Arg Matie - It's Pirates at the Ren Faire!
We wait, with eager and bated breathe, for the return of the Renaissance Faire each year. We begin to plan our costumes as we drive home, exhausted, hot, smudged with dirt and exuberant. And this year was no different, except for our persona es. This year we went, or rather, they went as pirates. With the popularity of "Pirates of the Caribbean, World's End" you might imagine that we were in great company. Each year our costumes seem to get more elaborate. Mine stays the same. I kind of dream about the year where I have a new costume. However, when it comes time to make them I never feel like spending the money on so much fabric. My peasant costume took something like over ten yards of fabric to create. The pirate costumes were fun to put together. We made pants, shirts, sashes and headbands. We borrowed swords and knives. We put on tons-o-makeup. Ethan looked kind of cute, in a Goth sort of way, with all that make-up. His reaction to the make-up leads me to believe that he will not be begging to borrow mine any time soon. Ellie was into the whole thing. Neither of them seemed to notice that we broke a heat record that day. Ellie spent her time with her friends seeking out the nine fairies. Each year the fairies create some special little thing to give to those who ask. My current favorite is the tiny pewter acorn she got. She also loves the dragon tooth that came from a geode that was a gift from the White Fairy. The fairies in turn report to Mother Nature, who was sadly missing this year. Ethan hung out with a gang of guys, as you can see above, who made up a pirate crew. They were so convincing that people stopped them and had their pictures taken with the kids. It thrilled Ethan that people thought he worked there. Their pirate crew cavorted with the real crew and created elaborate, silly hand gestures to use when they spied the Gentleman Robber. It was a hand movement like drinking a mug and making a hooting sound. It made me giggle when they did it. The crew was also interviewed. A local television station was there filming. They followed around one of the actual Renys (the term used for those who work at the Ren Faire) that was dressed like Jack Sparrow. They came over and interviewed them, following them around for a while. I hung back. Thanks to the luxury of a cell phone, I could be mostly on my merry way. We would meet up at the jousts to see how all was going. It was a jolly good time!
We wait, with eager and bated breathe, for the return of the Renaissance Faire each year. We begin to plan our costumes as we drive home, exhausted, hot, smudged with dirt and exuberant. And this year was no different, except for our persona es. This year we went, or rather, they went as pirates. With the popularity of "Pirates of the Caribbean, World's End" you might imagine that we were in great company. Each year our costumes seem to get more elaborate. Mine stays the same. I kind of dream about the year where I have a new costume. However, when it comes time to make them I never feel like spending the money on so much fabric. My peasant costume took something like over ten yards of fabric to create. The pirate costumes were fun to put together. We made pants, shirts, sashes and headbands. We borrowed swords and knives. We put on tons-o-makeup. Ethan looked kind of cute, in a Goth sort of way, with all that make-up. His reaction to the make-up leads me to believe that he will not be begging to borrow mine any time soon. Ellie was into the whole thing. Neither of them seemed to notice that we broke a heat record that day. Ellie spent her time with her friends seeking out the nine fairies. Each year the fairies create some special little thing to give to those who ask. My current favorite is the tiny pewter acorn she got. She also loves the dragon tooth that came from a geode that was a gift from the White Fairy. The fairies in turn report to Mother Nature, who was sadly missing this year. Ethan hung out with a gang of guys, as you can see above, who made up a pirate crew. They were so convincing that people stopped them and had their pictures taken with the kids. It thrilled Ethan that people thought he worked there. Their pirate crew cavorted with the real crew and created elaborate, silly hand gestures to use when they spied the Gentleman Robber. It was a hand movement like drinking a mug and making a hooting sound. It made me giggle when they did it. The crew was also interviewed. A local television station was there filming. They followed around one of the actual Renys (the term used for those who work at the Ren Faire) that was dressed like Jack Sparrow. They came over and interviewed them, following them around for a while. I hung back. Thanks to the luxury of a cell phone, I could be mostly on my merry way. We would meet up at the jousts to see how all was going. It was a jolly good time!
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