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War of 1812

August 7, 2012 By Jill Flory 11 Comments

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Last weekend on Saturday, when I should have been sewing, I played hooky instead and took my girls to Greenville, the town I grew up close to, for their celebration of the ‘War of 1812’.  They call it the Gathering at the Garst.  There is shopping, food, fun for kids, some soldier reenactments, and cannon demonstrations.  I ‘wore’ my camera like any good blogger (and Mom!)  so I could document the day pictorially.  My Mom went along, and we had a happy day!

Face Painting.  The Teenager got her painting on her arm.

Middle Sister got a snake – can you believe it?!  She tells me almost daily how mean I am cause I won’t let her have a pet snake. (insert eye roll)

Little Sister got a sun.  She can be my little sunshine.  Unless of course there is a dark cloud covering that sunshine!

Chicken…

…and lemonade shake-ups = summertime!

And ice cream!  YUM!

The rat catcher was on the premises keeping the rodents at a minimum.

Fun for the kids – homemade bird feeders.

A game inside a teepee.

Inside one of the buildings in the encampment.

Soldiers.  I think these were off duty.  They were joking with the rat catcher.

Real live cannons!  And they were ‘live’ that day!

Waiting on the cannons to fire.  Plugging your ears when this close to a cannon is not an option it is NECESSARY!

BOOM!  BOOM! BOOM!  BOOOM!!

Do you like war reenactments?  What did you do with your kids last weekend 🙂

Sew a Fine Seam

Filed Under: Family, Food Tagged With: cannons, fun, Gathering at the garst, girls, ice cream, kids, lemonade, war of 1812

About Jill Flory

I am the blogger behind this blog, a small business owner, both retail and wholesale. I'm a designer and design consultant, I blog about DIY projects, sewing tips and tutorials I've picked up along the way in the more than 25 years I've been using needle, thread, and machine, home decor, homeschooling, and life.

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  1. Amy says

    August 8, 2012 at 11:14 am

    Looks like you had a great weekend and made some wonderful memories. I have to agree with the no snakes as pet rule 🙂

    A real live rat catcher, huh?

    Reply
    • Jill Flory says

      August 8, 2012 at 9:08 pm

      It was fun to do something I knew my girls would like! And that rat catcher sure looked like the real deal! He said he had bathed in May – a YEAR ago in May!

      Reply
  2. deborah says

    August 8, 2012 at 4:08 pm

    My son says the same thing about wanting a snake and I tell him he can have one when he has his own house. Period.

    Love seeing all the pics of your girls. Braces on middle sister-doesn’t seem possible. I love that dress on Mother. I’m betting T would’ve liked the booming of the cannons!

    My kiddos made bird feeders like that at kid’s time at the library.

    Now, I’m wanting a lemon shake-up. Maybe I’ll go make one-I have some lemons that I should use up.

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    • Jill Flory says

      August 8, 2012 at 9:09 pm

      I’m sure you kids would have enjoyed it too! And I KNOW my kids would have loved yours being there too 🙂 They have hardly stopped to sleep since your kiddos arrived!

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    • Jill Flory says

      August 9, 2012 at 10:58 am

      I like that dress on Mom too 🙂 I might have to buy some lemons and make my own lemon shake up too!

      Reply
  3. Pam @ Simple Details says

    August 9, 2012 at 12:20 am

    I love seeing your great photos of your girls! (and mom!) I’m not so much for the reenactments, but my husband always wants to go to one, he’s the historian in our family!

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    • Jill Flory says

      August 9, 2012 at 10:57 am

      Thanks Pam! It wasn’t a huge detailed reenactment but my girls liked it so that’s all that really matters in my book!

      Reply
  4. Jessica says

    August 9, 2012 at 10:05 am

    So L has a birthday coming up, and we’ve been thinking and thinking… Would you say you’re the sort of mom that supports her kids’ interests no matter what, or you’re more of the unsupportive type?

    Reply
    • Jill Flory says

      August 9, 2012 at 10:56 am

      Don’t you DARE give her ANY kind of animal. No way, no how. We live in town – I cannot tolerate any more animals. If it is not dangerous to her, me, or anyone else in the near vicinity I may be able to be persuaded to be supportive! Provided it is NOT an animal.

      Reply

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