As we got to Moy, I told Bill where to turn. He looked confused. "Oh, we're parking at the church?" I just grinned and told him that the park where the event was being held was down the same road. His response to that was, "I forgot. You've google street viewed the town so much that you know it better than Westford." That's not entirely true, but he does have a point. 😃
It was obvious, as we rounded the corner, that we were new to the whole thing. We saw a group of kiddos at a craft table so we headed that way. A very sweet lady (Colleen, I believe her name was) showed the kids what crafts they had....color pages and some Easter bunny ears as well as Styrofoam eggs. The boys dove into decorating the bunny ears but it took some convincing to get Katie to color. All the newness and excitement had her nervous. When she is nervous, she rocks back and forth from foot to foot. Two little girls came over and asked why she was doing that. I explained, but they didn't get it. (I wonder if part of the problem was they had a hard time understanding my accent) They both told me their names and laughed at me because I couldn't say them right, Zara and Clara....I really am sorry. Once again, I was the dumb American. We were rescued after a few minutes when a girl came around and announced they were having a "cross country" run. Katie got excited and wanted to run. The run consisted of running around the perimeter of a field. Katie was late to the starting gate but didn't let that hold her back. The stinker ran through the field to catch the other kids...thankfully, the other kids didn't call her out for cheating. 😐 All the kids got to have the flag waved for them as they crossed the finish line and Katie was psyched about that.
When the race was done and the boys were done with their bunny ears, a sweet lady came over and handed me candy for the kids. The boys each got a Mars bar chocolate egg thing and Katie got a chocolate bunny. They were all pleased as punch! Then they brought out some Gaelic footballs and the kids spent a while kicking the ball around with Daddy. I think Bill regretted started the game because the kids wore him out! It was fun hanging around the football park.
When it was time to go, we ventured back to the town square for lunch. There were 2 places that I had found that looked interested but both were closed. Apparently, the day after Easter is a bank holiday called Easter Monday. I think more businesses were closed today than were closed yesterday, but we did finally find a place for lunch. We had been to the Ryandale restaurant before but today they had kind of a buffet thing. Well, actually I'm not sure you call it a buffet but more like a cafeteria line. There was a line of food but you had to order what you wanted as you went down the line. When we went before, it was just a regular sit down place....I'm guessing it was different due to the holiday. Either way, the food was delicious.
Since we were all full, a walk sounded like a good idea. We decided to just walk down the street to see what we could see. We saw a restaurant that had 6 different cuisines. I don't think I've ever seen a restaurant "specialize" in that many. There was also a very pretty Methodist church and a chemist shop (which was also closed). We ended up walking down into a cul-de-sac to see a beautiful field that was behind. The kids were excited to see a couple horses (it's like they've never seen horses before)
Our original plan was to drive to Templepatrick today to visit the wood turning shop that we found in 2017. Once again, however, Easter Monday got in the way and they were closed. But we did find several branches that we think will work well for pens. 😛
Tomorrow we head to Co Donegal. We've been told that the people in that area are 1) difficult to understand and 2) unlike any other people in the country. I can't wait to find out what that means! I wonder if I will be brave enough to use my Irish language.....
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