Jake's Pioneer Day

Last Friday, Jake's class had a Pioneer Day to end their unit on the pioneers. It rained, but we had so much fun!

We started by having a picnic lunch (indoors because of the rain) on blankets. The kids brought their pioneer lunches in pails and baskets. Jake had sausage, a hunk of cheese, and some fruit. (no chips today!!)

I was one of the people in charge of the pioneer games. . . one game we played was blind man's bluff.

Jake thought this person was a girl because he felt the bonnet. He was surprised to see it was his friend, Zak!
We also did spoon races. . .we used marshmallows instead of eggs, though.
Jake enjoyed making homemade bread, "churning" real butter, and making caramel apples. My friend, Heather, and her daughter Haleigh enjoyed all of the activities as well.
All of the pioneer moms.
Jake even did a little calligraphy writing with a feather (quill) pen. Of course, he wrote "White Sox".

Some bread making . . .
. . . a little candle dipping. . .
. . . and rope making . . . (the boys' favorite part). It was funny how much the boys liked their ropes. One boy even came up to me and said, "I can't wait to get home so I can play with my rope!" Simple things. . .much better than expensive toys!

It was such a fun day!! (Thanks, Mom, for watching Luke so I could be a part of Jake's day . . . that was a "blessing" .)