Monday, September 20, 2010--Day one at Colonial Williamsburg began at the Plantation. This exhibit was opened in 2006, so I have not experienced it before. We met up with the farmer and stood close by as he commanded these great beasts of burden. Powerful oxen were controlled by a simple whip and voice commands. Amazing!
How can something so powerful be tamed? I am still in awe!
Tobacco...my boys didn't want to linger long in this building! They know that tobacco consumption has harmed many people that they love and they don't want to be anywhere near this stuff...oh, I hope that will always be the case!
B twins checking out a wagon...
Dad gives a lesson in colonial construction...
She is making corncob dolls.
B tries out the bed...comfy? Not so much!
C tries his hand at the churn.
Swine fest! Looks like what we need for our annual Christmas morning breakfast.
B scrapes out a log...
The boys check out the food storage shed.
We took a tour to start our day...
The boys wanted to see the blacksmith at work. We stopped in pretty early in the day to check this out. They are currently producing 30,000 nails for a building that is being renovated. Wow! They are expected to work and entertain visitors, that's a high pressure job!
Blacksmith, hard at work.
Yes, mom really did go on this trip! This was one of the only photos to prove it, though!
Silversmith, filing away.
We were able to touch the different hair samples...human hair, horse hair and goat hair. The horse hair was the most coarse. The goat hair was incredibly soft!
Wigs on display in the shop window.
Need a wig? This is the place to go!
Dress makers.
J makes a button hole in a piece of wool.
The apothecary was always my favorite place to visit when I was a child...I remember hearing all kinds of morbid details of how they practiced medicine in the 18th century...strange, because I am (and have always been) queasy by nature...but for some reason, I found this information fascinating!
All kinds of things...good for what ails ya!
"Crack the Code" program was offered in the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. Each family was give a bundle of dictionaries and code breakers, along with a booklet to "crack." They were given letters from George Washington, Benedict Arnold and others...they put their heads together...
...and cracked the codes from events of the American Revolution. Way to go, B boys! General Washington would have been proud to have you in his army.
Inside the museum...
Inside the museum, B was very happy to be surrounded by so many weapons!
Our second day in Colonial Williamsburg began with a tour of the Capitol building. The actor was so talented! She stayed in character the entire time we were with her, had a polished and believable British accent, used humor and audience participation to keep things interesting.
Inside the Capitol building...
Upstairs in the Capitol building...
The jailer, inside the jail where he would have lived...with his wife and kids. *shiver*
The only "piece of furniture" in the jail cell...a toilet!
The window where the jailer passed food to prisoners.
Court house.
Magazine, a favorite stop of the B boys!
Items stored inside the magazine.
Magazine. (I learned that the definition of "magazine" is a storage space of like articles. This made a lot of sense once we found that out! This is where all the weapons, ammunition and supplies for war were stored.)
Court house.
Cobbler's shop.
Pick your size! We thought these shoe molds were so cool!
Gunsmith.
Gunsmith.
Horse drawn carriages on main street.
Governor's Palace and gateway to garden maze. (This was the boys' favorite spot of all!)
Monday, September 20, 2010--Day one at Colonial Williamsburg began at the Plantation. This exhibit was opened in 2006, so I have not experienced it before. We met up with the farmer and stood close by as he commanded these great beasts of burden. Powerful oxen were controlled by a simple whip and voice commands. Amazing! 
How can something so powerful be tamed? I am still in awe!
B twins checking out a wagon...
Dad gives a lesson in colonial construction...
She is making corncob dolls.
B tries out the bed...comfy? Not so much!
C tries his hand at the churn.
Swine fest! Looks like what we need for our annual Christmas morning breakfast.
B scrapes out a log...
The boys check out the food storage shed.
We took a tour to start our day...
Blacksmith, hard at work.
Yes, mom really did go on this trip! This was one of the only photos to prove it, though!
Silversmith, filing away.
We were able to touch the different hair samples...human hair, horse hair and goat hair. The horse hair was the most coarse. The goat hair was incredibly soft!
Wigs on display in the shop window.
Need a wig? This is the place to go!
Dress makers.
J makes a button hole in a piece of wool.
The apothecary was always my favorite place to visit when I was a child...I remember hearing all kinds of morbid details of how they practiced medicine in the 18th century...strange, because I am (and have always been) queasy by nature...but for some reason, I found this information fascinating!
All kinds of things...good for what ails ya!
"Crack the Code" program was offered in the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. Each family was give a bundle of dictionaries and code breakers, along with a booklet to "crack." They were given letters from George Washington, Benedict Arnold and others...they put their heads together...
...and cracked the codes from events of the American Revolution. Way to go, B boys! General Washington would have been proud to have you in his army.
Inside the museum...
Inside the museum, B was very happy to be surrounded by so many weapons!
Inside the Capitol building...
Upstairs in the Capitol building...
The jailer, inside the jail where he would have lived...with his wife and kids. *shiver*
The only "piece of furniture" in the jail cell...a toilet!
The window where the jailer passed food to prisoners.
Court house.
Magazine, a favorite stop of the B boys!
Items stored inside the magazine.
Magazine. (I learned that the definition of "magazine" is a storage space of like articles. This made a lot of sense once we found that out! This is where all the weapons, ammunition and supplies for war were stored.)
Court house.
Cobbler's shop.
Pick your size! We thought these shoe molds were so cool!
Gunsmith.
Gunsmith.
Horse drawn carriages on main street.
Governor's Palace and gateway to garden maze. (This was the boys' favorite spot of all!)
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