Tournament of the Lily
Tired - I hope this is coherent!
I did manage to get to bed before midnight the evening before. Yay! I swore years ago that I wouldn't do the up all night before the event deal, since I was going to every event underslept and cranky. I've *mostly* stuck to it!
Things were a bit slow in the morning, including tearing apart the house looking for the pegs for the Glastonbury chair, and jump starting the minivan.
Jeff headed out first to set up before we got there, but the procession and all of that had already started, so he skipped setting up the tent. We need to make a gallery so we can have shade/rain protection without the big annoying tent. It was cloudy and nice yesterday, so we perched our chairs on a rug and were quite happy.
I arrived with the boys, and Edward had slept in the car, so he was grumpy upon arrival. Eventually, both boys fell right in with the other kids, playing, running around, etc. They had a grand time. We'd dropped the toys off in Eadric's tent early on, but never ended up going back to pull them out.
The best part of the day was Faye (not on LJ?) bringing her daughter, Laurel, who was willing to run around after the boys all day. I'll bet Laurel slept *really well* that evening.
The other best part of the day was seeing the highest concentration of well-dressed, single period people in one event. The shot below of the fancy hat club was taken after about half of the fancy hats had left. It was amazing.
The event seemed very short. We arrived, set up, sat down for a bit of chatting, did one round of visiting, and then it seemed like it was over. The boys and I didn't stay for feast, but Jeff stayed to run the table service. I think part of the short feeling is that it gets dark SO early right now. By 5, it was almost completely dark, and we were packing out.
If anybody has pictures of the table service schtick, I'd love to see them!
I could swear I took more pictures than this. But the hat made me feel really handicapped. This is definitely a rich woman's style.
We'll be at Holiday Faire next weekend. I hope we can find a sitter - it's a crummy event to take the boys to. If we can, I'll probably wear the hat again!
I did manage to get to bed before midnight the evening before. Yay! I swore years ago that I wouldn't do the up all night before the event deal, since I was going to every event underslept and cranky. I've *mostly* stuck to it!
Things were a bit slow in the morning, including tearing apart the house looking for the pegs for the Glastonbury chair, and jump starting the minivan.
Jeff headed out first to set up before we got there, but the procession and all of that had already started, so he skipped setting up the tent. We need to make a gallery so we can have shade/rain protection without the big annoying tent. It was cloudy and nice yesterday, so we perched our chairs on a rug and were quite happy.
I arrived with the boys, and Edward had slept in the car, so he was grumpy upon arrival. Eventually, both boys fell right in with the other kids, playing, running around, etc. They had a grand time. We'd dropped the toys off in Eadric's tent early on, but never ended up going back to pull them out.
The best part of the day was Faye (not on LJ?) bringing her daughter, Laurel, who was willing to run around after the boys all day. I'll bet Laurel slept *really well* that evening.
The other best part of the day was seeing the highest concentration of well-dressed, single period people in one event. The shot below of the fancy hat club was taken after about half of the fancy hats had left. It was amazing.
The event seemed very short. We arrived, set up, sat down for a bit of chatting, did one round of visiting, and then it seemed like it was over. The boys and I didn't stay for feast, but Jeff stayed to run the table service. I think part of the short feeling is that it gets dark SO early right now. By 5, it was almost completely dark, and we were packing out.
If anybody has pictures of the table service schtick, I'd love to see them!
I could swear I took more pictures than this. But the hat made me feel really handicapped. This is definitely a rich woman's style.
We'll be at Holiday Faire next weekend. I hope we can find a sitter - it's a crummy event to take the boys to. If we can, I'll probably wear the hat again!