Saturday, October 17, 2009

Dallas Heritage Village

On Friday, Josh and I took the kids on a field trip to Dallas Heritage Village. This place was very interesting. The kids learned so much. And, for a bonus, we had the whole village almost entirely to ourselves! The kids got to participate in all sorts of daily jobs that would have been done on a farm in the pioneer days. It was some exciting and dirty work.







Watching the sheep...


Mary Alice was given a fresh eggplant from the garden. She was pretty excited!


Captivated by a story about farm animals...


Chasing Chickens...






Hoeing, weeding, and getting things ready for planting...







Carding wool...


Beating out rugs...(ACHOO!)


They also brushed and sprayed donkeys, but Milla was busy with a diaper change during that time, so we didn't get a chance to take pictures. :)

Have a great weekend!

4 comments:

Paula Smith said...
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Paula Smith said...

What a perfect day!

mcjacobsjournal said...

So weird! We just 'discovered' this place on Saturday, and didn't even realize it existed! Even though we didn't stay to do it, (we were already on our way to Farmer's Market), we made plans to visit AS SOON AS IT'S SUNNY again!! :) It looks great and even better than I expected! Definitely right up my girls' alley. So, thanks for a good preview before we go check it out!

Hope y'all are doing well!

Hannah said...

Just take Maje to the backyard when you're having a weed problem and tell him you're visiting "Home Village" and are playing the weed pulling game. :)