Knights (Dare I Say D&D?)

When did I become the type of person that goes to medieval festivals on the weekends? Since I gave birth to two boys who LOVE knights and dragons. To Nils, every church we see is a Ritterburg, or knight's castle. Anyway, if I start dressing up for these things, please find me a therapist! We went to a festival (ha ha Lin!) and the kids were excited to meet a real knight (ha ha kids!) and see all kinds of medieval stuff.

Of course Jay is not allowed to have toy weapons, so he was the lame kid who brought a stick and used it like a sword. He doesn't really mind these kinds of things usually, but tht day he really wanted us to get him a sword. We would have settled for a shield, but he chose ice cream instead. Here are some photos.

May Day II

It was May Day here again and we watched the Maypole getting raised and took Nils on a horse ride. Not a pony ride- horse. He had (like last year when he was only 17 months old!) get on the biggest horse possible. Jay didn't want to this time around.

I don't have as many photos as last year. The Maypole is essentially the same, as were the bands, foods and Maibowle, a light wine punch that is served at the party every year.

Take a look at last year's entry and see how much they've grown!

http://stuehrenbergs.blogspot.com/2007/05/may-day.html But don't hit the links for the vidoes- I cancelled my MySpace account and the old links no longer work. Sorry! When I get around to it, I'll repost them in there.