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Bun and I are home from our Canada trip. We went to Canada last Tuesday to this Monday. We went to our friends Megen and Alan's as thier twins were being baptised and also to our friends, Paul and Nancy as thier daughter was married on Saturday.
It was a beautiful wedding with the bride looking like a celebrity. She was so beautiful!! What happened to the awkward teenager of a few years ago? She really was breathtaking to see. I pray that her marrainge is blessed.
The twins we precious. Bun had a great time holding them and watching them sleep on her lap. I had forgotten how small and precious babies are as I haven't held a month old baby in a long time. Bun really was great with them.
Inbetween the wedding and the baptism we went to Toronto's Chinatown. We ate pho and drank bubble tea. I loved it and Bun didn't. Bubble tea is cold and has tapioca pearls in it. You can get a variety of flavors such as watermelon, green apple, mango etc. You suck the tapioca pearls up through a large straw. It was different and really neat. I wonder if I can find a recipe to make it at home for picnics. I will have to research the net and see. We also bought a bonsai tree. I have always wanted one since I was Bun's age as I was fascinated and still am with the Japanese and Chinese cultures. So we now have one and it will have a home in the school room. We also bought the hats that are conical shaped that you see the workers wearing in the rice fields. I thought it would make a good garden hat. I really wanted paper lanterns for the front veranda but I couldn't decide on what ones to get. When confronted with alot of choices I wallow and can never make a decision. We had alot of fun there. Bun said she liked it better than Philadelphia's Chinatown.
Driving home we went over the Rainbow Bridge at the border in Niagara Falls. It was just about 9:00pm and after crossing into the US we parked and walked back over the bridge to see the light show on the Falls. I have never seen the Falls in the dark and it was beautiful. Then as an added bonus there was fireworks over the falls! Since I ahd missed any fireworks over the Fourth of July due to being in bed with the gout I enjoyed them immensely. We went into the Coca-Cola shop and I tried to buy Bun an icecream soda or a shake but she said "No thanks, mom". !!!!!!!!!! She was getting tired at that point. So I ordered an icecream cone and we nibbled on it on the walk back over the Falls. At the border she very proudly handed over her passport to the agent. When she was asked how long she had been in Canada she replied "About 50 hours." Yes, we have to work on the concept of time.................
We stayed overnight then started driving down through New York the next morning. We stoppped in Corning at the Corning Museum of Glass and covered EVERY INCH of the museum. Bun loves museums so this was right up her alley. They also have a "make your own glass" sessions where you pay to make your own piece of glass. These range from picture frames to glass flowers to glass ornaments and several things inbetween. If you google the Corning Museum of Glass New York you can see all of the options. Anyway, Bun chose to make a Christmas tree ornament. She actually got to blow the molten galss while a worker rolled the tube. So in reallity she didn't do a whole lot besides picking out the colors she wanted in her ornament, choosing a teardrop shape over the round ball, and blowing a little air into the glass but she loved it. It was the most expensive ornament I have ever purchased at $22.00 but she will never have such an oportunity to do this again.
When we were leaving the museum we saw the "you design it we make it" tables. Here you design something for the gaffers to make. If they choose your design they make it and you can have it for free. Bronwe wanted to draw so we sat down. While I drew a very simple pink flamingo she drew an "America Horse". You had to write what inspired you in your design. She wrote---and I'm paraprasing here-- 'I like horses. I love America and the flag. My cousin Jim was in Iraq. I love him too. This summer I go to Horse Camp at Freedom Farms.'
I think she had some other line in there but I don't remember. Anyway I had a phone call today that her design was picked and the gaffers had made her design into a glass scupture!! I am so proud of her!! We have the option of driving up and picking it up or having it shipped to us where we pay for the shipping costs. I told Tina to hold it and I would phone her back in a day or two as I wanted to check with dh to see if he wanted to drive up or not. We are very proud of our little girl who is growing up so fast! |
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