Ren Faire 2012

My beautiful family

Watching Daddy throw axes
The fairy princess
Mike and Ryan throwing axes
Kaia was so excited the Ren Faire had Faeries! REAL ONES!!!
She kept finding things from nature to give them as presents. Because Faeries love things from nature AND presents.
She also brought her pixie dust and shared that with the faeries too.
Mikey LOVED the faeries but at the same time wasn't so sure about them so he would sneak up behind them or side step to them and then poke them with one finger and run away. It was really cute.
More gifts.
Mikey just staring and trying to figure them out.
The woman on the ground was fantastic. She told Kaia that she could not see the Faeries. So the Faeries Naturally started skipping around her and putting things on her hat. Kaia was literally screaming in her face saying "They are right there!!!" The woman did not give way she kept insisting she did not see them. Finally she said maybe if she had some of Kaia's pixie dust than she could see the faeries. So Kaia sprinkled some on her and then miraculously the woman could see the faeries. The picture you see above is Kaia's triumphant look as now the woman could see Kaia had been right all along there really were faeries.
Kaia pointing out the faeries and the woman insisting she could not see them.
Mikey watching the whole thing go down waiting to see the outcome.
Kaia, Mikey and Ava

Beautiful Kiddos
There was a petting zoo with the rarest of creatures in it. Including a Pug.
That was best friends with a pig.
Kaia and Mikey playing the frog hop game
and the fishing game
Kaia did very well she won 20 points

We had an amazing time and may even go back Kaia wants to see the REAL faeries again and Mikey wants to go see the Pug!

A Pond in the Water Table

We made a pond water table and I hung the trays you get plants on for sifting and funnels
The kids loved the funnel tray



We had lily pads, frogs, and turtles


The kids picked up frogs and put them on the lily pads until the lily pads started to sink
It was a lot of fun

Sand Table Fun

We used packaging material from a washer and dryer to create ramps and road ways
They worked great and when were all done for them they are recyclable!

An Ocean in our Water Table

The kids sorted some of the sea creatures
We originally had just rocks on the bottom but Kaia and Mikey decided we needed sew shells
Kaia decided the octopus liked eating the yummy scallops
She liked matching up the scallop shells to close them up again
working hard


The kids loved this water table it was so much fun to set up. It kept them busy for hours
Mikey's Octopus
Our sting ray Kaia named Spot

One of the inside bins looking in
Mikey using the tongs to grab the ocean critters
We started with just rocks on the bottom but the kids decided we needed shells
Mikey with his tongs he liked pulling out the crabs and arranging them differently using the tongs

Our Chemistry Lab

I set up a chemistry lab at our small sensory table.
I had containers with the following

Salt
Baking soda
Flour

Vinegar
Water with Red Food Coloring

The dry items had 1/2 tsp measuring spoons to disperse and the liquids had eye droppers
They had a blast discovering what the different ingredients could create.

Washington with Grandpa and Grandma