Labor Day at Watkins Mill

After our plans to visit the zoo with friends were dashed by virus striken children we had low hopes for anything fun this Labor Day Weekend. We expected a horrible night with Steven's coughing and wheezing but we were pleasantly surprised. He had a couple of episodes early on in the night but after midnight he slept with only a few coughs through the night. Tommy and I didn't sleep so soundly since we were anticipating a few more disturbances but we'll take staying snuggled in our bed half-awake instead of calming a screaming child at 2am.

We woke up to two kids who were ready to go. We were out in the yard by 7:45am blowing bubbles and playing baseball. The weather was gorgeous - we actually had to wear jackets! By 8:10am I was at the park with the kids. We went on the swings, on the slides, found treasure rocks, then Tommy came down and we decided that it was probably okay to take them on an adventure as long as we could keep our distance from other people (so as not to infect).

We drove north to Kearney to visit Watkins Woolen Mill. It is a huge state park where they have preserved the homestead and mill run by the Watkins family. I wish our kids had the attention span to go on the tour and watch the movie but we didn't push our luck. When they get a little older we'll be able to learn more about the history. We did get to see the heritage sheep and chickens, walk around the heirloom garden and peek into the house and mill. It was such a beautiful day and I am so glad we got to do something fun despite our sickies!