Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Renaissance Festival

We took the boys to the Renaissance Festival in Farr West on Saturday and got to travel back in time to a Medieval Village filled with knights, gypsies, kings and queens and more! It was so much fun! The boys got to decorate their own swords, shields and tunics to wear around the festival and they each put their own bit of personality into their creations.
Rachel and her family joined us and the kids all pretended to sword fight and battle each other as we wandered around the village.

Drew & Will got up on the stage to dance with a band of gypsies who attempted to teach them how to shimmy and shake their hips in order to earn coins for their dowry. It was pretty funny to watch!
Then we got to watch real knights in a jousting battle. One represented Ireland and one represented Wales... we rooted for the one from Wales, since that's where our families hail. It was really cool to watch them taunt each other before the battle and egg each other on, hoping for cheers from the crowd. We don't know who ended up winning, but at least no one actually died in the joust:~)
Finally, the boys got to ride a real, live camel!! It was so cool! They said it was really wobbly and felt a lot like riding a horse. What an opportunity though! It's something you'd see on Amazing Race, but not here in good ol' Utah!
I kept telling Jeff that if I'd had the opportunity to learn about the Renaissance like this when I was studying it in 6th grade, I might have gotten a better grade! Hopefully these memories will stick with the boys so they'll understand the Renaissance better when it's their turn to study it in school!

1 comment:

Kellybee said...

This looks so fun Wendi! I bet you guys had a ball. We'll have to tag along with you guys next year!