Hello all, Lauren here! Happy Mardi Gras!
Today started out by cooking 300 pancakes in one of the L'Arche homes. Let me tell ya, 300 pancakes made a heck of a mess, but it was super fun. Mike played some good music and my friend Ross and I made a great pancake cooking team. Though his pancakes were more rectangular than circular, which he called his "foot-longs", and they were delicious! Once we finished all the cooking, we headed to a local church where all of the L'Arche homes came together to celebrate Mardi Gras. There was lots of food, dancing, singing, and silly photos! Two core members sang rockin' solos, and we even got some rather shy people to bust a move on the dance floor.
After cleaning up from the celebration, it was time for dinner at our respective houses. Celene and I went to the Holton house to visit our friends and we had a delicious meal together! Ross even took us out for a night on the town after diner. We got to experience Hamilton's downtown and their awesome mall. He took us to his favorite place, the library, and he picked out movies and CD's for himself and a few books for his friend back at the house. After our trip to the library, he treated us to Tim Horton's, and he was so excited! Since we took him to Tim Horton's earlier in the week, he said it was "his turn to repay the favor," which was very kind.
Overall, today was a great day! We all enjoyed the celebration and the time with our families in our different L'Arche houses. The opportunities and gifts that this trip has given us are more than I can describe, and I cant wait to see what the rest of the week has in store for us!
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