Jerry and I were re-fingerprinted this morning at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offices downtown as our fingerprint clearance was due to expire. Our appointment was at 8:00 am, and we decided to make a fun event out of it, and took the boys with us. They liked going through security -- and wondered if they would see any planes. Erik especially was interested in the security guards there at the checkpoint and also in the little security station that is behind dark clouded glass. Kept wondering what they were doing in there. A little hard to explain to a 5 year old.
Although we were not the first ones in the door, we were the first to fill out the paperwork and hence were the first ones to be fingerprinted. The advantage of being a native English speaker! The staff at USCIS were very friendly and accomodating and showed the boys how the fingerprinting machine worked. The print on Mommy's left pinkie kept failing, but I guess they got enough of what they needed because after being there for about ten minutes, we were on our way.
The boys missed only about 45 minutes of school, and I think they enjoyed being a part of the activity to bring #3 and #4 home.