Territorial Fair

The boys and I in the log cabin....
Thomas is doing his usual group pose position.
We are going to laugh about that someday.

We thought it would be neat to go to the Territorial Fair at HAM. HAM is a museum dedicated to the Frontier Day's. The Fair included crafts, reenactors, and many activities for the kids including square dancing and sidewalk chalk. It was all free, and we were able to go at the kids pace. I was also able to see some friends that I have not seen in a while.

One of the activities was whitewashing a fence with Tom Sawyer.
Phillip enjoyed it (Thomas was scared).
The boy who played Tom did a wonderful job.
You can tell he had done his homework.

The kids enjoyed playing with toys popular in the past.

Thomas walking on stilts

The boys enjoyed exploring all the old houses. There favorite by far was the recreation of a frontier's day bathroom.

There were a lot of craft opportunities. They were crowded and the kids did not seem interested so we were able to skip that part. What I enjoyed was the guys randomly playing his fiddle. The sound of a fiddle through the air on a beautiful Saturday morning made you feel like you were actually there. Jay enjoyed looking briefly at the Bowie knife display. However, it was right next to the furniture exhibit which was just begging a two year old to jump and climb on.

Phillip had the opportunity to make rope. The guy who was doing that had to be so patient. He rotated the kids through three different parts of making rope. When they got to the last one they got the rope.

Phillip and Thomas each got a recorder and played them all the way home. We ended the adventure with Speed Racer happy meals, and mini ice cream sandwiches.