After Sunday morning church, we stood talking to the church secretary in the lobby. He came up to ask her a few questions. We all then got involved in a conversation with this gentleman from Ireland. He's a really nice guy. He was even kidding around with my kiddies. C later commented that he had an accent. It's not really a strong accent, but just enough to be noticed.
We stood talking so long that the church had pretty much cleared out. This gentleman asked Daddy if our kiddies liked chocolate. Yes, of course. He said he had a present for them and could we wait while he went to get it? He brought back 2 boxes and a bag of candy. The bag of candy was for Daddy and I: caramels and coconut something-or-anothers. Each of my kiddies got a box of candy. It looks like a large box, but actually there wasn't much candy in it. There was a large, hallow, chocolate egg and 2 tubes of these smarties. These smarties are not like our "American" smarties. These were chocolate, covered in a fruity-like coating. Nice thing--there were no artificial colors or flavors in them. The smarties had an interesting taste, but the chocolate was very good.
It was very nice of him to give them to my kiddies and it was a fun experience to try new candy. I also tried to read the side of the box. Even the calorie section is set up very different from what we are used to. I am planning on having the kids send him a thank you note; but I want to wait til he's back home and have it sent to Ireland.
C has learned about many different countries this year in school and seemed very interested to learn about all the differences. (One of the countries he learned about was Kenya and he still asks what the temperature is there today--so Daddy checks on his iTouch) So after lunch, we got out the big world map to point out Ireland and show C where it is in relation to some of the other countries he has learned about. So despite having no school Sunday, it was a very educational day.
Here is a picture of the candy that we got. Kinda fun!
