Reformation Day Faire

Oh what a fun night we had tonight!  We hosted a reformation day faire in our backyard with about 65 other friends.  We celebrated the anniversary of Martin Luther tacking up his 95 Theses on the church doors of Wittenburg where the practice of Indulgences(buying your sins away) were encouraged.  October 31, 1517.  We had time period food and dress, a real medieval feast.  Our back patio was transformed into a market place where we spent between 1 and 5 pence at the shoppes.  Anything from candles, to a crazy apothecary  to musical instruments, a bake shop with hot cross buns, smelly tissues (and talked about the black plague), etc...  We had town criers come deliver the news of the great fire of London, Martin Luther dramatically reenacted the historical events.  The kids could not stop talking about it all day the next day.  It was so fun, so educational and such a difference from the usual Halloween traditions.  A definite keeper.    

 Princess Ella, the knights and Robin Hood Protected her.

 Robin Hood, who performed a most impressive show using his homeade bow and arrow.

 Knight Owen

 Knight Payton

 The Shoppes

 Martin Luther burning the Pope's rebuttal of his 95 Theses!

 The bad guys who captured Martin Luther and put him in jail.

 Ella buying a dolly for 3 pence at the shoppe.

 The crazy apothecary doing a blood letting.  

 The sister Missionaries (Avanesjan and Miller) with their "Knight in shining armor"

 The creepy looking Monk guy (Jeremy)  heading up the Candle Shoppe

 Writing with quills.

 Learning about the Plague, and singing Ring around the Rosie with the meaning behind it.

 Hot cross buns, fresh out of the 'oven'

 Kids playing an international type war game they made up, I believe there were either French or Englishman represented in this game.