Maggie's 12 - will we make it?

Having a 12 year old is an experience that the parenting books don't prepare you for. Maggie wanted us all to nip into London for her birthday. It started with lunch at the original Hard Rock Cafe. Quite cool. Especially since one of the founders was from Tennessee. She had to stand up in front of the whole restaurant on a chair while everyone sang to her. Being Hard Rock, it was especially loud.

From there we went to the West End to watch Wicked. Most excellent show. John spent the entire show asking when the wicked witch of the west was going to turn bad. She kept being good during the whole movie. It really was a well done show.

Of course we are still in the middle of the ice age over here so it was quite cold all day. We had to dash from place to place to keep warm. Underground is really not a bad way to get around town in times like this. We nipped down to Canary Wharf but it was so cold, we lasted about 30 seconds and decided to come back in May.

In the last picture, note that we had Flat Stanley come to visit us from our Cousin Macy in Tennessee. This is the third time we have participated in the Flat Stanley youth hostel program.