With a beautiful near-90 degree weekend in September, we headed to King Richard's Faire. This is becoming one of our fall traditions. Though John and I weren't quite sure if the children wanted to go this year, we were greeted by all three independently stating they wanted to return. With a bit of a wardrobe change from past visits, we headed back in time for a bit of family fun.
One of the first stops was to our favorite face painter. This year Izzy guaranteed that she would not choose a peacock feather. In true Victoria style, she choose a unicorn.
This year John and Micah indulged in a turkey leg for lunch.
All of our favorite activities is the jousting tournament. In years past, there are 4 knights that participate in this tournament. The tournament is staged in 3 sets with a story-line that entices you to return to all three sets. Each year the story is different. This year only three knights emerged making John and I wonder if one was hurt on previous weekends or sick. Little did we know this was part of the story-line. After the beginning of the tournament, a mystery knight arrived. When the knight took off their helmet, there was a gasp from the entire crowd... the mystery knight was a girl! Oh how many little girls including Victoria were excited. Though the crowd around arena is spilt into 4ths to cheer on specific knights in each corner, many women and girls throughout the entire arena cheered on the female knight regardless of location. So empowering for all the little girls watching.
Our knight... Sir Demetri.
On the left is Lady Alexandria... the lone female knight.
Lady Alexandria (on the right) was impressive in keeping up with the physical skills that were demonstrated and rivaled any of the male knights in the jousting events.
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