- October 8, 2006
- Fall seems to be the time for Faires, and this year is no
exception. We've just returned from Charlotte and the Carolina
RenFaire. What a wonderful faire. Little Aidan loved playing
dress up and being a pirate. And by the looks of things, so did
the other faire goers. He got constant attention and many requests
for having his picture taken. The little ham.
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 We enjoyed the jousting
competition immensely. A well put on battle between three foes.
Sir Edward of England was our champion. A fine looking gentleman
indeed. And his prowess with lance and sword was equally astounding.
Seriously, this guy is good! The pages hold up rings to be speared
by the lance. The knights run their horses toward the page and
attempt to capture up to four rings. One at first pass, then
a set of two. And finally, the page tosses a final ring into
the air as the knight attempts to capture it in the air.
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- Sir Eric captured one of the four possible rings. He's evidently
a knight in training. Sir Philip of France, captured all four.
But his character is strongly in question. Our champion, Sir
Edward, captured all four as well. But with much greater skill.
While the other knights galloped quickly to their target, Sir
Edward and his stead were at a full run. It was an awesome sight
to see.
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- His jousting was equally impressive as he won the battle
of jousting. In this contest, Sir Eric was quickly unseated by
Sir Philip. But the boasting and conceit of the Frenchman were
not to last long. For Sir Edward easily unseated Sir Philip.
Who felt he had been put at some disadvantage and drew his sword
to protest. Quarreling with Sir Eric and cutting him with his
sword. But Sir Edward was not backing down and rushed to the
aid of his fallen fellow knight. Alas, the Queen put an end to
the potentially deadly bickering and demanded the knights conduct
themselves with chivalry as knights of the realm should. And
she ordered them to return to this place of competition at three
and thirty to settle their disagreement.
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- We left this field of battle and wandered through the village.
Along the way we happened upon the Queen as she passed by with
her court. As all noble citizens should, we bowed as she passed.
And the Queen took notice of little Aidan, who also bowed to
the Queen. Thinking he was such a handsome and proper young man,
she instructed us to bring him by the court for a knighting.
Little did she know he was actually playing in the dirt as all
little boys do. We never made it to court.
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- October 21, 2006
- The final weekend of the Maryland RenFaire has come. But
not without a spectacular finish. Once again, little Aidan grabbed
all the attention. We counted no less than ten different people
asking to take his picture. Once again, the little ham heard
all day how cute he was. At one point we came across a pirate
who was equally dressed in kind. Aidan rushed to peer over a
fence and watch the children slide down a long ride, when a passerby
asked the pirate "Chip off the ole' block?". To which
the pirate replied "Just a mere coincidence". The pirate
knelt down and said hello to Aidan, holding out his hand he added
"You look very nice". Of course Aidan was shy, but
took the pirates hand. I suggested he return the compliment and
tell the pirate that he looks nice as well. Oh but young Aidan
could out do that comment and he said "You look cute too".
And indeed he was.
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- But pirates aren't known for staying in one place for very
long and Aidan was off up the hill to meet his Scottish daddy
to ride down the slide. It's hard to say if he enjoyed the ride
or not. He seemed to hold onto Daddy rather tightly as they approached
the bottom. But any fear he may have had was not to hold him
back from storming the pirate ship.
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- So off he went again across the kids park, to the clipper
ship, the swings and slides. He climbed the gang plank and boarded
the ship. Clamoring against the other pirates on board. He spun
the wheel and jumped through the tunnel slide over and over and
over again. But alas, even young pirates have duties to perform
and captains to answer to. And this time, Captain Mom had arranged
a special seating with the King.
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- It takes 10 long years for young man to become a knight of
the realm. And even then they must adhere to a special code,
prove their deeds and maintain an impeccable character. But on
this day the King suspended the length of service and granted
knightings to those who could prove their chivalry by deed. So
we petitioned the Royal Court to bestow the honor of knighthood
upon Aidan, who vanquished angry dogs that were attempting to
attack his cat, Kitty Bell. [Ok, so he yelled at Merlin and told
him to get back inside and leave the cat alone. And so Merlin
was on his lead at the time and the cat had already run to the
front yard where he couldn't reach him. Aidan still got the dog
inside and the cat got away. It was indeed a goodly deed.]
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- So upon a royal pillow, Aidan knelt before the king. He held
on tightly to Mom's finger and wouldn't let me go to take his
picture. But Daddy got it all on video. Woohoo. So on this day,
and forever more, young Aidan will be fondly known as Sir Aidan,
Knight of the King's Realm. [We even have a certificate to prove
it].
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