Historic Festival

We had a busy Saturday. One of the many things we did was go to a town nearby that had a Historic Festival going on. It was very interesting, funny, strange, cute, weird, comical, and a blast all rolled into one.

Olivia met this lady and loved her dress. She wanted to get a closer look and touch it. :)

Isaac searched for treasure after taking the pirate oath of "Argh!"

Josiah was pirated.

Josiah was too busy with his yo-yo treasure to pose. Isaac was ready with his blue lips.

I couldn't understand what she was crying for. "Pop pop!" I finally figured out she was wanting a lollipop. I can't get used to it not being called a sucker.

The kids were listening to a pirate story told by a local librarian.

Jay was very excited to try out this pepper jelly. He bought some and I tried it out with him at home--gag! But to each his own. :)

Josiah is always tying something onto himself.

Isaac-The Piratey Coach Driver

Pirate Josiah really gets into it.

Olivia was given a train whistle at one booth. Her brothers coveted that whistle all day long.

Isaac went to the "general store" to get some candy.

She had to get in on the action.

Christopher and Olivia enjoyed some cookies on Santa's sleigh. (Yes, there was a sleigh pulled by reindeer right across from the horse drawn carriage.)

MaKayla and Josiah delivered presents to all the good little boy and girl pirates.

On Dasher, on Dancer...

They had a fashion show that the boys and I went to. The boys went in the room ahead of me and as I walked in, I heard the lady talking about corsets and how they "just didn't have bras back then." Then she went on to tell how to make your own hoops "if you're interested".

It was only fitting because just a few minutes before, we took a tour through the museum. The museum was more like an antique store. It's a very small place and we toured shoulder to shoulder. In other words, once you went in, there was no backing out. We walked into a room that was set up like an old bedroom. On the rocking chair, a corset was very nicely displayed. :) I walked past and turned around to see Isaac casually checking it out. I barely heard him say, "Hmm, that's a nice bra." He nodded his head as if he were a 50 year old man that just looked at a decent pair of penny loafers. What a kid.

My boys seemed interested. But...the corset in the museum put this one to shame.

So did all of these people. The ladies kept nodding their heads up and down and taking mental notes--future costume models.

This was my favorite dress. The lady was modeling someone in mourning, but I could not stop laughing.

I thought this might be more appropriate.