Saturday was our biggest day at the festival and was I think our favourites. We got there pretty early (though not early enough to beat the line at Amococo!). We wandered through some of the free stuff and did a whole lot of painting... It appears that we do not get the paints out nearly enough at home as things got quite creative. There also appeared to be a lot of painting on the wall and not as much on the paper... This was another example of differing expectations as I thought this looked all a bit messy and couldn't really see the point however the kids and Fasa had a great time.
We then went to the Sticks workshop which was just beautiful. It was calm and quiet and considered and meaningful and facilitated wonderfully. I sat back to enjoy the show (and manage Sefo) and Fasa and Sina worked with Eba and Jane to create a bamboo tripod. It was challenging and rewarding for Sina and a lot of people commented on her creation as we wandered around the festival.
After this we hopped on over to the World Stage to get a bit of lunch and catch some of the performances before we saw Pirates. I went off to order a couple of the kids lunches and they were all sold out.... at 11.25am.... And there was no effort by anyone in the cafe to offer some alternatives or to perhaps make up some more sandwiches and combine that with a popper and overcharge us. I would have understood if this was at 1.25pm perhaps but to me 11.25am is prime kids lunch time. This was the only time that I thought that the staff at QPAC were less than helpful. Everyone else we encountered at the festival was more than happy to help and were really friendly.
Pirates was clearly the family favourite. Sina saw it twice and enjoyed it all the more the second time. Sefo was mildly terrified through the whole thing which I think only heightgened his enjoyment. Fasa loved this one as well. Since seeing the show there has been much Pirate make believe around here as well as a whole lot of attempted circus tricks (which is mildly concerning from a safety point of view!) Sefo and Sina were both impressed by the backflips and in an overheard conversation between Sina and her friend Flora, they both decided that a mini tramp in the floor of your house would make life a whole lot more interesting.
To finish the day we got into line for Amoccoco.... We only had to line up for twenty minutes and I am super relieved that we had tickets as there is no way I would have lined up for 2 hours and I am really glad that we got to go. It was amazing inside and we all loved it, particularly Sefo.
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