Furry Friends

Today we went to the Jubilee College Olde English Faire, which is held in a small town about an hour away from here. It was your typical renaissance fair type of event, with roaming actors in glitzy versions of the costume of the day, musical performers, jousting, fencing, archery, and sword fighting shows, theater, artisans, merchants, food, etc. They also had some hilarious stuff for kids...a puppet show, a wooden catapult that threw candy, pony rides, and a petting zoo, just to name a few.

Freyja is too little to really understand and enjoy a lot of those things, but she really seemed amused and content most of the day just to take everything in roam around in the sunshine. She liked watching all the weird people walking around (and trust me there were a lot of those types!) and checking out all of the little children, which she has a new interest in all of a sudden.

Freyja was also extremely excited about the petting zoo. She squealed and shook her hands all over the place (her signal for way exciting stuff), and I think I had to literally pry her away from the wire fencing that was around each of the animals. She had a chance to pet a couple of lambs, two goats, and an emu...but the highlight was the rabbit area, where the children could each hold a baby rabbit of their own, pet it, and let it jump all over them for a few minutes. Mom has taken her to the local zoo in the past, but she hasn't actually touched any other animals besides our cat and a few random dogs, so this must have been super cool to her. She was loving it! I really enjoy watching her experience new things, and she was so amazed by the different creatures she was able to see and touch.

Since Freyja has always liked music, she also seemed happy about the different performers throughout the day. There was a small group that played drums and a dulcimer type instrument, and while we were listening to them, she was bopping around in her stroller, waving her arms, and even trying to snap her fingers. Hilarious. The same goes for the drum and bagpipes group which we saw later in the day...which she giggled and danced around to also. I love the fact that she's starting to "dance". It's the cutest.