Feast of St. George

With my younger brother now residing in Merry England, St. George has been taken in as an 'honorary' favorite saint around here.  And since we baked our very first dragon cake last year you bet the kids didn't let me forget about baking another one.  We didn't get to meet up with the cousins as we did last year.
But, it just so happened that we had scheduled a field trip to attend the school/homoschooled only day at the Renaissance Faire on St. George's feast day.  Disclosure...I've never been to one of these events before but, I was told that the school day would be way tamer than the days open to the regular public.  So we went....and ended up having a 'verily' good time.

The day began with reading St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges on the way to the faire.  I told the kids that the time period isn't the same as when St. George lived but it would be close enough to get some feel for the way people were.  And it was.  There was jousting, fencing, knights in armor and many of "fair lady" and "Sir Priest" to be heard.

After a long day of practicing our knife throwing and pressing flowers we came home to finish our cake. Here are the highlights in pictures:

Children in the kitchen with their momma is the best.

 

Our St. George about to slay the dragon

St. George Pray

for us to seek the same courage you displayed in following God