The day before the wedding was fun. We went to the meadow where a large marquee had been set up and helped with hanging ivy on all the poles. We also found out that Bride 2 had got a surprise guest of her cousin from NZ which the groom surprised her with, as she had thought that her cousin couldn’t make it.
Then we had a bit of a break, as much of the work had been done by earlier people (Bride2’s family and the happy couple) and played with circus gear. Juggling things and ribbon pois.
For lunch MOH L took Svendlemouse, Star, Mackerel and me to a carvery, where it’s kinda like a roast buffet and for dessert I tried Eton Mess, which I had heard about and is delicious! Meringues, berries and cream, yum.
The rest of the day was also spent making signs and general getting things ready business.
The wedding was a lot of fun. The vows were very sweet (and appropriately funny at times) and the happy couple had tears in their eyes. The weather was a bit drizzly early in the day, but cleared up for the wedding and there was a bouncy castle, fete style games, a paddling pool, BBQ picnic dinner, folk music, seven different types of cake and a whole bunch of lovely people! I think everyone had a fantastic time.
I took a lot of photos and was in charge of the guestbook signing.
Today I made a short trip back to London to visit Little Sis as she will be out of town (the Hamptons!!) for the rest of my visit. Although I may be back.. Still not sure of my future plans.
We went to the British Museum to see a painting of the Buddha’s face that mum had wanted her to see, but it wasn’t on display. We managed to have a look around the Asian section and had afternoon high tea, which was delicious, although a bit expensive.
For dinner we went to China town and ate Peking duck in pancake rolls, it was delicious. The whole time we were together we caught up and talked about how much we loved the pictures Dad had sent of Mum giving our toddler niece a bath while my cat Totoro supervised.
A few days ago I had skyped with Mum and Dad, then Giffle and toddler niece. It is so good to reconnect with family again. Although, I think other house guests may have thought me a bit odd when they could hear strains of me singing “No more monkeys jumping on the bed” through the walls!