Not Mother's Day

I was informed by a local today that it is actually not mother's day. Mother's day takes place some time in April in the UK- which means I missed mother's day entirely this year. BUT! Lucky me! My sweet daughter made me an awesome puppet show anyways!

We started out the day by visiting Stirling Castle:

But, actually, we first visited the William Wallace (Braveheart) monument, because we thought it was the Stirling Castle.

Then we made our way into Edinburgh, and to The Jazz Bar, for Dr. Sketchy's! Coincidentally, it appeared to be an "American" themed Dr. Sketchy's- a tribute to Frank Sinatra, including an American flag, the national anthem, and other models with "American-like" accents. Going along with the American theme, the grand prize was given away to one of the only two Americans attending! I can't tell you what the prize is though, because I have to surprise the Americans back at home with it. I can show you this picture though- it is of the model holding Jodi and my drawings. I don't know why we both decided to draw feet. Jodi's on the right and mine on the left- but left and right are opposite over here of what they are over there.

Tomorrow the two of us jump on a train to London. That means the most adventurous adventures will begin. However, this will be the last post with pictures from our real cameras (but that's alright with me because the upload takes a bloody long time!) Everything from here on out will be iphone generated material. I have to go pack now. Happy mother's day to those of you on the other side of the world!

Pictures

We've been spending most of our time here resting up for our vacation- for me (Naomi), it will be a vacation from a vacation... or a vacation within a vacation. So the real action starts tomorrow. But until then, here are some pictures of some things we've done around Blebocraig (the town Jodi and Steve live in) and St. Andrews (the nearby town).

This was my favorite thing I've seen in Europe so far. It is a giant mosaic of William and Kate made entirely out of Jelly Belly's. It was in a store window, so I wish there wasn't a glare on the window, but there is.
Here is a close up of Kate's mouth where you can see the individual jelly beans.

This is me mailing postcards that I made on our collaging day to my darling children:
Just some scenery:

I really liked the Scottish cows. I tried to entice them with doggy treats, but none of them took me up on the offer.

Jodi and I hanging out at cathedral ruins in St. Andrews:

Phoning Home

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Artsy Fartsy

Cut, paste, cut, paste, cut, paste, repeat.
We're making up for the time we missed piecing our lives together by piecing together pieces of magazines... and stuff... you know what I mean.


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A Poem by Naomi and Jodi

A Breath of Scotland
By Jodi and Naomi

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Lunch

I'm such a rebel.
Breakfast at noon, lunch at 5. Yeah we might be operating on a US time schedule.

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Little Scottish Lambs

Little Lamb- by William Blake

Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed,
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, woolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee.
He is called by thy name,
For He calls Himself a Lamb.
He is meek, and He is mild;
He became a little child.
I a child, and thou a lamb,
We are called by His name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!