It's that time of year again! The time when the Powells' get dressed up in their Seminole gear and head to Bushnell Florida for the Dade Battle Re-enactment! If you want to know more details you can look at my previous posts
here,
here and
here.
This year was even more special because we had some WONDERFUL friends join us! The Thomaidis' and the McConnells. They lived near us when we were in Largo and we miss them terribly! All of our kids had a great time playing together and I'm hoping we can get them all involved and we can make this a yearly event!
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| Rylie Loves to try on Daddy's hats. |
As you can see below the mornings started off chilly and I have not yet made warm indian clothes for the kiddos so we bundled them up for a few hours until it started to warm up. The weather ended up being perfect; right about 70 degrees during the day!
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| Happy little boy full of doughnuts! |
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| My little Indian Gabriel |
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| Rylie exploring the forest. |
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| My oldest Indian! |
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| This photo takes my breath away. |
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| Some of our fellow Indian playmates |
It was so wonderful to be out in God's creation all day long! No cell phones or computers or t.v. The kids had a blast! They ran, played chase, played stickball, hide n' seek. Us Moms kept commenting how our kids had never seen happier than they were those 2 days just playing outside.
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| Attempting stick ball |
This year they had some interactive set ups for kids! It was great! They got to try all kinds of old toys and they even got to make one!
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| Making toys |
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| Nothing like blocks and a tin can |
At this station the kids made their own jump ropes.
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| Jaydon making his with McKenzie and Zoie's help. |
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| McKenzie jump rope making. |
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| Stephanie and Jaydon |
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| Zoie making jump ropes. |
Just in case you were wondering where we get all the Seminole outfits from, they are made! I am currently working on my sewing skills and knowledge on Seminole fashion and this year I made all the kids outfits. Seminole kids mostly wandered around naked or in plain shirts. We had them in plain shirts. ;) My next step will be making new outfits for me! Right now I borrow mine from Todd's family. They have been doing this for over 10years and they have accumulated quite a collection of Seminole clothing for both Men and Women.
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| The girls and most of the kids |
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| Stephanie, Jen and I |
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| 2 tired Indians |
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| Zoie even got her war paint on this time! |
It was such a great time and Todd, the kids and I really enjoyed seeing our friends again. Hopefully next year we can do it again.
