Living History Farms

The boys and I had a great time at Living History Farms today. I don't think they realized how educational it was or they may not have claimed to like it as much as they did. The newspaper was my favorite. Loved watching how they set the print by hand. It made me appreciate my computer and printer.

The boys played checkers at the Tangen house and the Flynn Mansion, but they said their favorite place was the Blacksmith Shop.

They were put to work sawing wood on the 1850s farm.

Lewis liked the cat at the 1900 farmhouse.

How fun and a bit strange to see sewing machines just like the ones we used in Haiti.

Grinding some cinnamon

Fainting on the fainting couch.

Me and my crew in front of the 1850s farm. The boys and I have been reading Laura Ingalls Wilder's Farmer Boy, and I think Living History Farms made some parts of the book come to life for them. I'd say it was money well spent.

The Best (I mean Last) Day of School

I don't do first day of school pictures, but they are usually all smiles at the end of the last day!

Soccer Boy

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The Ninja Sleeps

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Attack those candles!

Our cute little birthday party guest.

Oldest grandson hanging with the youngest.

Hoops

Good-bye winter-season. Hello shooting-hoops-in-the-driveway season.

A Not Quite So Belated as Carter's Birthday Post

Owen was so excited to go to Sky Zone for his birthday, but this mom did not make reservations and we had two things working against us. It was spring break and the weather outside was cold and yucky. So when we got there, they were at capacity and we had to come up with Plan B fast. Plan B was Incredible Pizza Company. The boys had fun, but Owen was pretty disappointed. But guess what? He survived. And I took him to Sky Zone a few weeks later.

Owen is pretty comfortable doing acrobatic stuff. Flips on trampolines. Flips off the diving board. Flips onto the couch cushions. If he has a soft place to land, he's not afraid to flip. On our "make-up" trip to Sky Zone, we had the place to ourselves (except for two little girls) almost the whole time. It was a ball!