renaissance fair

Today we went to the Renaissance Fair in Carver, MA.  Nick and I went last year and loved it.  So we decided that we are going to try and make the fair every year from now on.  This year was Bennett's first year.  I was excited to take him.  There are a lot of fun things to do at the fair.  We can shop for pottery, jewelry, beer, food (giant turkey legs are a must at the fair) or walking sticks. There are different shows we can attend like the Mud Show, the Wench show, the Falcon show, the Tiger show, and so on.  There are also games to play like ax and Chinese dart throwing, archery or falconry.  And, of course there is our absolute favorite the Jousting.  That was the first thing we did this year at the fair.  There was a joust at noon and we did not want to miss it since we weren't going to be staying that long.  We made some friends along the way.

This was the first joust of the day so it was just a test of he riders skills.  They have to try and catch a bunch of rings with their lance.  At first it's only one but it gets more challenging from there until eventually they have catch multiple rings.  It's entertaining to watch. 

Bennett really enjoyed his first jousting match.

Our friends Rob and Sue met up with us at the fair.  We decided to give ax throwing a try next.  Nick and Rob went first and Sue and I went next.  Rob was amazingly great at ax throwing.  Out of the four axes he ended up getting three of them to stick to the target.  We were all very impressed.  I think he practiced before coming to the fair. 

We headed to the Wench show next.  It was hilarious.  I laughed really hard the entire time.  These two ladies were a trip.  They drenched people in water, said and did naughty things but it was all in good fun.  As part of the show they had three guys do silly things to try and win a carnation for their significant other.  One of the guys had to put on whitey tights and shout: "I am wearing my big boy pants! In my big boy pants I can do anything!" While another had to chase one of the ladies around with his shirt off yelling: "I need you, I want you, I LOVE YOU!" and try and get the carnation out of her mouth.  Bennett did not do well.  He got scared when people would laugh loudly during the show.  Nick let me watch the show while him and Bennett went for a little walk around the fair.  

Regardless, I think Bennett had a great time as did we.  I am excited to go back again next year when Bennett can walk and participate in some of the activities here.  Maybe we can even get him a costume to wear complete with a walking stick.