A couple of Saturdays ago, the girls and I met up with some friends at a little local farm and learned about what life was like in the 1800s. The farm itself is an authentic working farm, and the homestead consists of 18 buildings like the farmhouse (with original furnishings), a kitchen outbuilding, general store, post office, etc. The people who work there perform daily chores like raising crops and tending the livestock. It was really neat to visit and see how things were.
They most likely didn't have pink sequinned hats back then, but I decided to be a good mom and let Abbie wear it out in public.... first time (and last) time for everything, right?
This man was telling us about how they would wrangle up wild cows in this area, which were then shipped to Cuba. Interesting.. he was also showing us how they branded cows.
Another cow wrangler:
This guy was teaching us how they made whiskey. Learning life skills, here!
The chickens were so pretty:
We also spent some time listening to fun music from this little back porch band:
The kids danced and learned some new songs, including "Here we go 'round the Mulberry bush".
It was a fun afternoon, but really hot, of course! I love living in a place where we can drive such a short distance (15 minutes or so) and be at a farm with such neat history. We will have to go back sometime when Garrett can join us!
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