Yesterday, Jon and I took the kids to a renaissance festival in Conroe, Texas. We started off our outing by a quick stop by the Kolache Factory for some kolache, a sausage inside a delicious bun. It was very very good. The kids liked the kolaches also.
After a long three hour drive, we arrived at our destination. The renaissance festival was so cool. It was it's own little town, where the majority of the people there were all dressed up, talked, and acted as if they were from that area.
There was a lady laying on the ground at the entrance as part of her act I'm sure, and Logan, the funny kid that he is, went up to her and poked her with his sword. It was too funny!
The festival had a lot of entertainment, and shows going on all day at various locations. We were able to watch a few of them, like the Ded Bob Show (a ventriloquist show), a whip show, and an awesome jousting show. There was so much to do and so much to see. We mostly walked around going into the different vendors, eating lots of good food, and people watched.
Jousting!
There were also many classes offered where you could learn how to blow glass, do leather work...
Logan got to make his very own coin!
We enjoyed some delicious food at the Barbarian Inn.
I was amazed to see how many people were dressed up into such beautiful costumes, and were acting their parts. It was stepping into a different time period. I got to pose along side of many people whose costume we liked or we thought were outrageous.
Marie Antoinette
Conan the Barbarian.
WOW! That was an interesting one. Jon insisted in taking a picture of him, because he was literally only wearing a little loin cloth around his waist. Conan grabbed me to pose with him and was making me feel very uncomfortable. I tuned out most of what he said to me as a matter of fact.
The one legged, toothless pirate.
Jon took a picture of him without asking and he got really mad, calling Jon a soul stealer. He told Jon, that I needed to pose with him, then threatened to spank me with a with his paddle if I didn't. He was actually quite nice and funny after talking to him.
While we were there Jon discovered this new costume trend he really likes called "steam punk." The steam punk costumes are very elaborate. Below are a few pictures of some people all dressed up in that style.
Kiki enjoying a ride from her daddy.
Julien and Logan were so excited when we told them that they could dressed up for the festival if they wanted. Jon dressed up too (but it was a totally wrong area). He dressed up as a rocker.
Although it was a very long day, we had an amazing time. It was so worth it. We are happy to have the Renaissance Festival be one of our new fall traditions in our home here in Texas.
