The Renaissance Faire

We had so much fun at the Renaissance Faire; it's become a summer tradition, and since summer was almost over and we still hadn't gone, we went on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. It was the three of us, plus Rori, Kirsti and Colin. We had such a great time! We saw some shows (such as a sword-swallower--ouch!--and an acrobat team), the queen's processional, presentation of the nobility, and a joust (the guy that our section of the audience was cheering for was by far the best). Go figure, though; the joust was during the time that Kate had only been sleeping in her stroller for about half an hour, so all the cheering woke her up. She had the funniest look on her face, like, "What in the world is that ruckus?" All in all, it was an amazing day; always one of my favorite parts of the summer.

I think Kate's favorite part was going on a pony ride (I, of course, walked right by her). Any animal that she doesn't know the name of (or, more accurately, that she can't say the name of) she calls "doggie." So as soon as I put her on the horse (whose name was Simon), she started saying excitedly, "Hi, doggie! Hi, doggie!" and petting its mane. It was absolutely adorable. Of course, when we left, I told her to say bye to the horse, and she did the absolutely adorable wave and kept saying, "Bye, doggie, bye, doggie." I love this stage; it's so much fun!




Look how happy she is!


Sitting so nice on her horse








You can tell she's getting tired; she's had a long day!