This morning, I brought Zac to work so I could keep the car and take the kids to Canton on a homeschool field trip at the Madison county jail. It was fairly interesting. Our first station was about different types of plows and tractors over the years. Slightly boring, but not too bad. Jac and Leah lost interest almost immediately. The second stop was a dairy cow with two calves. Elias was over the moon (pun intended) to see the "ows" up close, but grabbed on to me every time they mooed.
Our third stop was to listen to an Andrew Jackson impersonator. He had a pretty neat revolver and showed how to load the gun powder. He was impressed with Jac's knowledge of how to start a fire with flint and steel, thanks to his hours of Minecraft game time. Next, we looked at some Choctaw jewelry and handmade clothing, learned about the history of lacrosse, and browsed some pretty awesome-looking handmade brooms carved from cactus roots.
We stopped by a blacksmith station and he turned a horseshoe into a heart. I think the kids were most impressed by how hot the furnace had to be.
The kiddos were able to participate in manual corn shucking, as well as grinding kernels into flour. Apparently, it takes 30 minutes to grind one cup of corn flour and a few hours to get a pound. We also learned about smocking, quilting, and watched a woman spin wool into yarn (and now I want to buy my own spinning wheel and a few sheep).
Our last booth was about bees and honey and while we were listening to the beekeeper talk about safety, he was stung right on the lip by a yellow jacket. It was crazy. We ended up eating lunch in the car because Leah was terrified of being stung if we sat outside.
I managed to get us home in time to lay Elias down for a quick nap, then we picked Zac up and went to get frozen yogurt.
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