Mt. Vernon

Yesterday, the kids and I hit Mt. Vernon's annual homeschool day.  We enjoyed good weather, lower admission, and lots of costumed historical interpreters who demonstrated life in the 18th century.

With the temperate weather, the kids and I spent most of our time outside at the farm.  There the kids participated in the colonial games, brushed wool, and picked cotton.

My 7-year-old was so excited to see the 2-story, 16 sided barn since she read about George Washington the farmer.  He invented this barn to thresh wheat inside during bad weather.  Watching people walk around the inside loop and seeing the grain fall through the cracks in the floor boards fascinated us all.

Despite all of the history to be seen and learned, my littles had more fun playing in the bushes than learning how bee wax candles are made.  Like a child who bypasses the toy in order to play with the box in which it came, these kids made a fort in the overgrown boxwood bush and declared it the most fun they had all day.

Inside the 16-sided barn