Are you ready?
To meditate.
With Kari.
Jump up into bed and get super comfortable.
It's time to relax your body.
You may have had a very busy day,
And if you have,
Then.
.
.
You are welcome being able to lay down in your bed.
Where it's nice and warm and snuggly.
Toca,
A Leo,
A Gon,
Somewhere very,
Very special.
They happened to go with some of their friends.
Claire,
Noah,
Daphne and Leta had all gone with them.
They were having.
A UK.
An English celebration day in the town not far away from where the cats lived.
Everything English,
Basically.
The theme was celebrating the UK.
One of the things that Tucker and Leo and the kids were very excited about.
Was riding on a double-decker bus.
You don't really see.
Double-decker buses.
In the States.
And that's where Tucker and Leo will live in.
Bat.
Their mom was English.
And their mum had told them about double-decker buses.
And about everything wonderful that you can get and do in England.
Tucker was sat next to Claire on the bus going to this town that was having the UK celebration day.
Turcosette de Coeur.
Oh Clare,
Clare,
You know what I want to do?
More than anything,
More than anything Clare,
Do you know what I want to do?
Mmm.
Eat fish and chips.
Tucker said,
Fish and chips?
So I said,
Yeah,
Apparently in England they eat fish and chips.
Have it with either tartar sauce or malt vinegar.
Malt vinegar?
Took a side.
Claire said,
Yes,
That's kind of like,
You know,
Well,
It's a vinegar.
It's like something.
Tangy like lemon juice.
I think in the States,
People think that they put lemon juice on the fish and chips.
That's not right.
C'est clair.
You do malt vinegar.
How do you know so much,
Claire?
How do you know so much about England?
Closet Well,
I listen to Corrie too and she talks about these things.
Ah,
Satoka.
That's nice.
So you know my mummy,
And you know,
Right,
That she lived in England for a long time,
Like half of her life was in England,
And then half of her life was in the United States of America.
But no,
I don't want fish and chips,
But I do,
I would like fish and chips.
I think fish and chips should be definitely on our list,
Right,
Noah?
Tucker shouted over to Noah who was sat on the opposite seat with Leo.
Noah said.
Yeah,
I think I'd like fish and chips.
Daphne and Lita that were sat behind them said,
We want fish and chips,
We want fish and chips,
We want English chocolate,
We want toast and marmite.
Leo said,
You know.
I think Marmite's actually Australian.
Oh yes it is.
Mummy told me one time.
Marmite and.
.
.
And.
.
.
And that other one.
Whatever it is.
Marmite and.
.
.
I don't know.
But it's from.
.
.
It's from.
.
.
It's from Australia.
But people in England eat Marmite.
She said you either like Marmite or you hate Marmite.
Hmm,
Said Claire,
What does Marmite taste like?
Mummy said it tastes like beef stock cubes.
Claire said,
That sounds gross.
Tucker said,
Yes,
Yes it does.
Anyway,
So no,
I want,
I want everything.
I want everything that Noah and Leo want.
And I want everything that Daphne and Leta wants.
And I most of all want to ride on a double-decker bus.
Lita said,
What is a double-decker bus?
It's a double?
!
What does double sound like,
Lita?
Yes,
Well,
Kind of.
It's like one bus stacked on top of another bus.
And normally,
The top of the bus is open so you can drive around with the fresh air blowing through your fur and it makes your eyes water because it's so windy.
And apparently,
When you do it in England,
Which is where they have the double-decker buses,
Sometimes,
I think they still have them in London,
Don't have no more mommy was from anymore mommy said she had they have double-decker buses but they don't have open-top double-decker buses open-top double-decker oh my goodness try saying that fast Claire said.
Open top double-decker buses.
Leo said,
Open top double double decker buses.
Daphne and Lita tried it.
Noah said,
Open top,
Don't build it.
Tucker said,
Ha,
Ha,
See?
It's not that easy.
Claire,
Be quiet.
Anyway,
So yes,
On Double Decker Buses,
They,
Um.
.
.
They have them closed,
But they don't have them open,
Unless maybe if you're in London,
And London is where the queen lives.
London is all the princesses,
And all the princes,
And all the dukes,
And dukesses,
And all of those fancy people.
They all live in London,
But mummy didn't live in London.
Mummy lived in,
Where was he,
Leo?
Leo said,
Mommy comes from Rotherham.
That's in South Yorkshire.
Oh,
There we go.
Don't know where that is,
But that's not London.
So,
But Mummy said,
Oh,
Mummy said we have to try crumpets.
Class at Crumpets.
Leo said,
Yes,
Crumpets.
Mom said that you toast them and they have them with hot melted butter all over them and the butter runs into the holes.
Crumpets are like muffins.
Well,
Like they're like bread and you have them for breakfast and they're like those Thomas's bagels or Thomas's muffins.
They're not a bagel and they're not a muffin,
But they look like that,
But they've got holes in them.
And then when you put your butter jam or butter in your lemon curd.
Noah said,
Lemon curd.
Tucker said,
Yes,
Lemon curd is made of lemons,
Noah,
And it's absolutely delicious.
It's a sweet spread,
Like a jelly or a jam,
But it's not.
It's creamy,
Like apple butter spread or like,
Like,
Like,
Like pumpkin spread.
It's creamy and lemony and it's delicious.
Mummy makes it lots of nuts because she misses it.
And you can't find it in many places but lemon curd or lemon butter is the best and she said we have to try it on a crumpet Right,
Said Daphne.
That's crumpets,
That's marmite,
That's double-decker buses.
That's chocolate.
That's.
.
.
What else?
Fish and chips?
Do we have to eat anything else?
Mmmmm.
Awww.
BAXTER'S OFFICE!
Whoa!
Um.
.
.
Bunksters!
Oh,
I forgot!
Baked beans.
Apparently baked beans on toast are very very popular in England and that's something that's absolutely delicious too.
Bakey beans on toast is so good.
Mummy gave us some baked beans on toast one time.
Do you remember Leo?
Leo said,
Yes,
Baked beans on toast.
Are very good,
But they do make you toot.
They do make you toot.
Beans do make you toot,
Unfortunately.
But at least they're English toots,
Right?
Claire thought that was very funny.
Claire said,
OK,
So when we get there,
We look for the double-decker buses first.
Tucker said,
Yes,
Please.
Is that OK with everyone else?
Noah,
Daphne,
Lita,
And Leo said it was fine.
After an hour's drive on the bus.
They all got to this other town that was having the UK day.
When they got off the bus,
There was British Union Jack flags flying everywhere.
Claire wondered if there was lots of people that lived in this town that were British or something,
So why would they do this otherwise?
Leo said,
Good question,
Claire.
People were wearing red,
White and blue clothes.
Some people had like Union Jack t-shirts on.
Some people were just bright red or bright white or bright blue.
Some people mixed the colors and had like red trousers and white t-shirts,
Things like that.
Everyone was trying to spot the whole theme of it being UK Day.
The kids,
Luckily,
Had done the same thing.
Claire was wearing a red dress and it had blue pockets on it.
Noah was wearing a white t-shirt with his jeans.
Daphne and Lita were both wearing red trousers and Daphne had a white t-shirt on and Lita had a red t-shirt on.
The day was lovely.
It was a warm day outside.
It was super nice.
It wasn't raining.
Because in England it would probably have been raining.
But it wasn't raining here.
The sun was out,
The sky was clear.
It was going to be an awesome day.
There were lots of people in this town,
Walking around.
There was an English pub and an English pub is where everybody kind of centers and gathers around.
It's a social place.
There were benches outside of the pub where people were eating their meals,
Fish and chips,
Bangers and mash,
Toad in the hole,
Spotted dick,
All of the things that are traditionally British they were eating.
And that's when they spotted the double-decker bus.
Coming down the road was a bright red bus.
The top was an open top double-decker and Tucker got very excited.
Woo-hoo!
Yippee!
He said.
They asked a few people where to go to get on the double-decker bus.
And a nice lady that was wearing a bright red sun hat pointed to a line not too far away.
People were queuing up already for their ride on the double-decker bus.
It was kind of like when you go to the zoo and you have to line up for the bus that drives you around the zoo so that you can see all the different animals.
That's what they were doing.
But Lita had the genius idea to go into the store that was close by that was selling all different British things that they could eat or buy.
They were teapots with the Union Jack on.
They were tea cozies made and crocheted by people.
They were napkins,
Bath mats,
Tea towels,
Towels,
Key chains,
Pillows,
You name it.
All different trinkets with either the King's face on or the Union Jack or just something like UK is awesome written on it,
Whatever it was.
But the best thing about the store was that they sold all of the British goodies.
All of the crisps,
All of the different soda pops,
All of the different chocolate and candy sweets.
They call them in England,
They don't call it candy,
They call them sweets.
They had English ice creams,
Frozen desserts.
They had a section where you could buy English breads.
Crumpets.
Yes,
You could buy crumpets.
Daphne was very excited about that because if they didn't get to try a crumpet somewhere in this place,
They at least knew that they could buy the crumpets,
Take them home,
Toast them,
And put their own butter on them.
They all bought different things.
Leo bought a bar of galaxy chocolate.
Tucker bought a packet of salt and vinegar crisps that they could all try.
It had six pack so there were six little bags of crisps in there.
Claire bought a packet of sweets that were called cola bottles.
They tasted like Coca-Cola,
But they were fizzy and sour.
And they were like jellies.
Kind of like Sour Patch Kids,
But they were called Cola Bottles.
Noah decided to buy the crumpets.
Daphne Bart these things that we'll call bomb bombs.
And bum-bums are sweets,
They're like candy.
But they're chewy in the middle,
But on the outside they're covered in like a powdered sugar,
Which is called icing sugar in England.
Powdered sugar is either flavored strawberry or lemon.
Daphne got the lemon flavoured pom-poms.
They were definitely,
Definitely a win.
And then later.
Bought these things called shrimps.
And they were like,
A little bit like a hard marshmallow.
They melted in your mouth and they tasted nothing like shrimps.
But they were shaped like shrimps and they were pink.
But they tasted.
.
.
Like a flavour she'd never tasted before.
Indescribable flavor.
It wasn't strawberry,
It wasn't banana,
It wasn't lemon.
It wasn't any particular flavor,
It was just.
.
.
Whatever this flavor was,
Shrimps,
Then it was nothing like shrimp.
It was very strange.
Anyway.
While they were waiting in the line for their turn on the double-decker bus.
They all shed.
The snacks.
The candies,
The chips,
Which are called crisps in England,
Not chips,
The candies,
Which are called sweeties in England,
Not candy,
The chocolate,
They all had each other's stuff and shared.
And the line went quite quickly.
After about 10 minutes of waiting they finally got to go on the double-decker bus and of course they all went upstairs to the upper level.
The upper level was very packed already.
But it didn't matter.
They all kind of spaced out and sat with new people.
They met very friendly,
Happy people because everybody was celebrating.
Tucker ended up being sat with an older gentleman that was there with his grandson.
His grandson was seven.
Tucker was chatting away with his grandson about all the different things.
Apparently his grandad was British and that's why they were there.
His grandad was thoroughly enjoying all the things that felt like home,
Including the ride on the bus.
Tucker loved it.
Claire thought it was awesome.
Noah,
Daphne and Leta all loved it.
Leo not so sure.
Leo was a little bit scared.
It felt like he was going to fall out at any moment,
Even though he wasn't and he was very safe.
Not having a top on the bus felt a bit weird for Leo.
It makes me very nervous,
" he kept saying.
Luckily,
Claire sat next to Leo and she was very calming.
Her energy was very calming for Leo.
She held his paw and kept talking to him about all sorts of different stuff,
Which distracted him from being so nervous.
So that was very helpful.
After about four hours or so,
At this town,
They decided that they were tired and they'd seen everything.
They tasted fish and chips,
Which was delicious with malt vinegar on and tartar sauce.
But it was time to go home.
They got on the bus that would take them back to their town.
Lita and Daphne sat next to each other and fell asleep on each other.
Tucker,
For once,
Was quite quiet on the way home.
He was tired and full of all the English treats.
Leo fell asleep on Claire.
And Noah played on his phone.
When they got home.
They all parted ways,
Until next time they would hang out.
The dogs went inside.
They slumped down on their big,
Comfortable dog bed together.
Curled up next to each other and very quickly fell fast asleep.
The end.