School on Saturday? Could be a bummer, but none of our kids were complaining. A big thank you to the Humeston Fire Department for an educational and highly entertaining morning spent learning about fire safety. We crawled through a room filled with smoke, participated in activities, watched demonstrations, and climbed all over the fire trucks.
After the fire station, we headed across the street to the park, where we played for an hour or so before heading home for lunch. After some brief naps, it was time to head to the second school outing of the day- the Pioneer Festival at the museum in Corydon.
The kids painted pumpkins.
Matthew and Cora won the first two rounds of the cake walk, at which pointed we walked away, so that someone else could have a chance.
All three of the older kids got a chance to try their hand at weaving a rug. Cora could barely reach to push the shuttle through, but she got several rows done before she gave up. The kids also took turns at the spinning wheel.
Civil War re-enactors were on hand to shoot off the cannon every hour. Before each shot, they gave a brief history lesson.
We learned a great deal about how cannons were cleaned between each firing. We also got to ride in a horse-drawn wagon, and viewed many exhibits in between activities.
By the end of the day, more than a few of us were beat.
