Mother's Day at the Japanese Garden

This morning I was greeted with a cheerful "Good Morning, Mommy,  Happy Mother's Day!" as the girls came in my room with a bowl of Cheerios.  They had made me breakfast in bed and were so excited to do it.  Shortly after breakfast they were eager for me to open their presents that they worked so diligently on.  I loved my homemade cards, bookmark, picture frame, handprints, and mini books from the girls.  Hubby picked roses from our backyard and gave me chocolates.  What awesome gifts! 

After church, we continued with our Mother's Day tradition with a Panda Express picnic at the park.  We then went to the Japanese Garden in Van Nuys for their Mother's Day celebration.  The event consisted of...

ORIGAMI

IKEBANA EXHIBITS

DOLL MAKING - DEMONSTRATION & DISPLAY

KAMISHIBI - JAPANESE STORY TELLING

 

TEA & COOKIES IN THE SHOIN BUILDING

GENERAL ADMISSION : $3.00
CHILDREN UNDER 10 AND SENIORS : $2.00

 

 

 We had wedding photographs taken here and it brought back good memories coming here for the first time since our wedding.  It was a very hot day, so we bought the girls 2 paper fans to cool down as they walked through the garden. It was very cute watching the girls fan themselves during our walk. 

Making origami flowers was our first stop in the garden.  They were simple to make and the girls had fun. They even gave us tiny vases to put the flowers in.

 We came to the shoin building where they were serving tea, lemonade and cookies for $2/person.  We sat down at the table overlooking the water sipping lemonade and eating those yummy Japanese cookies with the almond in the middle.  One of the volunteers in the shoin came over to the table to do some magic tricks for the girls which was a fun added bonus. 

We finished our stroll through the garden and headed home.  Our day continued as we went to my parent's house for our yearly tradition of eating KFC dinner while enjoying the nice evening weather in the backyard.

It was a happy Mother's Day full of love, fun and lot of food!