Today was a very interesting day! The morning started off early. John's sister Mary is a Kindergarten teacher, which is called year 1 in England. She told all of her students that John and I were coming to visit the family weeks ago, and they were super excited about it. The students just learned about the Wizard of Oz and wanted to hear me speak "Kansas" (American accent) So, John and I decided to go up to the school today to talk to them and teach them a little lesson about America. Anyway, last night Mary, John, and I set up a lesson and I was woken up at 7:15 AM this morning to get ready to go to this school. When we arrived the students had prepared questions to ask us about America. The questions were so cute and funny! The first question I got was from a cute little girl who asked, "Do you wear hairbands (headbands to Americans)?" I was also asked, "Do you have clams?" "Do you carry baskets on your head?" "How hot is the sun?" "How many birds do you have?""Where is Disney World?" "Do you walk on sand or concrete?" and many many more. We answered just about all of their wide variety of questions and then went through a powerpoint of pictures from America. It was funny because John is so used to high school students that he started to try to explain to them about the English settlers and how we got the names of states such as New York. The students just stared at him. Fortunately he stopped before he tried to explain time zones.
After the lesson, the students drew pictures of American things and asked us more questions. Afterward, it was their recess time. We were going to leave but they were so excited that they begged us to stay a little longer...so we did. I couldn't leave them because they were soooo cute! When we went outside both John and I had 6-7 little kids dangling from our arms! They mobbed us....we actually kinda felt like celebrities! While I was getting a make over from the girls, John was being told they wanted to drag him to the bottom of the hill and eat him. The little girls then put on a performance of some Wizard of Oz songs while some older girls at recess questioned me on American shops and restaurants. They all love my "accent" and were asking me to say things. Eventually we had to leave and the students were so upset. Mary even told me that one of the girls started to cry because I left!
Once we left the school we went to Sherwood Forest (where Robin Hood lived). Since it was once again a beautiful day we decided to take a picnic of bread and cheese to eat while we were there. We ate our picnic and took a brief nap in the sun before we headed into the forest. We walked to "The Big Oak" which was apparently where Robin Hood and his Merry Men would meet. We also got to see some of the props from the newest Robin Hood movie with Russel Crowe. We also got to see John's doppelganger from the past. I'll have to tell you more about that later ;)
When we came home John and I sat out in the front yard and tanned...well to be honest I didn't get any sun but John burned haha. We fell asleep in the chairs until his family came out to join us for a few drinks and a chat. Once the sun started to go down we came in for dinner. John's mom made John his favorite, and against my wishes, requested meal...steak and kidney pie! Gulp! All I have to say is I ate it and it wasn't terrible. My mental block of the kidney made it hard to stomach though. We finished the meal with pudding (their word for dessert). It was gooseberry pie....another first for me...but this time it was very enjoyable!
Well that was my day today. Tomorrow we are headed to Warwick Castle and then Scotland so I may not make a new post for a few days. I will catch you up as soon as I return. Love you all..best wishes!
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