31 March 2018

Sherwood Forest Faire III

We all know I shouldn't be going here.  I didn't like it the first time, nobody really knows why I went the second time, and I nearly got out of it last night.  The Sherwood Forest Faire is a festival for introverts who become extroverts when they think happy thoughts, douse themselves in pixie dust, put on corsets, and display their bosoms in a magical land.  On my very best day, I can do none of these things.
We spent the morning with Matt and Malinda, two disappearing teenagers, and Hannah, who is single handedly more entertaining than all 40 stage acts and 130 merchant shops combined.  Various highlights of the day included a wedding in the morning, an extravagant Maleficent costume, Strawberry Shortcake and her creepy old lover Uncle Sam, and a lady with a parrot on her shoulder who hated curious children.  The groom of said wedding looked exactly as attractive as one might expect such a groom to be, and not one smidgen more.
To be more precise, those were the highlights I recalled.  George, upon reflection of the day, fondly remembers the time some mean person dressed himself in a wolf costume and scared our little two-year-old Milli who was dressed up as Red Riding Hood, and he harkens back to the time Drakeson and Hannah ran around the jousting ring obstructing everyone's view while the knight we were told to root for nearly got murdered.  He remembers how I got "good morrowed" (and pretended not to hear it), and reminisces on a short interaction with somebody he refers to as the wench lady.  This wench lady, for lack of a better term, saw George holding Milli and asked him how much it was for rides.  You know.  Like a joke.  George probably had no expression on his face, and he also probably said nothing.  But then later when he thought about it, with the shiniest of twinkles in his eyes, he wished he had put Milli down and picked up the wench lady.  And the fact that this is considered a story at all to anybody is the reason I'm the one who keeps the memoirs.
As always, there are the photographs.  After all, one must preserve the precious memories that build a life.
Little Red Riding Hood

Friends

Costumes

Jousting Too Fast

Three Kids

Hannah & Her Horn 

Milli & Dadas 

My Little Knight 

Kettle Corn 

Selfie 

Combat Joust

Our Nearly Murdered Knight

Snow White

Spinning 

The Nice Fox that Collects Dollars for Being a Nice Fox 

Fox Ears 

M&M 

Teenager Zeyda

Teenager Ripley

Young People

To The Kingdom!

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