Thousands of mothers stroll into the annual Illini Union Board Craft and Vendor Fair, bonding with their children while purchasing art supplies.

Katie Storlwel and her daughter, Miranda Storlwel, are first-time attendees at the fair. Miranda wanted her mom to visit because she will be graduating next fall.

Miranda Storlwel said this was her mother’s first time visiting her at the University.

“She is graduating soon so she insisted that I visit her,” Katie Storlwel said. “It’s wonderful.”

The mother-daughter duo said that they already had a close relationship, but today’s activities had brought them even closer together.

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