or perhaps still the start 
I did mean to get a photo of the 4 of us together as a family album, and next year I absolutely will!! [and think all the families i know and am getting to know can have family portraiture too ]
We prepared as best we were able and a late and v v stressfull finish from work saw us en route for Kentwell, a bit late and putting tent up a bit late also, but still there, and not raining! The not raining state didn;t last long 
and in truth, the week was made very muddy by the rain that seems to appear inevitably when we put our tent up! having laid things out the night before, there was still a bit of a panic getting to breakfast and to station on the sat, and meeting the last weeks station ppl and feeling a bit spare part-ish! however, there was a lovely family in there whose dh on woodpile like mine, and some lovely families arrived and some teens that became my daughters-for-the-week and i got stuck in!
DH took a while to settle as not so well, but think he enjoyed the week, and certainly by the end was having a good time – in the carry your wife competition he carried around 2 young maids – crazy! BB settled in, and mostly was fine, we did play some games, and i would have to think of more that she could enjoy and do another time, but she did like going to market and dairy. she also enjoyed barnschool [tho was a bit of a truant!] and did enjoy the trip round that they managed to do being able to escape up to the cott loft for illicit snacks – mostly nectarine – kept her going She also enjoyed making the cotts ship for the moat race – and it stayed afloat! SHe had a possie of friends that she played with – mostly boys, mostly running, ball games or mock fighting!
SB just loved it, it was everything she hoped it would be. she loved being a peddlar, she loved having control of her station in the alehouse, and she loved joining the players to learn dances. SHe also got the opportunity to join the tentry with a lovely lady naed bess lending her a gown. it really suited sb, she had a nice poise and movement, and is obviously a born gentry . in the evenings she had friends old and new to play, chat, mooch with [as she is approaching teenage mooching!] she can’t wait to go back.
Highlights for me – i did enjoy older daughters, and pleased to make one a coif. i felt i grad got the hang of some of the timings on an open fire! i enjoyed doing the cott challenge with kfish, and think we had more entrants and more fun than i had expected [had thought it might fall flat!] when stations were asked to tell us their most unlikely hobby – the woolshed and their extreme synchronised motorbike team won . ‘selling’ names for the boat and horse racing was also fun. i enjoyed talking to people and interacting. the ceilidhs were great – even if a bit rainy and meeting new people. i do wish i had managed to get up to the merchants hall etc, and only towards the end did i get the hang of begging and bartering to other stations – serving bowls and ladles for the cott!
will we do it again?? – yep! so have a sewing list for another year!! it is very difficult to cold turkey from kentwelleese though