INS Finger Prints

Today we journeyed to the big city to get our fingerprints made for the second time while waiting for Sarah to join our family.

The boys have recently procured Nintendo DS's and we thought the wait at the INS building would be a good time to practice gaming skills.

First, it was incredibly hard to find this wonderful government institution. We drove in circles for a while and finally stopped at the best looking building in "little Mexico" that we could find to ask for directions. We were just praying that someone spoke English. Lucky for us, they did. So we drove some more and finally made it to a building with no outside signs or windows. For all those that think we make immigration easy on people, just try and find an INS building. It would be easier to contact the President and probably with less security involved.

So we entered the building, with DS's in tow only to be told that all electronics must remain in our cars. Cell phones, ipods, DS's...all of it. Well, Isaac was crushed. I tried to appeal to the oversized security guard, but to no avail. After all, what are two little boys supposed to do in a waiting room where the only t.v. seems to be stuck on Judge Judy. As I tried to coerse our DS's into the building I hit on the beurocratic road block. "These are the rules if you want finger prints made. No electronic devices." the security guard regurgitated. At this point, Isaac noticed the Judge Judy spewing T.V. and announced to the security guard that in fact the t.v. was also an electronic device, so why was it allowed. Go Isaac!!!!!

We were then told that their copy machine was broken and to go down the street to the library to make a copy of the finger printing paper and bring it back when we were done. Ahhhh the government. This is what we pay taxes for!