Sherwood Forest

It's taken us a couple of weekends, but we finally were able to make it out to Sherwood Forest, the local Renaissance Fair. The last time that I went to one was in Arizona, long before Dolphin and I were married or the kids were born.

Xander had a great time, but he was also a bit fearful at times. There was a live acting play before the doors were opened. The actors were shouting so that everyone could hear them, but Xander was afraid of the yelling. He almost didn't want to go in. Xander was too afraid to go on any rides, which is typical for him. He really enjoyed feeding the petty zoo animals, eating all the fair food, climbing around the kids' castle and King Arthur's round table (pic above), and watching a few shows.

Xander's favorite part was the pirate show. Some actors, dressed as pirates, gathered a bunch of kids together to go on a treasure hunt. They followed up map, counted paces, and actually dug up a treasure chest. The treasure chest was locked and actually a teaser for the pirates show. So, of course, we HAD to go to the show to find out what was in the treasure. Xander was very pleased to find out the treasure was golden chocolate coins which all the kids got to eat.


Aria had a good time, too. She was not fearful at all. She made friends with everyone, waving and smiling. She enjoyed climbing around the kids' castle also, and got totally filthy dirty in the process. Her brother had found sticks (the fair was in a forest) that he was using as swords. She totally got into stick-sword swinging and poking as well.

Dolphin ran into a huge fan at the show as well. I was wearing this wide brimmed hat that Dolphin got from his work. I wore it because it was very good at blocking out the sun, but it attracted a fair amount of attention from fans of his company's game, Wizard 101. After I told one boy that Dolphin made the game, the boy was in total awe. To totally make his day, Dolphin pulled out of his wallet some cards for the boy which give him extra points in the game. It was little a teen girl of the 60's running into John Lennon. Total adoration!