Scottish Games 2008

We went to the Scottish games today and took TONS of pictures. I posted the best pictures on my Facebook account in an album. Feel free to look!

The Scottish games has been a family tradition for at least 16 years. Now my kids are going. Rather than visit all the for-sale booths like in previous years (once you've seen it...it's pretty much the same stuff year after year YAWN!) we went and saw the good stuff.

We visited the children's glen first to give Garrett a chance to nurse and the boys ran around and played all the games. With their winning tickets they each bought a squirt gun which turned into a rousing water fight that lasted pretty much all day long.

We set up camp at the MacBean booth and re-connected with "cousins". Ethan was absolutely thrilled to meet a cousin about his age. And while I couldn't pin-point exactly how they were related, I assured them that they were related somewhere down the line so they rather enjoyed built in playmates.

We made the rounds to see the dancing, throwing stuff, bagpipes & drums and when the kids got tired we'd swing back by the booth to recharge with lunch, snacks, shade, sitting (or running around with squirt guns and cousins....whatever the case may be). It was a very full and productive day as outing days go.

People got all decked out in their best Scottish garb, my mother included. One man who was walking by had a very impressive sword and full outfit. He was obliging enough to take a picture with the boys. The older boy is "cousin" Andrew. If you look closely, the boys are wet in the pants area. Apparently that was the funniest place to squirt each other during the water fight.

We visited Michael's family booth and took pictures. They offered us their cooler and when the kids discovered they had bubbly water inside they kept going back for more.

Elle was quite the attraction with her sun dress and big curly blond hair. Her favorite part was meeting a "princess". She told the lady in waiting that she was pretty. In return, she taught Elle how to courtesy. Hunter took pictures with the "princess" too, although I think he liked her for entirely different reasons. (...Ahem...)

She told Hunter, "You're a little young for me" ....and he actually looked disappointed!

She continued "...maybe in another two years, then we'll talk." Later Ethan referred to her as Hunter's girlfriend. My, my...I didn't expect this so early.