Lake Eden Arts Festival

LEAF is an annual festival that takes place in Black Mountain, NC in the fall.  Lunch Money played there this year, and I got to come along for the ride… and the entire soul soothing experience. :)  If you’re not yet familiar with Lunch Money, you need to be.  The band: Molly Ledford, Jay Barry, and J.P. (my J.P.).  Molly writes the songs, which have a playful yet cerebral quality.  Her lyrics always throw me back to my own childhood.  This is music that adults love just as much as kids!

The band rocked out both Saturday and Sunday afternoon, and an audience bundled in coats, mittens and hats couldn’t help but move with the beat.

During the Lunch Money show, Lucy kept shooting me these adorable smiles and then trying to hide behind Henry’s head.  Finally, I pulled out the camera and caught her!

Henry, Lucy and I got to spend some quality time together while the band was setting up and breaking down.  We had faces painted and heads adorned in balloon hats.  We also visited the dress-up tent to try on masks, swords, feather boas and sparkly fairy wings.  Henry was thoroughly enthralled with the instrument petting zoo, and Lucy was delighted to skip through the kid market.  Bubbles and bonbons seemed to be floating everywhere.  There was plenty around to keep a kid happy all day.

LEAF was a wonderful time to experience art, nature, good food and great music.  It was, however, freezing cold. Fortunately, our next post (three posts in a week!) contains the perfect solution to chilliness. If you’ve ever wanted to stay warm without raising your heating bill or longed to join a cult, the next post is for you!