Field Trip Back in Time

I was lucky to spend the day with Jacob on his field trip to the American West Heritage Center in Logan. It's a farm that is celebrating it's 100th birthday this year. The kids got to go around to different presenters and learn about how a farm was run 100 years ago.

We went inside a chicken coop with actual chickens living in it and the smell to prove it. Next we learned about and went inside a root cellar, and a smokehouse. Last we stopped by the woodshed. As we went to each stop, the kids thought it was pretty crazy that many of the jobs they saw would have been theirs if they lived on a farm back then.

Next we went to the barn where they got to milk a cow. Jake's reaction when he reached for the teat and the cow started to pee was priceless. I've never seen him move so fast. 

After that we got to shuck and grind corn, use an apple press to make cider, watch the blacksmith, go inside the old farmhouse kitchen, thresh wheat, and wash laundry with an old washboard.

Watching the kids disbelief as they learned about all the hard work it took to live day to day was entertaining. 

Before going home we went to the bowery to eat our lunch. I ended up giving mine to two kids to share since they somehow ended up without anything. Had to stop at Maddox after, darn!