We are leaving for London and Eurodisney on Friday (yayayayayayayay). I really wanted N to be involved in the trip, reading up, what to do etc, and she was kind of “grey” about it. not unexcited, just not excited – KWIM? We’ve all been extremely busy, friends, pool, late nights, and when we are at home I have let her be. no nagging, no pressure, I showed her a few sites, she kind of grunted acknowledgement at me, and I left it at that. I figureI have enough things to argue with her about, and this isnt one of them.

I was at the book store and found this “kids book of London”, a really cool book, a kids tourbook, that has all sorts of missions in it (“follow PeterPans footsteps” – go into Kensignton Gardens, take 3 steps and look at the statue on your right. find the marking on the statue and follow its direction. at the 4thflower turn…etc or: Count how many mummies are in the museum of London. or: spot the following buildings on oxford st) really really cool, with all the fun historical explanations – the gory executions, the royal family, where to get on double decker buses and so on.

The kid is now obsessed. she has spent the entire afternoon with this book (I would say close to 6-7 hours), reading and re-reading, marking pages, every few minutes I get a “Mommy, in London can we…..”, or “Mommy, did you know that….”. the funny thing is, is that she isn’t obsessed with the book in a booky kind of way, when she goes oblivious to her surroundings and into her own world, she is being so active about this book that its hysterical to watch. she has now gone to google the various places to see when they are open and how much they cost and what other people have to say.  She is spewing the info at me, about tubes that we need to take and what queen lived where and why and which museum is recommended and where we can find “real live ghosts” (I had to laugh at that one!). She is so into this and so excited, that she is glowing! YAY!