Pirate Festival

We went to the annual Northern California Pirate Festival and had a fantastic time! It's free entry, but the games, food and booths cost money, of course. More than half of the people walking around were dressed up in Pirate gear, and it made us wish that we had too!



We started with the play pirate ship and the boys had fun climbing and "shooting" the cannon.



We walked around for a bit and the boys decided what things they wanted to do. We had a limited budget, and they were smart and decided not to do the silly bounce houses. Instead, they decided on the fencing lessons, and the cool trampoline.



They loved the fencing lesson! After they were suited up, they got a 15-20 minute session with an instructor and got to learn a few basic moves. They were practicing their skills for the next couple of weeks :)


Here's a video clip of part of their fencing lesson.




After the fencing, they both decided they wanted to do these cool trampolines. The boys were hooked up to a harness that was attached to rubber ropes. The boys would bounce and the ropes were adjusted to help them bounce up very high.



They got to go on different trampolines at the same time, so Aaron used his iPhone to record Adam's adventure, and I used our camera to record Samuel.



The rubber ropes are just like those exercise bands that are so popular, only bigger, of course. The boys had a blast and Aaron managed to get a good video clip of Adam.



Our boys didn't bounce too high and they didn't try to do any of the spinning tricks that we saw older kids do. They said this was the best part of the whole festival.



We watched the land to Pirate ship battle, (pirates won of course) and then went to buy our souvenirs before we left.



The boys got new wooden swords and a shield to commemorate the day and to practice their fencing when they got home. It was a wonderful afternoon, and we're all excited for the next festival!