Pioneer Farm

I surprised Mac during birthday week with a field trip to the Pioneer Farm. It was a great learning experience. She was definitely on the young side at six for the understanding of each particular area, but could do all the activities. We started with a tour of the schoolroom and a woman spoke about the history of the pioneers that made it out this far west, a horse carriage ride and then made candles with the group.
  

Then it was onto the cabin of the pioneers where she could grind coffee, roll out dough, shave, curl hair, try on pioneer clothes and wash them, chop carrots and cabbage and a bunch of other simple tasks that were for children back in the days. It's amazing they had time to play! 

Toward the end we had a chance to do some blacksmithing- pounding horseshoes that were steaming hot, carpentry- pounding in nails, sawing off parts of a log and using pulleys and every kids favorite part... the petting farm and hay jump. Of course, Ellie trooped along with us.