Renaissance Festival

This weekend I had my first experience with the Renaissance Festival. I had only heard specific things about it from an old coworker, but I have very few ideas about what to expect. One of my best friends is doing an internship with them this year and got myself, my fiance, my little sister, and my mom in for free, which was so nice.

As always when traveling with a small child, it was a production. Getting his food packed, making sure he had the right clothing for the weather, diapers, snacks, toys, etc. Well I got it all ready and we left...leaving his lunchbox, with his sippy cup of water and other pre-made bottle, on the kitchen counter. 10 minutes into the drive we turned around.

After that it was smooth sailing. We got there and my first impression: It's big! Honestly I wasn't expecting it to be as big as it was! It was awesome. The street performers were pretty fun to watch, sometimes got a little long (especially since we were all starving), but they were fun!

My sister and I were saying how we would like to live in that time period or a year or two. It would be interesting. So different from the life we have now. No cell phone, no computers, no TV. My life would be so different! It would be kind of fun to learn stuff from that time period and what they did for fun.

We looked at many cool shops and handmade products. All very awesome. But my favorite thing, by far, was riding the elephant! My fiance was wondering why on earth you would want to ride an elephant. Why the heck not? How often do you get to do that? It is not an everyday occurrence, at least not for me. Well I talked both him and my sister into it (it was only $5!) and they both thought it was co cool too. I loved it!

Anyways, it was really fun. And for those of you who live somewhere that you can attend a Renaissance Festival, I recommend going. I plan on going every year now, and planning more time there! 

Also has many activities for both parents and kids :)