[Artemisia] Artemisia Digest, Vol 136, Issue 7

[ratslayer at spro.net]

Just for the record, the person who posted about period toys and such does
NOT live in the Barony of Arn Hold.

Kelwin Ratslayer

On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:16:18 -0700, "danoman1000 ."
<danoman1000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
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