Last week we traveled to Scotland to attend Alastair's sister Adele's wedding. It was very exciting for Anna because she was going to be a flower girl! We spent many weeks (months?!) getting Anna excited for the wedding...the first excitement came right when we landed....something she's been asking to do for a very long time....go on a bus and on a train!
We traveled from Glasgow Airport to the train station by bus. We were exhausted with having been up all night and having no sleep on the plane but all feelings of tiredness flew out the window at the sight of the bus. Why? Because nothing is better than going on a bus that is purple! And to make it even more fun the bus driver even sang along when Anna started singing the wheels on the bus song!
Then we got on the train and it was purple too! Nothing could have made our tired purple princess happier! Favorite part of the train ride? Anna pointing out the window and yelling, "Look it's Strong's castle!"('Strong' is what she calls the princess from Disney's Brave)
We also got Anna excited for the wedding by reading Pinkalicious Flower Girl. It worked too...she was really excited about being in the wedding....but she also decided that she had to have a flower headband just like Pinkalicious. So 2 days before we left I quickly made Anna a purple flower headband.
She wore it at the wedding rehearsal....
And while riding on Grampy's tractor!
Here is the Punzel Purple Flower Girl! Whenever we asked Anna what she was going to be at her Aunt Del's wedding that is what she said....Punzel because Rapunzel wears purple and she was going to wear a purple dress.
Matilda enjoying her first wedding....
The other way we got Anna excited for the wedding was by having a dance party where we practiced how we would dance at the wedding. Anna's favorite dance move is the sprinkler!
She danced with her Grampy...
She danced her first ceilidh dance...
And a special dip from daddy!
Anna really danced the night away and would have danced all night if we let her!
At the luncheon the next day Anna was still dancing....though she did say her feet hurt!
After the wedding there was fun to be had riding on shoulders
Then there was the day Anna found Granny's ribbon drawer and decorated everyone with ribbons ...even Charlie dog!
A day was spent with her favourite horse Seamus
Matilda didn't ride Seamus but I'm sure is already planning her first horse ride with her Aunt Ruth
Anna played ball with Grampy...
While Matilda got cuddles from Granny
It was a great whirlwind trip. We had sunny Scotland weather too! And were amused to find out that it snowed in Toronto while we were gone...happy to have missed that!
