Revolutionary War Days

This year, instead of our annual trip to Dollinger's for Civil War Days, we decided to check out the fairly new Revolutionary War Days instead. We did this partly because I prefer the Revolutionary time period and partly because Tom was going to be there. Thomas Jefferson. We stopped by to catch him giving a great talk in the barn (even though you know he hates giving speeches) and even got to take our picture with him.

Then we headed off to the battle. The Revolutionary Battle (in only it's second year) was quite a bit smaller than the Civil War battle (like way smaller) but it was still a very interesting demonstration.

Wyatt is not really sure what it is that we dragged him to watch.

Noah has the most sensitive ears, so he claimed the earmuffs.

I think Charlotte just realized how over-dressed she was for the occasion.

The Redcoats inexplicably lost this battle. They had at least three times the numbers, so that was a real shame.

 Oh, I guess climbing in this pile of wood shavings was a bit more interesting for the younger kids.

Giving a little gun demonstration. They really interacted with the crowd - asking us if we had any questions or comments, which I assume was because the crowd was also quite small.

Another demonstration showing us how they would train the horses to be ready for battle

And of course a cannon demonstration

Noah seemed curious about the battle again this year

On to a little more of the fun stuff. Climbing tractors.

Climbing in the seed bin

Our usual, apple picture from the farm

And playing in the little houses

Charlotte also stumbled upon these cute little bunnies