Day 39 – Ainsley's Birthday, V/A Museum & Harrods

Today is Ainsley’s Birthday. She turned 7 today. After she awoke, we made her birthday cake. We didn’t have any beaters but we had one of those plunge blenders. It did the job, only splattered a little bit. After the cake was cooked, we headed out to let it cool. We took the underground down to the Victoria & Albert Museum (Named after Queen Victoria & her husband.) The museum houses a collection of everything. We only got to see a small part of the block long museum. We went to the “Kids Create” program. Today, they created stained class windows. The aide gave us some clipboards and sent us into the museum to look for patterns that they might want to incorporate in our “window.” It REALLY reminded me of Grace Art at school. Then we returned and for another hour, worked on our windows. Emily did design her window similar to what she had seen. Ainsley decided to make hers with a bunch of triangles. (Obviously we did not use glass but clear & colored sticky cellophane.) It was very educational and fun.

Then we got a backpack full of kids activities and went to head for the American/British exhibit but we were side tracked by the courtyard, the fountain and ice cream and never made it to the exhibit. It was a beautiful day out and a bunch of kids were playing in the fountain so the girls rolled up their shorts and splashed around. They also had an ice cream cone.

After about an hour, we left to go to Harrods so Ainsley could buy something for her birthday. We bought some decorations for her dollhouse in VA and we bought a WebKinz – Pink poodle – Ainsley named her Rosie. Then we hurried home so I could make dinner and Ainsley & Emily helped make the icing for the cake. Then I iced the cake, we had dinner and cake & more ice cream. We got a few phone calls via Skype. Then Ainsley opened her other presents – a small game and a painting of two horses that Emily made at home and brought here. She knows that here big present will be at home when we get back – Kit Kittridge. She said it was a good day. As her Uncle Matt said – she is 6 American years old & 1 British year old. Then off to bed.