Old World Wisconsin

Old World Wisconsin has been on the snowman list for two years now. Last year, they were hit by a tornado early in the season so we needed to wait until this year. I had never been there and wasn't really sure what to expect or how entertained the kids would be. I figured we'd arrive around 10 and stay until just past lunch. At 4 p.m. we headed home with things left unexplored. It was a great day - beautiful weather, great behavior, fun learning experiences and great friends, the Thombs, to explore with. The tram driver let the kids pick where they wanted to go first. Molly and Brooke both declared we should head to the old schoolhouse. Go figure that they'd pick that on the first few days of summer vacation. They sat in the desks and then had a spelling bee.

Lincoln didn't have much preference as to which building we visited - he LOVED peeking through all the fences and exclaiming HOT! at every woodburning stove.

At the old church they took turns playing on the pipe organ. Some other favorites of the day were doing laundry on an old washboard and playing games that children would have made for themselves. It was a great experience to walk back in time and learn how our ancestors' life would have looked.