Two facts of the weekend: 1. the Hergenrader Family LOVED The Texas Renaissance Festival. 2. We are not having another kid, but if we were, we would totally name it Texas Renaissance to win this contest. That’s how much we all enjoyed the Festival.
Seriously.
Well, you know, not totally seriously. Sometimes when M reads my blog he says, “Really? You wrote that?” So, I’m admitting that we probably wouldn’t name our fictional fifth child “Texas Renaissance.”
Maybe just Tex RenFest…because that’s what regulars call the largest renaissance festival in the world.
And, after five hours there, we totally felt like regulars–just like the other half a million people who are visiting TRF this year.
I hope they all have as much fun as we did.
Here are the kids’ favorite moments:
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| Catie loved getting her face painted by a sweet old woman who looked and spoke like she had just stepped out of an English storybook. |
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| All of the kids loved looking at the elaborate costumes….the girls were particularly impressed with the genuine princess costumes. Actually, Elisabeth doesn’t look impressed in this picture. Probably because she had just seen the man who dressed like the Big Bad Wolf. Yikes. |
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| Nate loved running around like the big kids and exclaiming, “That man is SILLY!” Not about the wolf. That was not silly. |
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| Elisabeth loved the attention she got from the crowds for dressing up. When we go back next year, Catie will totally get in the act too. I’m calling it now. |
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| Speaking like acting like a big kid, who are these two teenagers and what happened to my babies? |
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| Apparently the hundreds of actors roaming around the festival inspired our kids to get their silly on. Or we’ve reached the years of the “let’s all make faces” pictures. |
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| Sam’s high point (literally) was bungee-catapolting himself into the air from a trampoline. Was there liability insurance in the 1600s? |
