Maaaade It!

Well, here we are in England! We arrived safely on Sunday after a fairly smooth flight. There were a few challenges along the way, like Ethan getting sick two days before we left, but overall things went well.

Ethan survived the seven hour confinement on the plane with surprising ease. Other than some occasionally restlessness and strange requests like..."Can I please watch Barney?" and, "I want to lie down on the floor!", he was distracted enough by all the new sights and sounds to do Ok. He didn't sleep much and, when they turned on the lights to serve breakfast at about 1:00 a.m. our time, his scrunched up face looked like a wounded animal. I tried, but didn't sleep a wink. Several of our fellow travelers complimented Ethan on doing so well...."He did lovely, didn't he?"

We were excited to finally arrive at Karena and Charlie's on a beautiful, bright day. In fact, the weather has been quite remarkable so far--mostly sunny, although cool. Ethan and Lexie warmed up to each other very quickly and began playing together happily, screaming and laughing and setting each other off. This, of course, lasted about 2 hours and now they fight like cat and dog...Oh well. Arthur is getting big and is a very easygoing baby. He smiles easily and is very content to sit in his bouncy seat and...bounce.

There is so much to write about and hopefully I'll catch up eventually. It is really beautiful here and I am so envious...every little thing including road signs, looks somehow classy and interesting. It feels like I'm living in a movie.
Lots more to come when I get time....