Renaissance Festival 2008

Another year, another day at the Renaissance Festival. However, this year, about 30 minutes in, we started to believe we may have made a BIG mistake. It was HOT and Ben HATES to be hot. He was crabby, whiney, and irritable...which made Scott crabby, whiney and irritable...okay Scott wasn't whiney...it just fit what I was trying to say :o). Ben didn't want to ride in the stroller, didn't want to walk, and didn't want to be carried. To make things worse, Cailey had a bad case of the Can-I-Have disease. Seriously, at nearly every booth we heard..."Can I have..." Within 30 minutes, it was like hearing nails on a chalk board. We decide to give her a pseudo budget. She decided to get her hair braided ($25!!! ouch!) and ride one ride. Ben, at least, hasn't been infected with the Can-I-Have disease (yet) ~ we just had to wrangle him the whole time. After we fed the beasts (Cailey and Ben!) and calm our nerves with the wonderful beer (mine and Scott's!), we managed to stay for five hours. Ben fell victim to the RF and fell asleep (hard!) on the way home and then slept another 2 hours when we got home. So, it turned out to be another successful Renaissance Festival!

Cailey's favorite things from the Renaissance Festival:

• getting her hair braided


• all the shows (especially the Washing Wenches)


• the fountain


• macaroni and cheese on a stick


• the ship swing

Ben's favorite things:

• the fountain


• the drums ~ a booth selling bongo-type drums


• macaroni and cheese on a stick


• the swing ship

Scott and Alicia's favorite things:

• beer


• beer


• beer


• beer


• sausage on a stick


• glass blowing demonstration


• beer


• beer


• the ride home