Declan loved the tavern. He was taken with the fact that they had games in the tables. After playing checkers with Maeve, he showed Kaya how to play. (Although it seemed to be his own version that he showed him.)
The maps were a huge hit! There were just enough turns and buildings to make getting from one side of the village to the other an adventure!
Drue was really looking forward to meeting the calf at the farm...
And I was looking forward to seeing the pigs! A nice villager brought a basket of apples over and asked the kids if they would like to feed them to the pigs. I love the faces as they throw the apples over the fence!
We met the village cooper...
and the farmers wife...
And we met the village blacksmith. He was my favorite!
He was very interactive with the crowd. He even had one of the teens come in and help him hammer a Mulling Iron.
Let take a minute to talk Mulling Irons. How cool are they?
An iron rod that the wife would put in the fire in the morning and then use to heat drinks later in the day. Genious?
Could we get a demonstration, perhaps?
SO COOL!Moving along...
there was candle dipping,
and making candle holders out of tin...
Declan thought he would like to live like this. He wants to make a lot of the things he saw there.I think he and Drew would have enjoyed a life like this.
I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't set up like an actual day in the village. I was expecting farming, villagers, shoppers in the store, etc. There were very few villagers around, and only one in the various buildings. It was still an amazing day... just a little bit different than what I was expecting.
Next time we want to see the potter, the cobbler, the school...
everything we missed!
