Heritage Festival

What a beautiful weekend!  We are in the midst of the short time when the weather here is amazing - not too hot and not too just.  The kind of weather that makes me wish I lived someplace where it is like this year round.  We made the most of it by spending lots of time outside.  On Sunday we met up with friends for the Faust Park Heritage Festival.  What a fun event, I'm sure the company helped too.   We were able to catch up with friends while the boys learned about what life was like long ago. 

 Max thought it was pretty crazy that people used to write with feathers.  He was all excited to give it a shot.  I think his numbers turned out pretty darn well!

 Will was amazed at everything his big brother did.   He wanted to be just like the big kids, but it's tough to keep up with them on his little two year old legs.  He thought this rock looked like a nice place to rest for a bit.

There were so many things to see! They helped a woman prepare flax to be made into linen.  They ground apples to be pressed into cider. One of their favorites was Bob.  The kids got to watch him make a clay plate on a pottery wheel.  I think Max was amazed to know that Bob had made all of those beautiful bowls.  They really were gorgeous.  It took quite a bit of will power for momma not to buy one!

The kids were also able to explore several of the old buildings in the village area.  Max thought the old school house was pretty different than his classroom.  He was also very intruiged by the stove, but I think the most impressive building to him was the outhouse.  Silly boy.

We topped off our outing with some time on the playground and dinner at Chipotle.  It really couldn't have gone much better.  I can't wait to find something fun to do next weekend.