Colonial Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg had free admission for military families on Memorial Day weekend, so headed down there on Friday. Because we studied American history this year, it was on the "list" of must-do field trips we hadn't ever gotten to. The weather has been so cold and wet we haven't gone much of anywhere this spring, but Friday was lovely and in the 70's.
The girls got straw hats, and we started our tour at the Colonial Palace, home of the Royal Governor of Virginia. The gardens were beautiful! Gryphon was so much fun to watch all day- on every tour she went right to the front and asked questions and commented to the tour guide. She is your typical home school kid, alright!I just love her confidence and curiosity.
Here is Gryphon playing a colonial game with some interpreters on the steps of a building.
Here is Gryphon talking to a wigmaker about what they make wigs out of (yak, goat, dog and human hair, by the way).
Rowan enjoyed her slate and slate pencil, and the jail. Mark liked listening to the reading of the Declaration the best, while liked the slave cabin and interpreter most. It was little too "theme park" for me, not really any hands on of anything, but still an educational experience.

Sorry I've been so neglectful of the blog lately, with everything going on its tough to keep up with!