Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Civil War Reenactment


This past weekend was a busy one! We had family and friends visiting from IL and Missouri. We got to take time to do something just with us as a family though.... which doesn't get to happen too often with Popeye's weekend hours. There was a Civil War Reenactment about a 1/2 hour from us so away we went.

To be honest, we actually didn't get to see the reenactment. We got there pretty early and it was chilly so we walked around the 'camp' and listened to the various Generals talk about their lives and war strategies. Emmett got to play on some of the slides and play areas they had set up for kids too.

The funniest part of the day was, as usual, Emmett. There were horses there, of course, for the Calvary and Emmett was all about those horses..... from a distance. He yelled at them, 'baa-ed' at them, and downright talked their ear off. However, as soon as one of the soldiers rode over so Emmett could pet his horse, Emmett was not that brave at all. No touching anything of that size I guess.

He's sticking to the bunny rabbits that were there to pet..... much smaller animals :O)

~Olive