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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...

Okay, Now it's truly done. Here are some updated pictures of my  completely finished, red robe a la polonaise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Almost done! When it snowed this morning, I just had to take some pictures outside.  I made the dress using a pattern I got from Colonial Williamsburg. I modified the front to accommodate front lacing, which of corse drove me crazy trying to get it to fit right. Fortunately, I had enough fabric to make the bodice twice:)