And also, at the end of the day we are too tired to write much. Today is Saturday. Tomorrow is one week until the parade. We had great help today from Jessie (again! Yay Jessie! Loyal Puppet Builder!) and Ilona and her son, Tenzin, who is good with a hot glue gun! (photos below.) Tomorrow in the morning, when the wind is low, we begin the costume!
Ilona works on the boat prototype here (below is Valerie demonstrating it. Ilona's son, Tenzin, above, hot glues supports on the spikes.