Renaissance Festival

We have started a new tradition of going to the Renaissance Festival the weekend my parents come up to visit. This year the boys came in costume and I rented a costume so here we are as Robin Hood, Maid Marian, and King Richard.

Robin Hood scaling the castle wall...

King Richard sheathing his sword...

I finally tried a turkey leg. Bleh... I should have had a baked potato instead... I felt queasy all afternoon...

The boys picked up wrist dragons and horns as souvenirs; they have been saving for months and they blew all of their savings...

My dad found his fair favorite -- the kissing wench.

Last year we discovered if you get to shows about 10 minutes early you can get front row seats so we had great seats for all the shows we went to.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is great fun to go to the Renaissance Fair! I was hesitant last year.No more!
Kids and you looked great! And one women even asked me where did Nik get his costume. The answer was disappointing to her.
We miss you!
Olga

Tina in CT said...

Now I know who Baba and Dieda are. Are those Russian words for Grandma and Grandpa?

Looks like fun was had by all!

Anonymous said...

Tina,
the words are only used in fairy tails, as far as I know, and refer to an old man and woman. In real life grandparents are usually called Babushka and Dedushka.
So, Katya just made it up for her own entertainment.But it stack, except last year Ben mixed Yulik and Deda and made Dedick, which both of them use now for Yuli.
Olga

Katya said...

Actually Babushka and Diedushka were just too long to say all the time... so I shortened them... :-)

Tina in CT said...

Thanks Olga and Katya for the explanations. Your shortened versions remind me of what I did for the German Oma and Opa. As a toddler, I called them Omi and Opi and it stuck all my life. As a toddler, Tami changed Omi to Mimi and that's what she called my mother. It's interesting on how all the names change in families.

I don't know if you know that I'm Grandma Streusel to Katya and Natalia as when Katya started to talk, my dachshund's name was Streusel. Carol and John are Grandma and Grandpa Bravo after the Golden Retriver they had when Katya started talking. I think our grandparent names are cute as are Baba and Dieda.

MoscowMom said...

Cool! That fair looks like a lot of fun :-) One of my students is really into historical fencing (didn't even know it existed until he told me about this whole other world...) and would love that kind of fair, too.

Anonymous said...

Yes,
I had some confusions with the way I called people as a child too. My godmother (Krestnaya) became Kocka.
My older cousin Valya became Lyalya. And it stack as well.
Olga

Tina in CT said...

Olga,

It's interesting how all the nicknames start.

Tina

Anonymous said...

Tina,
I think, in my case, the name changing started from my luck of ability to pronounce sounds correctly. It is very common problem in Russian.I just made it to be comfortable to pronounce, I do not remember any story about it. My godmother never mind it, I even think she liked it. My older cousin hated it, and I think she still hates it.
Olga

Tina in CT said...

Olga,

Katya and Natalia's orange cat was named Lyalya when they got him and they kept his name. I can't pronounce it and murder it.

Tina