[Artemisia] Artemisia Digest, Vol 136, Issue 7

[danoman1000 .]

Wow, that is rather unwelcoming.  Maybe the person who wrote
that doesn't understand budget constraints.  Or maybe he/she had a bad
experience with unsupervised children.  In either case, I wouldn't judge
the entire barony on the words one person wrote.  But if your mind is set
on avoiding Arn Hold, you can come play with us down south.  I can't
promise we'll join in on the disliking the moose lands, but we'll try to
get your mind off of it.  And bring that brother of yours.  He's a fun guy.
Sneferu
Spouse of the Youth Officer of Cote du Ciel


On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Kayla Williams <kmwilliams0802 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The link to the website. Click that and the second tab says leave smalls at
> home because they want it to be an event for adults. I had my children at
> masked ball last year. They were dressed up in garb. They had a blast. I
> was one of the only adults keeping an eye on my own children. I was one of
> the only adults that said something to the teens that were throwing my
> childrens hot chocolate cups around while my children "got in trouble" by
> the person serving the hot chocolate because they needed a new cup! I do
> supervise my children and do keep them entertained and under control unlike
> many others. As far as people that do not want children at events, they
> need to find a new hobby. Many such as myself do not know how to sew and do
> not have the funds to buy overpriced garb and period looking toys. My
> children play with what keeps them occupied. My infant certainly doesn't
> have many "period" items. We have one piece of garb for her. Yes we try to
> be as period as possible but if you have a problem with non period toys
> than you better not have any metal folding chairs at the event. Or modern
> tables. Better yet it shouldn't even be in a modern building! In comparison
> we were at barony birthday for our infant's first event. Our brother Duncan
> was fighting. We were supervising our very active 3 year old niece.
> Thankfully we had a lot of help and support. Our baby was passed around and
> her majesty sorcha even held onto our niece and helped find her snacks
> while her dad fought and we were juggling a baby. Even his majesty Timmur
> wanted to hold our infant. (Someone took pictures, I'd love to have copies
> please!) Fact is the people of thousand eyes have proven time and again how
> welcoming and supportive they are. Complete strangers even offered their
> home and cooked us breakfast so we didn't have to drive home on ice. On the
> other hand arn hold has made us feel unwelcome because I am new, and we
> have children.
> Gwendolyn
> What am I missing here?  I don't see anywhere in the Masked Ball event
> announcement that kids aren't welcome.