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March 31st ~ We began the day with a pleasant walk in the Governor's garden. I made my dad a blue suit for the occasion! But he needed to wear a sling because of recent shoulder surgery, so we used an unwanted neckercheif to make a sling.  Next we participated in the activity "Storming the Palace". We discovered that last night our gunpowder had been taking by the Governor! Dreadful! Us girls had fun talking with the guests before the program started. We were trying to get the visitors into the act, but they didn't respond the right way... :) We were later told that Captain Innes was watching what we were doing.  We talked with the interpreters a great deal after. The man who portrays Captain Innes was a different character today, and he was telling us what a crazy man Captain Innes is, and how he doesn't like him. ;) We had to try really hard not to laugh! We started something new today. We each brought t-shirts and had the interpret...

4/6/15 My dad's costume is finished! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3/15 Here are some pictures of the ensemble almost done. Love the wig and the hat :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2/27/15 The theme for the homeschool ball this year was 18th century- So excited!! My mom, sister and I all have dresses, but my dad has nothing to wear. So we bought a pattern, (Butterick 3072) and here are some pictures of his costume in progress. A neck ruffle I whipped up The waistcoat (I haven't put the buttons on yet.) The false pocket on the waistcoat The shirt The neck placket on the shirt and the sleeve placket The breeches in progress cutting out the material for the breeches