This is some of the kids before the play as you can see they were all hyped up!!
Showing posts with label Field Trips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Field Trips. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Dec.5 A Little House Christmas!!
A Little House Christmas was a play put on by Main Street Theater!! Half way into it you could see that kids getting restless!!
This is some of the kids before the play as you can see they were all hyped up!!
This is some of the kids before the play as you can see they were all hyped up!!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Nov.13 Blue Bell Ice Cream
We couldn't bring any cameras into the building!! We got a few pictures outside with the statues and some of her classmates!!
Nov.13 Washington on the Brazos
Barrington farm, Home of Anson Jones, the last president of the republic of Texas!
Farm House: In the middle is the breezeway and upstairs is were the older children lived. To the left is were the bedrooms were and the right is the dining room and parlor.
Parlor: Was the most formal room in the house but was also the most functional. The family entertained guests in this room. It also served as an office and housed Dr.Jones' personal library.
Dining Room: The family probably used the dining room in the cool months, when they did not wish to eat in the breezeway.
Master Bedroom: Dr. and Mrs. Jones shared this room with their 2 youngest children. Privacy and personal space differed greatly from our modern standards!
Back Bedroom: Dr.Jones' older sister, Mary, occupied this room. She also used it as a classroom were she taught the children. It also served as a guest room for special guests. If guest were coming Mary would have to go upstairs and sleep with the older childern or share the room with the guests.
Maycee playing with a toy that the children played with in the 1850's
Chicken Coop: Roosters and chickens occupied this house.
Kitchen: Built separately from the main house to cut down on heat, it was the hub of domestic activity. Preparing meals, preserving food and cleaning up were continual chores for the slave cook.
Behind the clothes line and the fence was the Field Crops: The Barrington farm two main crops were cotton and corn. But the records say that turnips,black-eyed peas, pumpkins,watermelons, muskmelons, and peanuts were grown!
Smokehouse: At the farm salting, smoking and drying were the main methods of food preservation.
Kitchen Garden: According to Dr. Jones' diary we know his garden produced at least 16 types of vegetables.
Barn: Is a double crib constructed to provide covered storage for tools and fodder or feed.
Slave Quarters: Dr. Jones' records indicate that their workload was similar to that of other slaves on mid size farms of the era. Working 6 days a week but rarely on Sundays, Dr. Jones offered slave time as well as a 2-week Christmas holiday!
Hog pen: Most of the Livestock roamed freely but twice a year the hogs were rounded up and sorted into breeding stock and meat animals
Farm House: In the middle is the breezeway and upstairs is were the older children lived. To the left is were the bedrooms were and the right is the dining room and parlor.
Parlor: Was the most formal room in the house but was also the most functional. The family entertained guests in this room. It also served as an office and housed Dr.Jones' personal library.
Dining Room: The family probably used the dining room in the cool months, when they did not wish to eat in the breezeway.
Master Bedroom: Dr. and Mrs. Jones shared this room with their 2 youngest children. Privacy and personal space differed greatly from our modern standards!
Back Bedroom: Dr.Jones' older sister, Mary, occupied this room. She also used it as a classroom were she taught the children. It also served as a guest room for special guests. If guest were coming Mary would have to go upstairs and sleep with the older childern or share the room with the guests.
Maycee playing with a toy that the children played with in the 1850's
Chicken Coop: Roosters and chickens occupied this house.
Kitchen: Built separately from the main house to cut down on heat, it was the hub of domestic activity. Preparing meals, preserving food and cleaning up were continual chores for the slave cook.
Behind the clothes line and the fence was the Field Crops: The Barrington farm two main crops were cotton and corn. But the records say that turnips,black-eyed peas, pumpkins,watermelons, muskmelons, and peanuts were grown!
Smokehouse: At the farm salting, smoking and drying were the main methods of food preservation.
Kitchen Garden: According to Dr. Jones' diary we know his garden produced at least 16 types of vegetables.
Barn: Is a double crib constructed to provide covered storage for tools and fodder or feed.
Slave Quarters: Dr. Jones' records indicate that their workload was similar to that of other slaves on mid size farms of the era. Working 6 days a week but rarely on Sundays, Dr. Jones offered slave time as well as a 2-week Christmas holiday!
Hog pen: Most of the Livestock roamed freely but twice a year the hogs were rounded up and sorted into breeding stock and meat animals
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Oct.20 San Jacinto Monument
After we went to the battleship we made our way over to the San Jacinto Monument. Rising 567 feet above the battleground, the San Jacinto Monument honors all those who fought for Texas independence!!
The shells are the steps leading up to the monument!! The girls thought it was really pretty!!
The shells are the steps leading up to the monument!! The girls thought it was really pretty!!
Oct.20 Battleship Texas
Pawpa and me tagged along to Maycee's field trip!! A few of the parents volunteered to chaperon and take kids to the trip. In our car we had Maycee of course, Jenna Hildebrandt and Madison Smith. I enjoyed being with those girls so much we had so much fun!! Man I didn't realize that ship could be exhausting maybe it was the girls and the ship!! I have never seen so many ladders in my life up and down and wow look at that uh! uh! can we go up there and of course I couldn't resist there darling faces and up we went!! 
Battleship USS Texas (BB 35)
World's most powerful warship when commissioned in 1914
Served with the British Grand Fleet in WW1
First Marine division was founded on Texas in 1941
Fired 19,000 rounds supporting allied landings Morocco, Normandy, Southern France, Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shot down Japanese "Kamikaze" aircraft in WW2
Designated a National Historical Landmark in 1977
The last of the Dreadnoughts whose big guns defended freedom in 2 world wars
Battleship USS Texas (BB 35)
World's most powerful warship when commissioned in 1914
Served with the British Grand Fleet in WW1
First Marine division was founded on Texas in 1941
Fired 19,000 rounds supporting allied landings Morocco, Normandy, Southern France, Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shot down Japanese "Kamikaze" aircraft in WW2
Designated a National Historical Landmark in 1977
The last of the Dreadnoughts whose big guns defended freedom in 2 world wars
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