Cheesey goes home after Saint Patrick's Day

It was getting close to the time that Cheesey had to go home to Barcelona again.
But the day before Cheesey was going, Uncle Bill took Cheesey out to the shops to get him a good outfit for Saint Patrick's Day.
They had a great time dancing and being silly on Saint Patrick's Day, Uncle Bill and Cheesey will be best friends forever. Uncle Bill enjoyed a Guinness, and Cheesey had green lemonade.
Finally it was time for Cheesey to go back home to El Masnou. Uncle Bill was sorry to see him go, because they had so much fun together. If Cheesey ever comes back to Los Angeles, maybe Uncle Bill will get him a job at the bank too.
So, we packed Cheesey's box with candy for the trip so that he's not hungry, and sent him home on March 18th 2011. Cheesey is so looking forward to seeing Sean and Fiona and Patrick again, and he wants to be home in time for Marta's birthday too.

Big Surprise - a stowaway called Cheesey

When Uncle Bill and Uncle Frank got home to Los Angeles, and opened the luggage - WHAT A BIG SURPRISE!!!
Cheesey, one of the teddies who was playing with Uncle Bill, was a stowaway in our luggage. He had secretly jumped into the luggage and come to America.
So, we phoned Barcelona and told them that Cheesey had come for a vacation, just in case they were worried about him. It was lovely to have Cheesey come to stay with us, the only problem was that he doesn't speak English, and we don't speak Catalan.
But we could all go the beach together and get a suntan - nobody had to speak.
Uncle Bill took some Catalan lessons online, and learned to speak with Cheesey a little - they could talk about little things and what they wanted for dinner.
One day, Uncle Bill took Cheesey to work at the bank, and they counted money together. It went very well

One afternoon, before Cheesey was ready to go back home to Spain, Uncle Bill invited Cheesey and Uncle Frank out for lunch in Santa Barbara.
It was delicious and Uncle Bill paid for the meal, which was very nice of him. He gets well paid at the bank, which is nice.

Trip to Barcelona in February

It was a quick trip, and Susie and Bobby and Uncle Bill were so tired, they didn't come out until the next morning. But Marta had a BEAUTIFUL cake ready for Uncle Frank (it was his birthday next week) and Patrick, Fiona and Sean helped Uncle Frank blow the candle out. The cake was DEEEEEEE-LICIOUS.

Sean and Fiona went to bed, and woke up the next morning with Susie and Bobby sleeping beside them. It was so exciting and Uncle Bill said they could stay for Carnival.
That morning, Uncle Bill and Uncle Frank left early to go back to Los Angeles, because they both had work the next day.