Mommy & I have been reading “Little House on the Prairie” together each night before bed, and we decided to take a family trip to the 1920’s historical farm near our house to check out what farm life was like long ago. Even though a lot of this wasn’t around yet for Laura Ingalls, we had SO much fun working on the farm for the day!
-Abby
We got to see lots of farm animals… cows, pigs, chickens, barn cats, sheep & horses!
Emily even cleaned up the barn… All she needed was her “Relli” dress to complete the day!
We both got to try churning butter like they did years ago…
I tried building a log cabin just like Pa did in our story… I didn’t get very far…
Emily liked sitting at the old sewing table…
Then came my FAVORITE part of our trip… We got to do the laundry!!!! It was A LOT of work back then, but SO much fun! First we had to pump the water from the well…
Then you had to scrub it on the washboard…
Next you had to rinse it in the clean tub…
And finally, we had to hang it out to dry!
Mommy’s so glad she doesn’t have to do the laundry this way, but we loved it! Check out our video:
We also got to pump more water & tend to the garden!
We even got to see an old carriage just like in our book and ride on an old Ford car!
Ben missed all the fun, but had a great time sleeping in his stroller and being outside! He’ll LOVE this place someday!
What an awesome day!
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