. So the girls thought I should give Hannah’s mom a call. We chatted and found out they were attending story time at the Richmond Library so we decided to meet up with them. The story time was for younger kids (Hannah has a 3 year old brother - Michael) but they got to color and read some books instead of paying attention to the storytime. Then we were invited to play at Hannah’s house.
They live less than 10 blocks from the library. So we walked up there. It was a very interesting walk. Right in the middle of town, backing up to a car park, is a cemetery that the kids walked though while we walked on the sidewalk. It was filled with really old headstones – dating back to the early 1800s. One headstone was that of a member of Louis XVI court who escaped France before her head was chopped off and lived a long life in Richmond. It was pretty neat.
Then we got to Hannah’s house. It is a 3 level flat. The girls got to play with some of the toys they brought with them from Australia. And the toys looked pretty much the same as what we have – ZhuZhu pets, legos, doll house. We all had some hot tea and some muffins that Hannah had helped bake that morning. The girls discovered that they like hot tea. We stayed long enough that we even got to meet Hannah’s older brother Cameron when he got out of school. It was funny, as soon as Cameron arrived home, Michael and he started bickering and Michael being 3 started getting quite frustrated and fussy. Emily asked Jenny, Hannahs mom, if Michael needed a nap because he was cranky. It was too funny to hear from an 8 year old.
We stayed for maybe 30 more minutes and then left them to make dinner as their dad was coming home. We discovered that their dad likes bike riding too. Cameron told the story of how he was supposed to get a new bike and somehow, instead, his dad got a new one even though his current one was perfectly fine. It sounded surprisingly familiarJ. Then we made our daily trip to Tesco and home for our dinner and bed.
Week 2 came to a close. The highlight of the week was horseback riding, hands down. Both girls can’t wait to go back.
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