Monday, April 20, 2009

Renaissance Festival!!

We went to the Ren Fest Saturday. If I had know what the traffic would be like trying to get in, we would not have gone. But we'd bought the tickets on-line, so we suffered thru the HOUR wait to travel the 2 miles from the interstate exit to the entrance. Ridiculous!!!!!! At least when we got there we had a blast! Thank heavens!

Olivia wore her mommy-made Halloween costume. I'm glad it got the extra use! It was really perfect for the event. All the actors who spoke to her addressed her as "Princess" since she was wearing "royal purple". And it was just beezy enough that she didn't get too hot. It was a great day to people watch, too. There are some really wacked-out people out there, and I think they all feel at home at the Ren Fest. Just let your imagination go wild!

Olivia met the Queen of the Fairies, who had a great sense of humor! (She's holding fairie dust in her hand.)



















Olivia was declared an Official Princess by the ill-fated Queen Anne Boleyn and has the paper to prove it!


And she got to ride on a cool ride where the people riding in the ship pulled on ropes hung above them to keep the ship swinging. The other young lady in the picture would have had to ride alone, but she let Mark and Olivia ride with her. Mark provided the muscle.














She chose a dolphin for her face paint. There was no bath that night so she could show off her cheek at Sunday School the next day.















There was absolutley no problem leaving the Ren Fest and we were back to the interstate in about 3 minutes. Here's what happened in 3 minutes... Zonked! She snoozed all the way home.


One last picture I have to post. This is Mark laughing at one of his own jokes. He hardly ever shows his teeth, so I had to get a shot. His joke came during the Royal Joust. King Henry VIII sits way up in a balcony-type seat above the riders. They come below him to receive favors and prizes. Mark thought it would be just HILARIOUS if Henry accidentally fell out of the balcony... Splat!! He even went so far as to develop a movie plot and have it star Will Farrell or Seth Rogen. Maybe Hollywood is in our future...



















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