The Battle of Blue Springs: a battle fought during the Civil War, and one that’s reenacted every year in October. There’s an education day for school kids, a ball…
Hold it! Did you say a ball? I’m in! 
The Civil War ball is what first caught our attention (some of our readers remember the reenactment we attended in VA, and on another occasion a Vintage Ball). But the ball is open only to reenactors. We had to fix that somehow…
Our homeschool leader, a long time Civil War reenactor, gave us and the rest of the group a crash course on what everyone needs to know about reenacting. After a few weeks preparation, everything was officially set – we would be reenactors (along with fellow our homeschoolers), and we were going to the ball!
We invited our friend Emily to join us for the occasion, which added greatly to our enjoyment those few days. We talked and played games in between meals and driving to Blue Springs, and even watched a bit of Spiderman3 at an indecent hour of night. Ah, what fun we had together!
So here is a batch of pictures from the first day of the reenactment, “Education Day.”
Saturday morning found us girls bustling about all the bedrooms in the house; “Have you seen my snood?” “No, I thought you put it on the windowsill. Where’d you put my hat?” “It’s in the closet. Em, can you tie my bow please?” “Sure. Kase, is my skirt covering the hoop?” “Oh, there’s my snood!” “Careful not to trip over my dress please…”
Over in the boys’ quarters, Walter couldn’t decide if it was better to wear a cravat or not, and Nate declared that he looked like a monkey in his costume! But it is my opinion that, in the end, we all looked super. Don’t you agree?
My favorite part of the entire weekend was the ball. During the reenactment we walked all about the sutlery isle and both camps, and got our pictures taken more times than I can count. But nothing compares to the vigor and excitement that took place Saturday evening at the ball!
And can you guess who we saw there, amidst all the Union and Confederate soldiers and Southern Belles? Captain Jack Sparrow, from Pirates of the Carribean! No, ’twas not Johnny Depp, but there was a man there who was just like Jack in his dress, voice, and mannerisms.
Complete and absolute randomness, right? But I have to admit, Jack Sparrow added more fun to everything we did and danced, and was the life of the party!
I know, we should have taken more pictures. But see, that’s how much fun we were having! We were so busy dancing, talking and laughing we didn’t have time to think about our camera.
At any rate, it certainly was a weekend to remember. It was wonderful having Emily over; reenacting for the first time was a neat experience, and I loved the ball!
-Kasie
![Our "troop." (there were several) Can you spot us?](http://blog.thewilli.com/wp-content/gallery/education-day/0015.jpg "Our "troop." (there were several) Can you spot us?")
!["There stand Walter like a stone wall."](http://blog.thewilli.com/wp-content/gallery/education-day/011.jpg ""There stand Walter like a stone wall."")
!["We don't have enough people pictures. Mom, Kasie, smile!"](http://blog.thewilli.com/wp-content/gallery/education-day/016.jpg ""We don't have enough people pictures. Mom, Kasie, smile!"")
