End of Summer

One of the things I really enjoyed this year was doing a celebration, or something really fun the "last" day of summer vacation. School will always start in Michigan after Labor Day, and since it's a holiday there are a lot of fun things going on. It was nice to have a real shift in activity one day to the next - and be able to anticipate that shift and prepare for it. All the school supplies were bought, bags packed, named, clothes set out ... so we had the whole day to have fun!

It was a hot one. And naturally the AC in our house died. Thankfully we got the AC in the van fixed last week, so we're running at a solid 50% average in the AC department. The weather is going to turn soon ... I know it! (This totally jinxes me ... we're going to have 80 degree weather through Halloween now ... )


We went to a local fair called the Renaissance Festival. There was giant food:



(Honestly, what's a paleo girl to do? I've always wanted to try one of those giant drumsticks and I had my chance)
Saw jousting and a sword fight:

 

 Some pretty gardens:

 

 And hugged some weird dragon thing:



He wants to be just like his sisters.



All in all, it was nice to have "an event" to look forward to and something big to do the day before school started, but I'm not sure if we'll go to that festival again. The people watching was much crazier than any amusement park I've ever been to. Tons of people were in costume, which was fun. But it also drew the tattooed and pierced crowd. And to top it off I saw a pregnant woman smoking. The SECOND one this summer. So sad. Breaks my heart. Michigan and smoking in general is so antiquated. Anyway, next you get to see the school pictures, so I'll stop this and move on!