Like quite a few people we know, we spent most of the day Wednesday glued to the internet and/or television awaiting the results of the US election (remember we're a day ahead here in NZ, so we went to bed Tuesday night without knowing a thing!). Unlike the previous two elections, we were pleased with the outcome and more than happy to go celebrate it.
Fortunately for us it happened to be Guy Fawkes Day in New Zealand ("Remember, remember the fifth of November" for anyone who isn't up on their British history or hasn't read or seen V for Vendetta, the day commemorates Guy Fawkes' failure to blow up Parliament back in 1605) so we were able to go downtown and enjoy some rides, games and carnival food before the fireworks started at 9pm. Also coincidentally, our friend Christian arrived that morning from Auckland so we were able to enjoy all the fun with him.
Also notable in this post is our first attempt to embed video on our blog: we hope it works, and that you don't get sick from either the poor quality of the overly-compressed video or the clip itself. In either case you can probably tell Sophie was having a ball, which is the point of the whole thing. Thanks to Ingar once again for the web guidance, and to Christian both for the visit and for lugging Sophie's car seat all the way from upstate NY!
Guy Fawkes Ride Video
Fortunately for us it happened to be Guy Fawkes Day in New Zealand ("Remember, remember the fifth of November" for anyone who isn't up on their British history or hasn't read or seen V for Vendetta, the day commemorates Guy Fawkes' failure to blow up Parliament back in 1605) so we were able to go downtown and enjoy some rides, games and carnival food before the fireworks started at 9pm. Also coincidentally, our friend Christian arrived that morning from Auckland so we were able to enjoy all the fun with him.
Also notable in this post is our first attempt to embed video on our blog: we hope it works, and that you don't get sick from either the poor quality of the overly-compressed video or the clip itself. In either case you can probably tell Sophie was having a ball, which is the point of the whole thing. Thanks to Ingar once again for the web guidance, and to Christian both for the visit and for lugging Sophie's car seat all the way from upstate NY!
Guy Fawkes Ride Video
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