The trip last Friday was wonderful. We visited the Lincoln farm and the kids got to see sheep, goats, a cow and chickens. They were not impressed with the house nor were they impressed with the long mile trek through the woods. I suppose it will be years before they appreciate the woods - if ever. They were making pot cheese, but few of the kids took the time to look into the bowls which were ripe with natural yeast. There were two fires going, but the kids managed to stay out of them.
They were, however, impressed with the outhouses and thought they were a really neat place to play.
After visiting the farm and enjoying climbing the split rail fences to watch the train in the distance, we settled down to a really big lunch. Then it was off for the twelve stone hike. Some of our readers were really thrilled with all the rocks collected at various sites across the country like the rock where Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address.
This week we will be enjoying the Freedom Festival. We will try to go to the museum, then off to the opening ceremonies where the Golden Knights will parachute down to the pagoda, then down to Kid's Kingdom for a different kind of lunch - Angelo's pizza. Then we're going out to the air port to see the planes close up.
The weather says not so hot on Friday, so it should be fun.
Lots of the kids earned their own water bottles this week for their magnificent behavior at the park on Friday. It's a present from admiring teachers. We were very proud of them. We thought for the absolutely wonderful behavior we would buy each brilliantly behaved child a water bottle to enjoy on the bus for the long return trips because they get so thirsty on the bus. It's not a really big deal, but children who sit without hitting, without moving from one seat to another, without screaming at the top of their lungs, without thumping to the floor and crawling around on the floor, without opening the safety door guards, without kneeling backwards on the seat and pulling someone's hair deserves to be treated with a reward, and that's the reward. Names are posted.
Two children actually thanked me for the trip. Briana and Aidan. They were the first to receive water bottles.
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