The kids are really getting a taste of real life in Ireland. We have been to the shops and spent time with local people. They have spent a lot of time on my mum's fence talking to the neighbor kids. There are 2 girls next door, 7 and 5 with whom Lily and Matthew have become friends, they even got to go to their birthday parties and eat the types of party food that I ate when I was little. In this way they are getting to not only be tourists, but have a feel for real life.