Oh yeah– I forgot.
The Sawdust Festival is the biggest load of junk all in one place.
Micah called it the “place where time stands still.”
Because every time he looked at his watch, and thought maybe 30 minutes had passed — only 2 minutes had really passed.
Not because we were having SO much fun, but because it was THAT boring!
BUT….
through the eyes of a kid, it was really fun.
They went to the kids area and made finger puppets — which were total hit with these two. My kids love art, and they probably spent a good hour cutting, gluing and coloring these things. I finally pulled them, but they would have stayed for another hour if I had let them.
then it was off to watch the glass blowing. They were pretty intrigued, and I love to let me kids see real things as versus — reading about the in a book. And as the lady was making the most heinous glass shell I had ever seen, Navy called out, “That is SO pretty!” and got quite the laugh out of the crowd. It was pretty sweet and unexpected.
Then it was off to watch some hippie throw a pot. Again, my kids were loving it, so when I saw that about 90 minutes later, they could throw their own pot, you know I signed us up. I’ll admit that the wait was painfully long, but it was all worth it when I saw the utter joy my kids got from it.
They both got aprons on, and went at the same time.
It was totally legit, and Scout was really into it.
Navy was into it also, but I think she loved the messy hands part almost as much.
In the end, Scout chose to throw a vase, and Navy chose to throw a bowl. But when Scout heard Navy was transforming her bowl into a heart, he decided upon a star vase.
Both turned out good, and are both currently drying on our kitchen counter as I type.
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It will be years before I have to head back.
But because my kids had a ball, I am glad I went.
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