Aunt Ida

Like I said in the previous post, I will post pictures from my cousin Marci's wedding soon, but here is a little story from the weekend. The girls have dreamed about being flower girls in a wedding, so they were thrilled when Marci asked them to be apart of her special day. They loved every second of the wedding. They adored all of the bridesmaids and watched their every move...they LOVED watching Marci, and just liked spending time with family and friends, and new friends. The girls make friends pretty quickly with people, and everyone there was so sweet to pay attention and play and talk to them.
One of the family members we got to meet is Aunt Ida. Aunt Ida is (follow me here) my mom's sister's husband's sister. So she is my uncle's sister. We are not related to Aunt Ida, and I don't remember ever meeting her before the wedding, but we have heard about her for years. It's not like there are big stories or anything about her, but I just remember hearing things like, "we went to see Aunt Ida. or Aunt Ida might be coming." Things like that. So, knowing that Aunt Ida and her husband Fred were going to be at the wedding, I was pretty interested to finally meet her and see if she is like I have imagined her to be. I know I probably sound creepy sometimes when I tell the thoughts that are inside my head. I guess I just hope that some of you have the same type of thoughts and maybe I'm not so crazy!
Anyway...that was a wierd sidetrack...
Back to Aunt Ida...
So I saw Aunt Ida and her husband Fred come into the rehearsal dinner, although I never formally met them. They were very nice looking. Aunt Ida was very proper looking. She smiled at us, but I could tell right away that she was not going to be the type to get on the floor and play with the kids. She was very nice, but she just seemed to not be a "kid" person. She probably warms up to kids after a while, and I know my girls can be a bit overwhelming with their big personalities and just the fact that there are four of them. So we really did not visit with aunt Ida at the rehearsal dinner.
However, at the reception, the opportunity arrived...there were two tables for the bride's family to sit, and our table filled up, so we sent H and M to sit at the other table.
Now, follow me here, even if it gets confusing. Picture this with me. At the round table, from left to right was:
Fred, Aunt Ida, M, H, and then somewhere was my cousin Scott and his wife Katie.
Well, something happened...not sure exactly what...but M and H spilled M's. I saw that they spilled, and Scott and Katie and aunt Ida were cleaning the mess quickly, which was nice. The mess got cleaned up, and I went to the bathroom. Guess who was in the bathroom...aunt Ida! So I started telling her how thankful I was that she helped the girls clean up...then I noticed that she was cleaning her skirt off. Then I realized what happened...the girls didn't just spill their tea, but they spilled their tea ON aunt Ida!!! I apologized several times in the bathroom, and she sweetly smiled and told me she thought it would rinse out just fine.
As I walked back into the reception, I was thankful that our one accident for the evening wasn't too bad. That was my mistake. There wasn't just one accident of the evening.
You see, when aunt Ida came back from the restroom, she did a little switch-a-roo with the seating. Now the order was: Scott, Katie, M, H, Ida, Fred
So poor wet aunt Ida thought she would be smart and move to sit by the other girl, H. Well, pretty soon, the commotion at the other table caught my attention. Another drink was down and flowing all over....you guessed it...aunt Ida! Are you kidding me? Really? POOR SWEET AUNT IDA!!! I could NOT believe it!
So we got everything cleaned up, brought H to our table, and then noticed that aunt Ida had not only scooched over, but had also put Fred in between herself and the girls. Poor Ida! Well, a little later in the evening, Scott was walking back to his seat, carrying his water with him, when all of a sudden, something tripped him, and his water spilled just a bit. Aunt Ida was sitting right beside where he tripped, and all I could think was, "PLEASE DO NOT LET IT SPILL ON AUNT IDA!!!"
Well, good thing people, because it did NOT spill on aunt Ida, but we sure had a good laugh imagining that it did!
I'm sure that was a wedding that aunt Ida will never forget!