End of week 1.

Work has started, networking has started and our first road trip has started.

4 days this week of work, but when it takes almost 3 hours to get issued with a family pass, you can imagine that progress has not been huge!

We (adults and Big H) went for our predecessors leaving dinner last night in a great local restaurant while the girls had a 'sitter'. We were late leaving as Stu was blagging an early flying package and tickets to a 'tail gate party' at the next college football match with his new American Sqn boss. We can say he tasted leadership, creep!

Friday saw us travel upto to DC (just 75 mins north) for our Embassy arrival weekend. As you can see, all the family settled quickly into their new 5 star surroundings, especially the super chilled Harry. Everyday is a school day, if you are going to allow the children to eat room service in front of cartoons so you can have a quite meal alone later, after the rugrats have gone to bed in their own room, don't wait for the lady to ring the door bell, it attracts the little blighters like flies around a light! Learning has taken place.

Tomorrow is Olivia's birthday (yes we know we are cruel for 'delaying' it 2 days but she doesn't know and it's soooo much more convenient!) so it's a busy day of shopping, smithsonian museums and chocolate cake.

P.S. Child snatching is not a huge problem in the States. We (OK Stu) left Harry on the pavement outside the hotel with the luggage for the porter to deal with. 5 mins later and only when the receptionist at check in, questioned if we had 2 or 3 children was the (slight) oversight noticed...