Smithsonian

Today, on our second day of school, we met some friends for a tour of the "traveling Smithsonian" that has been at the Pioneer Settlement this summer. I didn't want to miss it, but I almost waited too long. I think they are moving out on Saturday! :P 

We will be studying this period of history in school this year! :)

Ugh! See all those lovebugs?? They are so annoying! They were so thick outside this building that a swipe of your hand could catch or kill a nice amount!! :P Not that I really want to touch them!

Listening to a "story".

The older kids got a paper, kind of like a scavenger hunt. They had to find facts on each display and answer the questions on the paper. That was kind of neat, but I felt like they spent all their time searching for those certain answers and they missed a lot of other good information.

Reading~

It is so sad how badly black folks were treated!! It was so wrong!!

I thought this quote was interesting!! :)

And there's my buddy, Ian! :)

Danny was impressed with this bass that was caught locally!

Tamara and a new friend! ;)

Danny thought this guy was a little short! :)

The little guys were getting bored, so Yolie took them next door to the park while the older kids and I finished up. Then we all ate our packed lunch at the park and let the kids run off some steam.

When it started getting too warm and the lovebugs were too bothersome, we continued the fun at our house....with a pot of Starbucks coffee!! :)