CW Round Up

Below is a slide show of a series of pictures from our 2 days in Colonial Williamsburg. Over the 2 days, Kellen and Addie got to see the Governor's Palace, the Palace Maze, the Palace pond, the Palace kitchen, chickens that were colored like Zebras, the Powder Magazine, the George Wythe House, the blacksmith, the silversmith, the gunsmith, the bakery, horses and carriages, cannons, the stocks and pillary, the windmill, and lots of animals. There were fences and trees and carriage steps to climb, mazes to explore and hedges to crawl through, spiral staircases, new ways too learn letters, cookies to eat, wildflowers to pick, hats to try on, and stages to dance on. Addie asked questions and learned that cookies at the Governor's Palace were called common biscuits and the 8-stringed instrument we enjoyed hearing while eating cookies and cider was called a mandolin. She even climbed up next to the mandolin player and sang Twinkle Twinkle for everyone who was listening. In the George Wythe house there was a basket of blocks that showed how to make letters using your body - Kellen and Addie went through each block trying to imitate the colonial figure to make each letter. Addie mastered "A" and Kellen mastered "K." We still need to go back to ride the carriage and there are lots more houses to visit. It's fun that the 2 big kids are getting to an age where stuff like this is fun for them!