Framlingham Castle came alive with dancing and medieval combat last weekend and we were front and center for all the action. The sun even showed up which made it pretty close to perfect. 

The reenactment, provided by the Plantagenet Society, was incredible. (I should probably not admit how old I was before I could pronounce that correctly.  Suffice it to say it was before this weekend.  But maybe not allll that much before ; ))  They use authentic weapons – ie no matter how many times you rehearse, it's gonna hurt some. We were all wincing every time we heard a blow strike.  We left convinced this would have not have been as romantic and sweet as it may have seemed to us before.  I am pretty sure it was brutal watch it live back in the day. 

I am always super happy when our kids work up enough courage to jump into the fray.  I was so not that child, myself. 

And a side note, if there are any Jack Black fans out there who watched his version of Gulliver I am telling you, this guy was SO the spitting image of Chris O'Dowd's villain. And if you haven't seen it?  C'mon.  For real??