Renaissance Fun

The Virginia Renaissance Festival is camping out near Lake Anna for the month of June. (Yes, that is the Lake Anna located right next to Bumpass, an actual city in Virginia). Seemed like a good weekend excursion, so we headed out there with the kids. Turned out to be pretty good, as Ren Fairs go. Abby got to make her own rag doll:




And was excited to meet the queen:



Benji was significantly less excited to meet the queen, who fell into the general category of "stranger":


She's definitely better seen from mommy's arms:


After such an esteemed visit, Abby decided that she absolutely had to have her hair braided. Luckily, there are nice ladies who will do that for you:


Here she is half-done:



And all the way done:



Benji seemed most amused by the festival map, which he studied carefully:


After a hard day of pointing at the map, he was ready for a break:



Abby says she wants to go back to the festival again next weekend, but I think we are all Renaissance'd out for this year.