Weekend Fun

We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful weekend.  I wish we had this weather year round - Sunny, slight breeze, warm, but not hot, just perfect!  Cory and I started off the weekend by going to the Mumford & Sons concert on Friday night.  We both like Mumford, actually I should say Cory has loved them for the past three years.  He can legitimately say he was a fan before they become so popular as he saw them live while we lived in London. Cory said it was one of if not the best show he has seen in his life.  I had fun, but if I'm completely honest concerts stress me out.  I know for most people this probably sounds absurd, but the ambiguous start/end time, parking situation, people doing things that are against the rules all manage to cause me stress.  I was worried about how long it was going to take us to get out of the parking lot (field) the whole time the show was going on.  Again, I know not normal, but it is who I am.  Of course, while I was on edge about getting out of the place I had a guy rear end me.   It was in a terrible spot to have to stop which elevated my stress level even more.  The guy didn't want to give me his insurance information and told me I was being over the top, but eventually did.  It was dark and I couldn't really see the back of my car so figured I should get it just in case.  Luckily it didn't do any real damage other than a tiny scuff.  This type of stuff is what is going to give me grey hair.  I checked and again feel fortunate that I seem to have avoided a grey hair this time.

Brady had a busy day on Saturday.  We started off with a soccer game.  His team finally played a team that gave them some competition which was good for the boys.  It's fun winning games by 25 goals,  but I don't think it gives the boys a good sense of reality (whoops, in Brady's league there are no wins or loses, but I may be slightly guilty of keeping at least a general track of the scores).  Later in the afternoon Brady went to a birthday party for Luke & Ian who are two of his good friends from school & sports.   The boys had a blast jumping on trampolines, playing dodge ball and going down an inflatable slide.  After the party we watched the K-State game.  Sadly, they aren't very good this year and we lost to Texas for the first time in 10 years.  

Today we hit up the KC Renaissance Festival.  We knew going into it we were going to maybe feel a little out of place and run into some interesting things.  All of our suspicions were confirmed.  I probably will offend someone, but I do not understand why grown adults have a fascination with dressing up and pretending to live in a different era.  I am pretty sure that there are people who have their costumes ready to go each year for the Festival.  I also saw some very interesting piercings, pets in costumes and even babies who were dressed up in costume.   One of my favorites was the 'Royal Family' who paraded around the place saying, "Make way for the King." Despite lots of general weirdness, it really is a dream place for a little boy.  The place is huge and there is a ton to do.  We played games, saw animals, watched sword fighting & horse jousting, dragon slaying, etc.   We had been walking around for about an hour and Brady said, "I'm ready to go pick out my sword, shield and armor".  We made it home without a full set of knight gear.  We may or may not be guilty of using a distraction technique of promising ice cream on the way home.

The grand finale of the weekend, Ellie's new word of the day 'Cheese'.  It would probably help if I didn't ask her to perform at the same time she has a mouth full of food.