Site Seeing

Our Morning cup of joe, has 

been replaced with this lovely

gross looking, but delicious

beverage.  Chia Juice.

(I mix 1 cup water with about 3 tablespoons

chia seeds.  I let it sit over night or a few hours.

The next morning I mix equal parts juice with

the chia/water gel mixture.

 We took a day trip to Colonial Williamsburg.

On the bus.  O is infatuated with busses.

As far as she is concerned this was one

of the highlights.  I often wonder if she 

will still love them after college.

Apothecary shop.  I loved the mortar/pestles

and all the little jars.  This was my favorite. 

:-)

A sign that had 'news for the time'

Tavern

O asked me to take a photo with her

next to the flag.

Hello 3 sided hat and wooden rifle.

Look at that handsome husband :)

PS He rocks.  He was bit by a tick out here

and got lyme disease.  Despite being very

sick, he took his girls out and did all kinds

of fun things, so we wouldn't be stuck in the hotel.

Pints, 1/2 Pints, and Quarts.  I liked the blue.

This sign was in an old church.

Most of the buildings in Williamsburg are

recreated to resemble the time.  The only 

building that is actually from the 1700's is

the church.  Absolutely amazing, but I didn't 

get a good photo.  

Another fun fact, is that there were graves inside and

all around the church.  

This baptismal font (I am pretty sure

that's what it is called) made the trek across

the Atlantic in the 1600's.  I find it 

fascinating that on a ship where there is 

such limited space and the great need for food,

they still chose to bring a

heavy, big baptismal because it was so

important.

Super old sun dial.  I started to explain

to O how it works, and then realized I

don't have a clue how it works.  Something

about the sun....

Wow, I am an awesome homeschool

teacher, right?!  Remember last week?

Yep, I call sparrows, baby chicks, and

don't know how a sun dial works.

This house was built on top of a large creak.

As we were leaving we came upon a stable.

This gentleman's name was Paige.  He was delivering 

a message during a meeting about fighting up north.

He let us pet his horse, Bucephalus.  (If you know your

history that is the name of Alexander the Great's horse.  

It means ox-head.)

Moving onto Richmond, we checked

out this historical building which made

cannons.

We didn't stay here long.  We weren't dressed

for the windy day, and we were all tired.

This is the only photo I took of Monument Drive.

It is just that.  A road filled with Confederate

statues (ok, not all are confederate but a lot are).