Little Lou was jumping up and down with excitement as we waited for the gates to open!
The tables were full, so we ate picnic style this year. It was even more fun!
Bugs was trying to open his water bottle. That's hard work!
The Queen and her court graced us with their presence while we dined!
This weekend was Pirate Weekend, which thrilled Bugsy. He adores the Pirate Show!
Pirates were everywhere around the festival!
In fact, when we first arrived one of the pirates stopped The Hubby and invited us to the pirate show. He marked the spot on our map and told us if we had any questions we should look for a pirate because, "As you know, pirates know everything...except for where to find the treasure!"
Little Lou's favorite is the Mudde Show.
This year we sat in the 9th row. "It was an 8 row show." We were SO close to being muddy!
Mama's favorite is the Swordsmen. They do the same basic show every year (all the different shows stay pretty similar from year to year) but I love the banter between the Swordsmen!
And what would a Renaissance Festival be without a good joust? We've always gone to the "full armor joust" before, but this year we went to the "gaming joust." They did some little games to test their accuracy, and then they jousted.
On the first run, Lady Jessica was nearly de-horsed! The second run left Lady Jessica on the ground and Sir Robin the victor! We've never seen someone de-horsed before. I felt bad for her and hoped she wasn't injured too badly. She was in enough pain that she didn't continue, but she did walk away.
There were several other fun parts to the day. It's such a busy, fun day! We don't stop from the minute the gates open until we leave in the evening. It doesn't make our kids tired, though, or so they say...
Less than 5 minutes into the ride.
She just dozed off and on.
No sleep in the car, but he'd had about a 20 minute snooze earlier in the afternoon.
My happy munchkins. This was the first (and best) of a series of 8 shots of them.
By far the most kid-geared show of the day. We thought it was really cheesy and not very entertaining...the kids loved it!
The Bug, choosing his weapon
The obligatory "giant knight" picture! They've grown since last year:
We enjoyed our time immensely! We basked in a lovely family day together.
We're already making plans for next year! What a great annual memory!
6 comments:
that looks like so much fun! I wish we had something like that where I live. Your kids will look back at those days with fond memories for the rest of their lives:)
I. am. so. jealous!!! I *must* attend a Renn Fest! It has been WAY too long!
Misty, the one in Ohio wouldn't be too far for you! You're probably further from it than we are, but it goes for 6 weekends a year...you could totally camp for the weekend! It's about 3 hours for us, but my inlaws live 2 hours from us and the fest is about another hour from them. This year it ends Oct 16.
I'd never looked to see where you live before. You're in the same town (city?) as one of my cousins! Small world, eh?
Aww that looks like fun!! I was told that yesterday (the 19th) was talk like a pirate day. What a way to celebrate!
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Looks like you had a great time. I haven't been to a renaissance fair in years. I never thought of taking my kids to one, but I bet they'd have a blast.
Looks like a lot of fun. We have a really good Ren fest here in the KC area too.
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