Last Wednesday, the girls and I loaded up the grocery getter and drove up to NWO to do some long overdue visiting. On Wednesday, we spent the afternoon with Grandma Wagner. I took pictures but they are on the iphone and I haven't figure out how to get them off of there yet. On Thursday, we had the greatest, funnest day in the history of NWO. First, we went swimming at Bernie and Ruth Ann's pool. I went in my jammies and ended up in a corn field before breakfast. Smelled great and the corn was tall and pollenated. We got dressed and packed a picnic lunch then went to Grand Rapids, Ohio to ride on a restored section of the Erie Canal on a canal boat that was pulled by mules.
This is a picture of the canal boat. The ride was about 40 minutes and took us through the only working historical lock in the great state of Ohio. Since we took the second ride (and we know the mule skinner), Evie and Annalise had the opportunity to help open the lock!
While we were waiting for the SEiberts to arrive and our turn on the boat, we visited the Ludwig Mill. It is a historical and operating grist and lumber mill. This is a big grindstone.
The girls then ground corn just like in the olden days. I am prepping them for their career at Connor Prairie.
They also had to sift the ground corn to get all the hard shells out.
On our way back to the picnic area, we met up with our friend the mule driver, Jake. He allowed Evie to drive the mules and control the boat.
She did a great job and she said you have to walk pretty fast to keep up with the mules. Jake does this four days a week as long as the state park is open. He figures that last year, he walked 660 miles. That's a lot of trips up and down the canal.
We had a quick picnic before our ride. This is Natalie's injury due to meeting a metal shopping cart toy with her face. Three stitches. She doesn't like to talk about it, but we thought Aunt Becky would like to see it.
Finally it was our turn to get on the boat! By then the temperature was approaching a million degrees and we wer on the boat with a bus load of senior citizens. Those grandpas and grandmas just love the little sweaty kids.
This one was unstoppable. I don't think she stopped moving unless she was strapped down in a car seat.
All the seniors got off at the mill so we had a private ride!
There's Jake and Sally and Molly.
Me and Oliver. Man, do I need to get my hair colored.
At the end of the ride, we went back to talk to Jake some more. He let us pet Sally and Molly.
Could it get more posed than this?
The kids all took a rest eating an old timey stick of candy on the banks of the Maumee river.
Tessa was hot so she decided to pump herself some water.
Then we went for ice cream to celebrate the fact that Annalise kept her pull up dry all night! Yea!!!!! Since then, she is 50% keeping dry. I hope this keeps up because I can't wait to get out of pullups! And we promised her a breakfast at a resturant if she could keep it up!
Oliver wanted to enjoy every last drip of his ice cream.
Delicious!
Grandpa bought a bowl of ice cream and "shared" it with Tessa. Later that night, we got a call from Archbold that said some little girl was up way past her bed time on some sort of sugar high....hmmm....
Then Grandpa and I loaded up to see our most favorite polka princess, Mollie B and her band, Squeezebox. I had a great time polkaing with Dad's old high school classmate and catching up with other people we know. And then I got to meet Mollie B in person! The picture is on the iphone and when I get it figured out, I will upload it. Complete with me and my shirt with manure on it.
If you aren't familiar with Mollie B, listen to her sweet voice and tell me you don't think she sounds like an Angel.
This is a picture of the canal boat. The ride was about 40 minutes and took us through the only working historical lock in the great state of Ohio. Since we took the second ride (and we know the mule skinner), Evie and Annalise had the opportunity to help open the lock!
While we were waiting for the SEiberts to arrive and our turn on the boat, we visited the Ludwig Mill. It is a historical and operating grist and lumber mill. This is a big grindstone.
The girls then ground corn just like in the olden days. I am prepping them for their career at Connor Prairie.
They also had to sift the ground corn to get all the hard shells out.
On our way back to the picnic area, we met up with our friend the mule driver, Jake. He allowed Evie to drive the mules and control the boat.
She did a great job and she said you have to walk pretty fast to keep up with the mules. Jake does this four days a week as long as the state park is open. He figures that last year, he walked 660 miles. That's a lot of trips up and down the canal.
We had a quick picnic before our ride. This is Natalie's injury due to meeting a metal shopping cart toy with her face. Three stitches. She doesn't like to talk about it, but we thought Aunt Becky would like to see it.
Finally it was our turn to get on the boat! By then the temperature was approaching a million degrees and we wer on the boat with a bus load of senior citizens. Those grandpas and grandmas just love the little sweaty kids.
This one was unstoppable. I don't think she stopped moving unless she was strapped down in a car seat.
All the seniors got off at the mill so we had a private ride!
There's Jake and Sally and Molly.
Me and Oliver. Man, do I need to get my hair colored.
At the end of the ride, we went back to talk to Jake some more. He let us pet Sally and Molly.
Could it get more posed than this?
The kids all took a rest eating an old timey stick of candy on the banks of the Maumee river.
Tessa was hot so she decided to pump herself some water.
Then we went for ice cream to celebrate the fact that Annalise kept her pull up dry all night! Yea!!!!! Since then, she is 50% keeping dry. I hope this keeps up because I can't wait to get out of pullups! And we promised her a breakfast at a resturant if she could keep it up!
Oliver wanted to enjoy every last drip of his ice cream.
Delicious!Next, we visited a cow-calf farm on the outskirts of Napoleon. Annalise had such a great time seeing all the cows. She named several of them too. I didn't take any pictures because I was trying to keep kids out of manure and it was just too stinking hot to go back to the car for the camera. You will have to take my word on how overjoyed Annalise was to feed a cow clover from her hand. She spent a good hour in the barn feeding the cows. Good thing there was a good breeze!
Then we went to the Ney Homecoming for dinner (and I had Manure on my shirt--gross). It was hot and rainy. The typical Ney Homecoming weather. The kids splashed around in the puddles and jumped in the inflatable jumper while we visited with friends. It was nice to see everyone and the homemade chicken and noodles were great!
Grandpa bought a bowl of ice cream and "shared" it with Tessa. Later that night, we got a call from Archbold that said some little girl was up way past her bed time on some sort of sugar high....hmmm....
Then Grandpa and I loaded up to see our most favorite polka princess, Mollie B and her band, Squeezebox. I had a great time polkaing with Dad's old high school classmate and catching up with other people we know. And then I got to meet Mollie B in person! The picture is on the iphone and when I get it figured out, I will upload it. Complete with me and my shirt with manure on it.If you aren't familiar with Mollie B, listen to her sweet voice and tell me you don't think she sounds like an Angel.
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