Saturday, September 20, 2008
Renaissance Day in the Park
On Saturday, September 6th, the whole family went to Katherine Fleischer Park in Wells Branch to attend a mini Renaissance Festival.
We got there just as things were starting, so some things were still being set up. The kids headed straight to the games booth where the woman proceeded to tell them that in the middle ages, games were only for adults because they were too expensive and too precious to be used by children. She then pointed the kids to some of the games that she had set up on the ground but wouldn't let them play with stuff on the table where she was still setting up like chess and other board games. So the kids played with the things they were allowed to touch for a while until they got bored or had to take turns with other kids. Daddy-o said they returned to the booth later in the day, and the woman was more amenable to letting the kids play with the board games once she was fully set up.
As we walked around to the various booths, J was enamored with the fabrics and needlework display. The boys had little use for it.
We also spent a while checking out the fencing equipment and the precious stones, but there weren't too many other booths, so we headed over to the Wells Branch playground and homestead to pass some time until the fencing display. I ran out of energy and headed home, but Daddy-o and the kids stayed to watch the fencing enactment which they really enjoyed.
We got there just as things were starting, so some things were still being set up. The kids headed straight to the games booth where the woman proceeded to tell them that in the middle ages, games were only for adults because they were too expensive and too precious to be used by children. She then pointed the kids to some of the games that she had set up on the ground but wouldn't let them play with stuff on the table where she was still setting up like chess and other board games. So the kids played with the things they were allowed to touch for a while until they got bored or had to take turns with other kids. Daddy-o said they returned to the booth later in the day, and the woman was more amenable to letting the kids play with the board games once she was fully set up.
As we walked around to the various booths, J was enamored with the fabrics and needlework display. The boys had little use for it.
We also spent a while checking out the fencing equipment and the precious stones, but there weren't too many other booths, so we headed over to the Wells Branch playground and homestead to pass some time until the fencing display. I ran out of energy and headed home, but Daddy-o and the kids stayed to watch the fencing enactment which they really enjoyed.
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