(This entry is dedicated to my good friend and honorary Roots and Wings member, Jen Glover…)
Kelsey Creek Park in Bellevue is a delightful place for children. Wide open spaces to run around, a barnyard petting zoo with a variety of animals, a playground, and an old pioneer log cabin makes for a fun and engaging environment to explore.
Our homeschool group went on a field trip to learn about what life was like during the early years of the pioneer log cabin.
We were blessed with the most perfect day weather-wise. (That’s my claim and I’m sticking to it…) Farmer Jayne began by sharing with us the differences in lifestyle amenities between pioneer and modern times.
Farmer Jayne read a condensed version of "Little House in the Big Woods". She then went around the cabin explaining all the activities the kids could participate in.
Grinding wheat…
Writing on chalkboards…
Working with dough…
The wheat, coffee, and butter station…
Playing with building blocks…
(Gulp) Hammering nails, and pumping water…
Doing laundry…
Making paper quilts…
Being cute…
Visiting the barnyard…
Those kinds of trips are so much fun for all. That baby with her hair sticking up – "being cute" is the absolute cutest.
Wow – does that place look totally cool. I love places like that, but I've never seen one that has so many activities for the little ones – planting seeds, washing clothes using a scrubboard, tools to build, etc..
That looks like a fabulous day, as well as nice company of other young moms like yourself.
Antoinette
Looks like fun!!!!