part II pappa abba day
Reading my last blog I should include why I chose to honor my Dad with including a big bubble maker to the Kite thing I’m thinking about doing. I have tons of cousins literally. My Dad came from a family of 8 and my Mom a family of 9. Most of our vacations included visiting as many relatives as we could. My Dad loved kids mostly because it was an excuse to play, especially with fun toys.
Every summer we would visit Grandma Kuepfer who lived with my Uncle Irwin and Aunt Freda. The best part of this is that they were Anabaptist Mennonites which meant no radio or tv. Dad and I could usually polish off a couple of books each while all the others were getting chores done. Then the food, which was a foodie’s idea of a paradise, was as fresh as could be.
One year my Dad or Uncle Fred to all my cousins decided to give all of Freda’s children a couple of big bubble makers. I think they went through the 2 bottles of joy we included in a couple of days. When we came back the next year Freda was excited to tell us they’re experiments to find the best Canadian dish soap for bubbles. You wouldn’t think it, but there are a lot of differences in the same product names b/w Canadian products and products from the States.
The big bubble fun is one of the stronger memories of my Dad having Joy watching the Joy of children making huge bubbles with Joy dish soap (sorry I couldn’t resist).
I do miss going up to Canada every year and setting up home base at Irwin and Freda’s, then traveling to Trollbridge, Caimbridge, London, Wingham, Listowell, and pretty much everywhere in central Ontario. We would save one day to go to Lake Huron or Toronto.
btw its my birthday and a thankyou goes out to my cousin Myron a true Canadian Patriot, go Candiens.
