An Knight and A Princess

Last night we went to Medieval Times. We only took the two oldest. Both were too shy to greet the king or any of the knights, but both were also really into the show. Our son had saved some money to get a camera, so he was taking pictures throughout dinner and the horse show. But when the tournament began his eyes were glued to the arena. He didn't even eat or take pictures. I'm certain he was memorizing every fighting move and every weapon name so that he could use them on me next time we wrestled. Our daughter, who always wins our hearts over with her beautiful smile, also won our knight over. He kissed a flower and threw it to her. She offered her charming shy smile as she sat there in her booster seat wearing a crown and looking like a princess. I couldn't keep my eyes off of the kids. Although the show was great, I love watching my kids experience things like this for the first time. The only sad part, besides our daughter accidentally knocking her chalice of soda onto my wife's lap, was that my four-year old son only wanted to sit by his cousin, but not me. I guess this was bound to start happening at some point. I remember how much I wanted to be with friends rather than family at times growing up. I guess I don't want my kids to grow up. Either way, it was a memorable night and wonderful to see the innocent fascination in my kids' eyes throughout the show.