The kids and I have been reading the Laura Ingalls Wilder series this summer, so for a weekend vacation we packed everyone up and headed to Walnut Grove, MN for The Laura Ingalls Wilder pageant. We camped, went to the pageant, and spent a day touring the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum and then driving around the town and just outside of the town to see the historical sites. It was a lot of fun, but by the end of the second day, Ato T had had enough. After about 30 seizures or so, we packed up early and headed home. It was a lot of fun while it lasted!
Skipping rocks with dad by the lake.
This is the closest I could come to a picture of all three of them in or near the covered wagon at the museum.
In front of the mantle that was used on the "Little House on the Prairie" show.
Miss O's favorite museum piece was a replica of Laura's doll, Charlotte.
Ready for school in the one-room schoolhouse replica.
In the "naughty seat" in the one-room schoolhouse replica.
Inside the sod house replica - it was much smaller than I had ever pictured in my head.
I had to bribe Miss I to sit on this fake horse for me to take a picture.
It was a hot day, and took a bit of convincing to get the girls to pose for this picture. Ato T was off with daddy, being held and walked around, because he was having a pretty tough day.
At the site of the dugout the Ingalls family lived in when they first moved to Walnut Grove.
We stayed at a great campground - Schreir's on Lake Shetek.
This is the closest I could come to a picture of all three of them in or near the covered wagon at the museum.
In front of the mantle that was used on the "Little House on the Prairie" show.
Miss O's favorite museum piece was a replica of Laura's doll, Charlotte.
Ready for school in the one-room schoolhouse replica.
In the "naughty seat" in the one-room schoolhouse replica.
Inside the sod house replica - it was much smaller than I had ever pictured in my head.
I had to bribe Miss I to sit on this fake horse for me to take a picture.
It was a hot day, and took a bit of convincing to get the girls to pose for this picture. Ato T was off with daddy, being held and walked around, because he was having a pretty tough day.
At the site of the dugout the Ingalls family lived in when they first moved to Walnut Grove.
We stayed at a great campground - Schreir's on Lake Shetek. We really loved this campground!
Our little ice snitcher!
Just before we decided to pack up and head home.
5 minutes into the drive home - the girls slept the whole way (3 1/2 hours), and Ato T looked like this pretty much the whole way home.
The entire way home, we watched some pretty scary clouds, praying we didn't have to drive through any of the many storms surrounding us. We made it the entire way home without even a drop of rain. This beautiful rainbow was visible for us for at least 30 minutes, and at one point we could see the beginning and end of it.
When we arrived home, we found we had missed a number of tornadoes that had been near where we were driving, and we got home just after a strong storm had rolled though our neighborhood. No damage was done to our home. Praise God for his protection!
Our little ice snitcher!
Just before we decided to pack up and head home.
5 minutes into the drive home - the girls slept the whole way (3 1/2 hours), and Ato T looked like this pretty much the whole way home.
The entire way home, we watched some pretty scary clouds, praying we didn't have to drive through any of the many storms surrounding us. We made it the entire way home without even a drop of rain. This beautiful rainbow was visible for us for at least 30 minutes, and at one point we could see the beginning and end of it.
When we arrived home, we found we had missed a number of tornadoes that had been near where we were driving, and we got home just after a strong storm had rolled though our neighborhood. No damage was done to our home. Praise God for his protection!
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