Living History Farms

Saturday we were excited to spend some time with our family at Living History Farms. Living History Farms constructs authentic simulations of typical historical farm sites and a small town from time periods that illustrate major changes in agricultural technology, procedures, and rural life. My brother-in-law, Nate, has been working there as a volunteer this summer & had some free tickets that he shared with us.

Living History Farms is a very fun place to visit & the boys just loved the freedom to run & explore. I could spend hours there just learning. The only drawback to the day was the heat & humidity, which was brutal!

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This first picture is Aunt Pam teaching the boys to stomp on the boardwalk. They both just loved the sound & feel of running/walking on the boardwalk.

Uncle Nate works at the print shop. Joseph was able to "help" cut paper. Which, of course, he wanted to do over & over once he learned how.

We loved the beautiful church where there was an air conditioner.

Aunt Pam had a friend, Suzanna, visiting. Suzanna was in Togo, Africa when my family lived there so we played together as toddlers. It was fun to spend some time with her.

Another beautiful building was a late 1800's/early 1900's farmhouse. They had a kids room with toys that the boys were allowed to play with. Benjamin loved the ball & stick toy!

Probably the FAVORITE thing for the boys was "sweeping" with a child size broom at several of the buildings.

It was a fun trip & we definitely want to go back to see the farm portion on a cooler day!