Yesterday we awoke to rain showers, but we still made our way back to Colonial Williamsburg. We wanted to hear Patrick Henry speak. We heard he was an incredible individual who had studied his life for over 15 years. We walked the 15 minute walk (the first of many miles we walked yesterday). He is AMAZING. People asked questions about government today, and of course he stayed in the time period. Things he said were so funny. Someone asked about an income tax, he said, "Why would one ever tax someone's income?" What would be the incentive to work???? Right after he spoke the rains came down. So we made our way to the garden and stood cover and met a wonderful lady who filled us in on things to not miss even though we have been here several times. We ended up taking the bus(Gabriel's favorite thing-he sits perfectly still) and landed in a peanut shop. Okay, sorry to be boring but for the Bells this was heaven. They had wasabi nuts for Eric, cookies dough peanut butter for Haley, Peanut brittle to die for etc. etc. all in samples. We seriously spent an hour there. And the rains stopped. We walked, and walked to hear "Get Reved" . A live production they do in the afternoons. You just have to see it to appreciate it. My feet were so sore yesterday though we walked at least 4 miles and this lady is looking rather prego.....We came home and Eric took the big kids to Busch Gardens to see the scary stuff. Just when I was about to relax they let us know we had to switch condos for our last four days. So I tried to organize us to move. The good part is that we now will have a 3 bedroom, but moving our stuff, all of our food was a chore. We did that this morning and then went to a place that NO ONE should miss if they come out East.
We went to PAMPLIN PARK. It was incredible. I have always loved teaching about the Civil War. There are so many fascinating and heart breaking real life stories. In college my unit study was on this. Any way, you enter and choose a soldier. You get headphones and then follow through the indoor museum and hear about life through your soldiers eyes. They had kids posts as well. You can't believe how much the kids loved it and were well behaved because they were engadged. Now if only they would be that way at home........hmmm? It was amazing. I could have stayed all day. Hey Miss Robyn you will be glad to know they talked about some things you taught them when they had their unit study on the CWar. Then we walked outside to a plantation house General Lee used as headquarters at the end of the war. The little kids loved the sheep and they can tell you what a plantation is now. Eric, Josh and Ben went to another building to watch an hour movie about the war. They said it was pretty graphic for kids. So we went on the small hike to see where this battle was fought. Incredible to be standing there. Sad to be standing there. The final leg the kids got to dress up in Civil War clothes and play checkers, learn how to beat the drum and what it meant, and actually see a camp and play in the shelters the men slept in. Haley was so excited to try on a hoop skirt-And NO ONE was there. I think we saw a total of 10 other people the whole day. Kinduv sad actually but wonderful for our crowd. This was one of my most favorite days. It is a place I would love to return to. I took lots of pictures of the trees and grounds. One must not see this beauty and doubt we have a Creator.
I just fixed tacos and Eric took the big kids back to scary land :). We leave Wednesday. The minutes are going by quickly. The Lord has been so good to us. No one has been sick. The kids are talking a lot about their family and friends so we know they are missing home.
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