Raisins

Last weekend was Raisin Weekend at St. Andrews.  It stems from very old traditions, with which I am unfamiliar, and today takes the form of parties, scavenger hunts and a foam fight.  The basis is for first years to be 'adopted' by academic parents.  Since I'm a postgrad, I was adopted, along with two other sisters, by two PhD students who were here last year. 

Festivities started Sunday with a scavenger hunt designed by my academic father to send us running all over town for silly photos and to find random things like green socks and beer mats.  Here we are getting back from the scavenger hunt:

My 'family' threw a Raisin Party for us on Sunday night.  Monday morning we were woken up rather too early, for breakfast and a foam fight.  To go to the foam fight, academic children have to dress up in a costume chosen by their mother and carry a raisin receipt chosen by their father.  That's why I as walking through town Monday morning dressed as a raspberry and carrying a trash bag of water.

But the foam fight was totally worth it:

In case you can't tell, I'm the tall one in the back middle :)