Caleb finally gets to ride a bus! It's a field trip!

Thursday was the kindergarten to Living History Farms which is billed as an "outdoor museum".  It sprinkled a bit but overall was a nice, overcast day.  Caleb was psyched about the bus ride but on the way home he did fall asleep for a bit.  The ride is about 30 minutes each way.  After getting organized, the first stop for our class was a broom factory.  The brooms are made of broomcorn and we heard how the brooms used to be made and how much they cost.

The lady below is showing how a machine flattened the brooms.

The second stop was at a one room schoolhouse.  Everything in the schoolhouse came from one room schoolhouses around Iowa.  Below the boys and girls are getting in separate lines.  The boys always allow the girls to go in and out of the classroom first.

Here is a picture of the entire class outside of the schoolhouse.

This was one of the homes on the property.  She talked about the 5 F's of decorating back in the day.  

• Fruit
• Feathers
• Fringe
• Fur
• Flowers

This was a Native American home.  Note Caleb looking intently inside.

Mrs. Riordan pretending she is a cow :)  Right before this all the kids had the opportunity to pet a horse named Bill.  I am happy to report that Caleb did pet Bill. 

Here the kids are gathered looking at farm animals.

Caleb is wearing one glove.  Why you may ask, nobody knows and sometimes it is just better to go with the flow.

Here we are in an implement store and the lovely Miss Isadora is demonstrating how to use a two row planter.

Our last stop was the blacksmith shop.  They made an S hook and were really good with the kids.  A few kids got to go back and work the bellows to fan the flame. 

All in all a pretty cool place.  I can see us coming back and going through the farms and buildings again.  For more information visit http://www.lhf.org/