Final Joust

The big event was today, as Madison got in her shopping cart one more time to defend her crown. This time, Mommy had a hand in helping her dress, as you'll see in the video we plan on posting soon. Madison was a real trooper - she and her older partner Ashley came out onto the big field, and we each has these shopping carts ("borrowed" from Bed, Bath and Beyond). Madison and Ashley's team was called "The Princess-inators," partly inspired by any invention from Dr. Doofenshmirtz. The shopping cart was decorated with pink and red feather boas, which makes sense if you want to go to war in a fashionable frame of mind. Meanwhile, the other team, "The Fire Breathing Rhinos," was clad in Roman soldier wear, along with sensible shin pads and so forth. And so, we found ourselves at this big field, behind the Bed, Bath and Beyond. There we did our filming in the warm sun - it was certainly feeling like spring today. But that might be because everyone was dressed up in armor. And pink feather boas.

Madison enjoyed it very much, but it did tire her out somewhat. Tomorrow, she'll see her newest moment of jousting combat, the conclusion of our Jousting Wars. Of course, she wins. Who can beat a cute five-year-old girl? It's one of those laws of the universe.

Today was a lot of work surrounding this smaller adventure, which by comparison was rather dull. Tomorrow we'll have a bit of free time together, and of course tomorrow is the day of the big joust!

See you then, brave knights! If we sold tickets to this event, it'd be better than any Renaissance Festival or Medieval Times event. Yay, I spelled those two words right without having to use spell check - that's just one benefit of doing a series dedicated to this sort of theme!

Jocelyn: Better a silly girl with a flower than a silly boy with a horse and a stick.
Wat: It's called a lance. Hello?

From "A Knight's Tale"