My giant children went to "Trek" (aka pioneer trek re-enactment) over spring break. It took a serious thrift store shopping trip to get them ready to go. Slacks, not jeans. Long skirts and button-up shirts. Lucky for us, a generous grandma donated hand-made bonnets for all of the girls. Sofia hates sunbonnets, by the way. She says it's like wearing blinders.
Cozy wanted to dress up too.
Now, they weren't the fortunate pioneers who had Oxen and wagons.
No, they had handcarts (that they had made!) to pull their baggage in.
Organized into families, each with a Ma and a Pa, they pulled their carts for three days.
Camping in fields, in rainy weather.
They even had to ford a river.
For some reason, Sofia decided that she needed to pull the cart all by herself.
She's a determined little girl.
....and at last they arrived...
....and had a bonfire to burn their carts on.
(Anthony had to convince me that the barn behind them was not on fire as well!)
Happy day.
They were so tired when they got home that they didn't even notice that I painted the kitchen....
....of my dollhouse.
