Ocali Days

In November or October, I am not sure the month's are all running together, we went on a really neat field trip to Ocali Days. It is a pioneer village set up to represent that time period in Old Florida. We went on a Wednesday as a home school group and it was not crowded at all. The kids dipped candles, talked with civil war soldiers, sat in a one room school house, and ground sugar cane. I love these type of field trips since this is one of my favorite time periods. That is to visit, not to live in. Too much work!!














It was so funny to watch Maddy use the washer. She has done this type of thing so many times on field trips that she was instructing the helper girls as to how they had set up the washer incorrectly. You wouldn't wring out your clothing and then put them back in dirty water...

And one of our close friends, who is in LOVE with this time period and wishes she was born into it had a little trouble doing some of the chores. I think if she went back she would need to be born wealthy and on an plantation... Or she would starve and be running around naked. Love you H!!!

And it all ends with school