Flew Manchester to Boston with three small children, eight pieces of luggage, three carry on bags and a buggy. Check in was broken (don't ask) and at one point they wanted me to carry all my bags to the plane for them. One mini-tantrum later they dropped that idea. Needless to say some of my bags still haven't arrived two days later.
POE was dead easy. We had to go through the non-US-citizens line even though all three of my children are US citizens.
Immigration told me that my 6 year old had to sign her US passport
then they asked if I'd lived in the US before - I said I had, then struggled to remember dates. He said go to secondary immigration. We waited in secondary immigration about 10 minutes, with my kids going bonkers all over the place. Immigration officer came out and said 'Are these your kids?' to which I rolled my eyes and said 'Yes' in a 'please sympathise with me' kind of way. He asked if I'd told the US embassy in London that I'd had a green card before - duh, like I wouldn't tell them that. Also I'd put my new address on my white form that I'd filled in on the plane, so that was different to the one on my file, but that was fine.
He processed my paperwork, got me to sign something and did my fingerprint, then that was it - no 'welcome to America' but then no hassles either.
It's great to be here! My kids are loving it - they're with daddy again, the sun has been shining, we have a lovely big car and much more space in our house. The beach is nearby. The people are friendly. We don't even have particularly bad jetlag.
Thanks to everyone on here for answering my dumb questions, and I hope I can return the favour to others. Good luck to those still going through it. It is worth it...
Yay! That's great to hear, I got so excited myself reading about you, I can't wait to get back and we've only just begun!
It is still great to be here 