The Ag Museum

Today we went to the Agriculture Museum with our 4-H group. It was nice out today. I think the high was around 74 or so. It was kinda overcast...but great for being outside. We had a blast. The girls got to see: The Cane Mill, The Cotton Gin, The Print Shop, The Blacksmith shop, The Quilting exhibit, the saw mill, they watched someone caning a rocking chair, and got to milk a "fake" cow with utters...fun...fun. Each of the stations had someone there to demonstrate and tell about how each things was used back in the day.

We also went inside the museum. They had a blast in there. They were intrigued by the old timey cars. They loved the model train that was set up in the middle. It was set up like a small scale town with a huge track. The kids followed it all around the track.

The girls got to know some the of the other kids in 4-H. It is so funny to watch children and how quickly they make friends. Strangers in the morning turned to great friends by noon!

The girls wore their pioneer outfits to match the festivities. There were several schools on field trips there today as well. We had several teachers stop all of them to take pictures. They all thought they were adorable.

Mikayla ripped out the hem of her dress before we even got started...but I only let that bother me for about an hour...smile! I wanted to take the dress and sew it right there...but I had to let it go...she could have cared less.

I think the highlight for Hannah was drinking root beer out of a glass bottle...she said, "This is what they drank out of in the old days!" Both the girls insisted on keeping their bottles.

Autumn was a trooper...she LOVES being outside...so I barely heard a peep out of her. She was so kind to keep all poopies to herself until we got home. It was like she knew we were home...b/c we were barely home 10 min...when she decided to go...smile!

By about 12:30...I was exhausted and ready for a nap...we headed home...but I never did get that nap!