I don't know what time the residents of 1600 Penn Ave awoke this morning, but Matilde was very excited and wide awake, when she crawled into bed with me at 4:56 am! The reason: she was part of the welcoming committee on the lawn of the White House this morning!
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| Matilde and Niamh |
Matilde has been recently elected to the student council. The primary school student council pupils and the secondary pupils of the British School were invited to be part of the official welcoming ceremony for PM David Cameron at the White House. Matilde has been beyond excitement for several days. I am not sure she knew who David Cameron was but she does know Obama. I had instructed her to smile at any British TV cameras, and if asked she was wearing her British hat today (unlike when she met British Royalty last year!) She was smiling like a cheshire cat and proudly wearing her student council badge when she set off with Gregorio at 6:20 am.
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| The proud Anglo-American. A special relationship. |
I have been monitoring the news all day to see if I could spot anything about the event - but nothing. When I picked her up from school, she seemed a little exhausted and fed up. "It was hot and too much standing!" In fact the temperatures were in the 80s today and at the crucial moment she slipped from the front row and retreated to a spot of shade. She missed shaking hands with the two leaders, as some of the kids did but she seemed happy to have been at the White House and seen the official ceremony. When I asked her friend, Niamh how the day had been, she explained that everyone had to go through the security line and it took forever, but Matilde and I are American and we went through quickly! The beauty of being multi-national :)
And just to prove they were there too!
A memorable day though. And we'll be returning to the White House soon. We have won lottery tickets (well thank you Emma) to the White House Easter Egg roll on Easter Monday (watch this space for photos) and Isabella's class will be taking a tour of the inside of the White House in the coming months.
Crazy warm weather here, spring is springing.
More news soon.
Love,
Emma and co xxx
