Beach Celtic Festival

Well, Saturday was a complete washout, it rained pretty well all day. But Sunday was lots better, it stayed sunny all day.
There was a special guest performer this year, his name is John McDermott he is a Scottish/Canadian folk singer (that my great grand aunt really loves). We managed to get her the new CD and got it autographed, we just have to take it to her.

My favourite was the pipeband (of course), daddy tells me that the band was part of the Royal Canadian Highland Regiment, the Black Watch. The Black Watch are traditionally part of the Clan Campbell (one of two clans we belong to).

There were also the Irish and Scottish dancers.

Mr John McDermott

Irish Dancers

More Irish dancers

Smaller Irish dancers

The crowd watching the show

Highland (Scottish) dancers

Couple of little Highland dancers

And of course me

Update to Bunfest

We just got an email confirming that we will be the official reporters again this year.

I can't wait to do this, it was so fun last year.

Bunfest

Well, there is only 23 days to go to get your buns (LOL) to Toronto, Ontario to take in Bunfest. Daddy has submitted our names to be official reporters again this year, so even if you don't make it this year keep watching this blog after the 29th of September for the report.

And to get you hyped (hopped) up for this years event for bunnies, here is a link to our report on last years Bunfest so you can see how much fun it is Bunfest 2012.

This year we have better equipment for taking pictures and video. A new camera (wonderful pictures), and not one, but two video camera's. So we'll have a ton of video and pictures to post, and daddy has been practicing his picture taking.

From 2011, a bag of hay just for me

Outside at Bunfest

My favorite treat, Oat Groats

Waiting to go into Bunfest.

My "I'm a Bunspace Bunny" sign

A reusable bag that we still use

My glamor shot, aren't I a sexy rexy

The back of the reusable bag

Some of the goodies from Bunfest

Me and grandma at Bunfest 2010

I smell girl bunnies

Some of the swag that we got at Bunfest 2010

My furiend Lancie, she is at the bridge this year.

An action shot of yours truly

Getting my nails trimmed, evil people

Memorial "wall" for bunnies who have crossed to the rainbow bridge in the past year

Checking on my little brother Groucho, this was his first Bunfest

Meeting Pantouf, she is the international traveling bunny from Bunspace.

Meeting Pacer, the USA traveling bunny from Bunspace.

A little side note to the last two pictures, I'm one of only a handful of bunnies that has met both traveling bunnies from Bunspace. Pacer has only been north of the border once, and one of his stops was Bunfest.

Great grandma's 90th birthday party

Okay, so I've previously posted about my extended family and how many of them I haven't met. Well, Saturday I got to meet bunches of them.

Daddy was in charge of decorations, video taping, and assorted other things. Including helping to get some music for entertainment (daddy's tech saved the day). At the end of the party daddy made balloon animals (bunnies) for the kids.

Enjoying my feast

My auntie Amanda

A letter from Mayor Rob Ford

A letter from Prime Minister Stephen Harper

A letter from Premier Kathleen Wynne

My great grandma

The great grand kids, including me and my cousin Robbie. To be honest we don't know what any of their names are, or who they belong to.

The grand kids, from left to right Dan Jr (Dan Sr's son), Cameron and Jeremy (Fran's son's), Jennifer and Michelle (Tim's daughters) and finally daddy and auntie Amanda.

And finally the kids and their spouses. From left to right. Great uncle Dan Sr and wife Sara, my grandma Beth and her husband grandpa Dave, great grandma, great uncle Ted and Tim, and great aunt Fran and her husband Glenn

 My auntie Amanda also announced the name of her new baby (still not born yet, sometime in October), it's going to be Arthur Francis.

Buskerfest

Wow, that was worse then Taste of the Danforth, at least as far as crowds go.

But daddy did learn things, at least for his balloon sculpture. I.e. we'd have to send to the states to get the professional balloons, putting the balloons in the fridge to keep them good, and one of the books daddy got from the library was done by the uncle of the guy that gave us the advice.

I got to visit with my costume designer, who noticed that my cape had changed.
And we got to visit with our volunteer paramedic friends, who were quite busy.

This Saturday daddy is going to be making balloon decorations for the party, long chains, and a balloon flower.

Practice makes perfect

In less then two weeks we are going to be at my great grandma's birthday party, daddy's grandma, (her actual birthday isn't until November), but the whole family is coming together to celebrate on the 31st of August.

Daddy has been thinking of what he could do as a job for the party, and he's got two ideas. The first is using his craft talent to help the kids make a GIANT card for great grandma, and to make balloon animals for the kids. Daddy used to help with a "kids club" when we lived in our old apartment downtown, one of the things he taught himself was how to make balloon animals. So of course one of them he found is a balloon bunny, and he tried to do it yesterday, and just to show off a bit, here are some pictures of it.

Daddy has to do a bit more practicing to get it perfect, but I think it's really cool.

The other thing daddy is thinking of is videographer, to record the party for the whole family to have a copy of. Also he needs the practice to get ready for Bunfest next month, because we are going to be the official bloggers again this year.

But there is still time before that, this week we have Buskerfest, and Aloha Toronto to go to. Buskerfest is all about street performers (called Buskers) they close of a street and they perform right out on the street.
Aloha Toronto is a Hawaiian themed event to raise money for Autism Spectrum Disorder research (daddy has Aspergers, which is a milder form of Autism), so daddy wants to go and see if there is anything for Aspies. And it should be fun for me too, because it is being held at a beach, and I love playing in the sand (see digging).

I love to dig

One of my many bunstruction projects I did at a beach

Next month is the Beach Celtic Festival and the Pipes and Drums of the Royal Canadian Highland Regiment The Black Watch, are going to be there. Then there is an event that I've never been to called Word on the Street, daddy says that it is all about books and reading. The reason I've never been to it is because in previous years it was held the same day as Bunfest, and there was no real contest as to which event we wanted to attend. This year they are being held a week apart, so we can go to both, and daddy says that my great grand aunt is going to be coming too (did I mention she loves books and reading?)

That is just one little bit of shelf, she's got tons more books

That is my original stroller (with me inside), what you might call my baby stroller, bUNCLE Picasso has this one now.

a very long trip

Daddy got an email from his worker telling him about an upcoming trip he could go on, some place called the Falls. I'm not sure what that is, or why we would want to see things falling.

Okay, daddy now says that the full name of the place is Niagara Falls, and it is a BIG waterfall. That makes a bit more sense, but I still don't get what is so special about it. But if daddy says it's worth going to see, but I'm not big on going places with water that might get me wet, and from what I know of waterfalls there is usually mist, which is tiny bits of water.

Daddy also tells me that some of Superman 2 was filmed in Niagara Falls, and you know me and my love of all things Superman. So maybe I'll get to pretend to be Superbun when I'm there, I'll need to get daddy to let me watch Superman 2 so I can see the scenes and practice my roll for when we go.