The Maryland Renaissance Festival

 Yay! Another year of fun at the Maryland Renaissance Festival! Declan got a sword to go with his shield and had a great time being a knight all day. The other kids also had a great time and we got to watch a glass blowing exhibition which was super cool!! They threw knives and axes and used crossbows.
It's a great event to go to each summer! It's a great tradition!

Maryland Renaissance Festival

 We made our annual pilgrimage to the Maryland Renaissance Festival today!  The kids had so much fun and it's really amazing to watch them grow up before our eyes!!  We have gone so many times before and each time it's different becuase the kids are at different stages.  This year Aoife made it all the way to the top of the climbing wall and Emmy almost made it. Aidan tried the expert wall and found it was much harder than he thought!  Declan made it about 1/4 of the way up the little wall- just about the same as Aidan did when he was Declan's age.
So much fun and a good "end of summer" outing!!

The Maryland Renaissance Festival

 We went to Annapolis for the Maryland Renaissance Festival again this year! It was a great last hurrah for summer before school starts on Tuesday.  Last year it rained but this year the weather was perfect - seriously couldn't have had a more perfect day!  The kids had a great time playing on Jacob's Ladder, going down the big slide (over and over) (except Aoife - once was one time too many for her!!), climbing up the climbing wall, riding a pony (Declan was the only one small enough!), playing in the playground, watching shows, shopping for swords and even meeting the Queen!  There is plenty to keep busy and entertained - even just people watching would keep you busy all day!!  It's become an end of summer tradition for us and the kids really look forward to it!

2008 visit - we went in 2007 as well but I hadn't started blogging yet so no link.  Gosh that was a LONG time ago!!!