Signs

When wandering through a foreign location, you rely on signs to navigate, to assess the culture, to figure-out how things work.  Here is a collection of what I've observed: 

Sign that your child is feeling a little silly due to jet-lag: 

Sign that you are drinking super fancy water:

Northumbria...sounds pretty fancy ;)

Sign that you have found an amazing high street:

If you visit London, you must venture down this street!

Sign that you are home:

Sanctum Temp. housing...this is where we live

Sign that you are in London, the tiny WC (wash closet) = toilet and sink all squeezed in to a room the size of a small closet:

Another sign that you are in London- you've purchased a vacuum, his name is Henry, and he is adorable!  

When Pearl was vacuuming today, she toted the vacuum around saying, "Come along, Henry!"

Sign that your are close to home, our nearest tube station:

Sign that the kids are excited to be on a double decker bus: 

Sign that you are on South Kensington high street- Lamborghini dealership:

Sign that you are about to enter an epic museum exhibit- Alan Turing...pretty rad dude!

Sign that your CD player is ancient i.e. there is a model of your CD player in the oldies section of the Science Museum:

Sign that you must stop hoarding by the end of the month:

I don't know what to say about this one except that it's pretty awesome and hilarious for kids that can read:

Sign that perhaps you've adventured a bit too much for a day:

Sign that you miss your best friend: 

Sign that you are now drinking from a British juice box- jokes that can only be understood if you say the punch-line with a very pronounced, almost Australian accent:

Sign that you really, really want to be in a home and not in temporary housing: 

Eva creating a picture of a home for us to live in

Finished product

We are close to actually having a home, hoping to sign papers by the end of the week :)