Renaissance Festival!!

II didn't get pictures aup from our Montana trip.  That will have to wait. More important things are at hand.

This is Sydney's first day working at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival!!!  We came to talk to them on Thursday and Sydney was SO excited!  Then we had a free day on Friday, and she was half excited, half nervous. This morning (up at 4:30 AM) she was all nerves. This is a big job and it's a lot of work. She was hoping she's up for the challenge.

This weekend she'll be grooming and feeding the horses and learning the routine. She won't be riding today as they didn't have enough time to work with her beforehand. Hopefully she'll be in the saddle next weekend. There are three jousts a day and they have the lady riders do more show stuff  before the first joust. For the other two they want everyone on the horses, riding around, building up the excitement. 

I tagged along with the troupe today and will hang out at the Festival until they pack up. Hopefully this will give me the opportunity to post a few pictures.

Here she is, giving people rides on the jousting horses.