We were lamenting the passing of fall without a visit to a single Renaissance Festival. Then we realized that the big festival (faire) in Charlotte runs though the middle of November. We packed a quick lunch and jumped in the minivan.
There was a ton of traffic to get in, and it was really crowded because the weather was beautiful (75 and sunny).
Mama and papa were getting a little discouraged because we only wanted to play on the playground.
We visited a booth where kids could make our own magic fairy wands. (Papa said I could call mine a wizard's wand because I didn't want anything girlie.)
Junie's holding her finished wand.
We got to see some shows including "Hey Nunny, Nunny." There were lots of funny Catholic jokes that most people didn't get which were followed by plenty of jokes about the south being full of protestants.
June wasn't interested in religious comedy, so she headed back to the playground to play in the sand. It was going well until she got some sand in her mouth and tried to wipe it out with her sandy hands. Disaster.
We were on our way to the pirate show when mama spotted her cousins, Miss Christina and Mister Andy! We were very happy to see them at the festival and surprised that we spotted them in the crowd.
We were extra pleased to see our cousin, Nick, who was in visiting Andy and Christina from Boulder, Colorado.
We all scored good seats to the jousting match. The final joust of the day was a joust to the death. They put on a good show and I had plenty of questions. I asked mama why they put those big sticks in each others necks (cutting throats with swords). Mama assured me that it was all pretend. June just liked seeing the horses. 
Mister Nick must have friends with kids out in Colorado, because he really took us in stride. He let me stand on his lap during the joust and he chased Juner (who was in quite the mood).
Before we left, I got to take a ride on the "carousel" or "Da Vinci's Hand-Powered Flying Machine."
Then we really started going fast.
This is mama's favorite shot. My bright orange "spot me in a crowd" shirt really popped.
After the faire, we rounded out an awesome day with a stop at Trader Joe's and Ikea. We stocked up on our favorite "Two-Buck Chuck" wine and got a new side table for papa.
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