I'm an American mom living in the UK. When my kids visited the US they were shocked at how 'big the food' is and how every drink is mostly ice.

• I'm a 35-year-old American mom living in the UK. 
• I took my three kids to the US for the first time in eight years and they were surprised by things.
• They thought cars and meals were big, and that there was always too much ice in drinks. 

It has been nearly eight years since my three Welsh children have visited my family in the United States. Even though I would have loved to make the eight-hour plane trip with them more often, logistics, the pandemic, and cost have kept us away.