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My family has Swedish roots on my Mom's side, and when she heard about the Swedish Festival (Svensk Hyllingsfest) in Lindsborg, KS, she wanted to go. So, my sisters, Kathleen, Amy, & Mary & niece Rachel, all took a road trip last Saturday with my mom to go!
This is us in Kathleen's van, headed to Linsdborg:
My niece wanted to see the parade, so we got there early enough to get seats. This statue of Saint Lucia was across from where we sat:
It was COLD!!! While Amy & I searched for something hot to drink, we saw this ice cream maker:
While ice cream was the furthest thing from my mind at that time since it was 42* out & windy, it was pretty cool to see. :0)
Me & my Mommy waiting for the parade to start!
The parade was full of floats, bands, dancers, cheerleaders, cars, Dalas, Duck Dynasty impersonators, bagpipers, an outhouse, bike riders.....
And the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and lion were there too! The scarecrow was carrying a sign that had Dorothy's picture on it asking if anyone had seen her. :0)
After watching the parade for about an hour, we got down in search of the Genealogy building. On the way Amy posed in this phone booth. I think people thought we were dorks because we got so excited to see it.
After we learned that the genealogy exhibit didn't open for a bit, we headed to a craft tent and then chowed down on some Swedish food.
I had Kringlor and a Viking on a Stick. The Kringlor was an almond pastry, which was delicious, and the Viking on a Stick was Swedish meatballs & rye bread on a stick, dipped in pancake batter and deep fried. It was also yummy!
The last picture is of Swedish pancakes and Lingonberries. The pancakes are like crepes, which I am not that fond of, but the Lingonberries were yummy.
All throughout Main Street, there were these horses, that I learned were called Dalas. They are Swedish and a lot of the houses had them on their houses with their name on them. These Dalas all had a different theme to them.
After our food fest, we went to the Genealogy Exhibit. My mom learned a lot and that was good because that's one of the reasons she wanted to go. :0)
After that, we went to the Swedish meatball demonstration. I love Swedish meatballs. They are so yummy!
The next thing we did was walk over to the sweets vendors and to more craft tents. Then we headed back to the main stage to watch Swedish Folk Dancing. These were all high school students. They did a wonderful job & you could tell that it is a lot of work to learn all of those dances!
Here we all are waiting for the dancing to start!
After the dancing, we decided to look at all of the local shops. We ended our day at a shop that hand paints Dalas and will personalize them for you.
Rachel got a little one for her son Ares.
My mom also got one, but I didn't get a picture of it.
Then we all posed in front of the giant Dala!!
It was a fun and informative day with my family!!! =)
Last night, I went on a ghost tour of "Haunted Delano" with my mom, sisters Amy & Kathleen, and niece Rachel. It started at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium where we heard about the odd goings-on there. We learned that there have been at least 3 deaths there in the past 78 years it has been open, and that people think these are the people who haunt the stadium.
After a run-down on what happens, we walked onto the field to hear a story from this guy:
I think he was supposed to be the drunk/homeless guy who died here in the wintertime during the 30's(?). He was not that good. Neither was the other guy who talked with him. After this, we really hoped the tour got better.
To get to the next destination on the tour, you could walk, drive, or ride the free trolley. We were going to ride the trolley, but after waiting about 15 minutes to get on & then not being able to get on, we decided to drive instead of wait another 20 minutes for the next trolley. I think this worked out better anyway because we could go at our own pace (and stop for bathroom/drink breaks!).
The building we went to after the stadium was Accent Bridal and Tux. We were shown the spooky cellar. Here is Amy being really scared of the cellar:
I thought there would be people down here telling us things about the cellar, but there were not. There was a little boy that tried to scare us though, so that was fun. :0)
Check out Amy's face on the way up. She was super scared of this cellar.....
Actually those stairs were pretty scary to go up & down.
We went upstairs in the bridal shop where there are prom dresses. Again, we thought someone would be up here, but they weren't. Supposedly though, there are times when the dresses are in the dressing room like someone has been trying them on, when no one has been there. Spooky!
There were actors outside who told us a story about a mom & a little boy who were working the tour one year. The mom was upset with the boy because he was running around upstairs and not listening to her, then he ran back down the stairs without her. When she & the group came down, the boy was standing next to another worker, handing out flyers. The mom started lecturing the boy, when the worker said he had been with him the whole time....he had never been upstairs. So who was the little boy running around upstairs???
We walked down the street to our next destination; Central Plains Novelty, where we heard stories of costumes being moved around, voices, a strange apparition, and footsteps walking in the upstairs hallway when no one was up there.
After a quick bathroom/drink break, we went to Amira's Dance studio.
There was an "apparition" in the corner in the area we were waiting on for the next tour to start.
This spot was interesting. They told us about a man that had a suit & hat on that walked down the hallway once, temperature changes, and people being touched. They had a paranormal investigator come in and they recorded someone saying, "What is the price per pound?" (The dance studio was a Safeway grocery in 1922.)
After the dance studio was The Perfect Touch salon. This building used to be a brothel and dance hall, so there were lots of saloon girls out here.
This is Amy being afraid of the saloon girls:
Dead saloon people:
The lady who gave this tour was really fun to listen to. She was very enthusiastic, and told us about two gun fighters, who owned rival dance halls across from eachother. They got into a shhot-out & the one named "Red" died from bullets to his hip & arm. It took him a week to die, and he now haunts several places in Delano. There is also a woman named Victoria who haunts the salon. She loves flowers and will sometimes appear by them.
Our last stop for the night was the Downtown Senior Center. They had lots of spooky decor for us to look at!
Amy got hungry on the tour.....
Rachel & Amy being very scared of the dismembered head:
Amy being scared of the mysterious water that pools on the floor sometimes:
This is Kathleen being scared:
Hee hee. ;0)
The really scary stories (to me) came from the kitchen staff here. They told us about the freezer door opening & closing, a voice telling one of them to "Get out of my freezer!", apparitions running by the windows, lights & machines turning themselves on and off, and doors unlocking themselves and opening by themselves. It was pretty scary to listen to actually.
After that we were done. We started at 6:00, and we got done after 8:30. The tour was free too! I had a lot of fun with my family and I learned a lot about the Delano District!
This tour is only done once a year, but The Moonlit Ghost Tours will be doing something on Nov. 1st. You can check it out at www.moonlightghosthunts.com
We made Halloween place-mats this week! I got this idea from my sister-in-law, Udrika. I got these cute place-mats from Walmart for about $1.00 each. I had each of the kids choose a Halloween idea to put on their place-mat using their hand or foot prints. So I needed a paint brush, paint, and I used glitter glue to write their names on the mats.
Riley did a spider. I just painted both hands black and put them on the place-mat in the shape of a spider.
I used blue puff paint for the eyes, and then wrote his name in glitter glue:
Zach chose a ghost. After we put his white hand prints upside down on the mat, I used the glitter glue to make eyes, and mouths on his two ghosts:
Lily's was two witches with her feet. I asked her what kind of witch she wanted & she wanted a green-faced one. So I painted most of her foot a glittery purple color, and her heel green for the face:
I used blue puff paint for the eyes, pink puff paint for the mouth, and glitter glue for the hair, hats, and stars and moons on their dresses.
These look really cute on our table!!
The scouts had their Rain-Gutter Regatta on Monday night. They all got boats and sails to decorate:
Then we all headed outside for the regatta! There were two rain-gutters set up with water in them. Two kids would put their boats in and blow on the sails until they reached the end. They all had a lot of fun!
Even some of the parents got in on the action! It was a fun way to start the year off in scouting!
