Sir Max the Brave

The forecast for the 1st of June was supposed to be sunny & warm (read HOT!). Since I had the day off, we decided to go the the Greater STL Renaissance Fair. We talked about it for a week and Max was excited. He couldn't wait to go see the knights and soldiers and princesses and all the other characters that promised to be there. We even made a deal that if he did all his chores for the week the Renaissance Fairy might bring him a surprise. He was determined & managed to get everything done. Max woke up the morning of and found his surprise.

Sir Max

Sir Max with his loyal Squire, Scottish Ian

Our friend Marlo went with us and our friend Craig met us there. There were lots of things to see. A harpist played a Scottish song & a storyteller told the tale of the MacLeod (Ian's clan) Fairy Flag. We watched Landsknechts demonstrate the cross bow & preform pike drills. We stopped by the blacksmith to watch him make horse shoes. We saw the sword-swallower do what she does best. We kept seeing the belly dancers roaming around the fair but never got to watch the show. Sir Max even got to slay some dragons and won a pretty bracelet for me. After lunch we sat down on a table to watch the joust. They started out aiming for rings and ended with aiming for each other. Max was totally enthralled. At the end of the joust, his favorite knight was answering questions and Max wanted to pet his horse. Of course being chivalrous, he said Max could pet him all he wanted.

Max's favorite knight

Joust

Finally we made our way toward the car and present day. Max kept chattering about the knight & the horse & swords & the horse & lances & the horse & how cool everything was. Then I saw it. The pony rides. Sudden flashback to me at 3, riding Mariah with Daddy & how much fun it was. I asked Max if he wanted to ride & I thought he was going to fall over himself trying to get to the pony. The look on his face as he rode around the trail made it all worth it!

I think this might have been his favorite part!