Museum Fun!

Monday I took Austin and Grace to a little boy scout museum. They had a traveling Abe Lincoln exhibit that I wanted him to see. He really enjoyed it, and to my surprise, we both enjoyed learning about the origins of the Boy and Girl Scouts!

Austin standing with W.D. Boyce, one of the founders of the Boy Scouts who lived in Ottawa, IL.

Austin doing some "scouting" of his own!

 It took me back to my days as a Brownie!! I never made it to the next level, Girl Scouts! ha-ha! Anyway, we are going to take a week and spend it learning a "little" about Lincoln and the civil war. He is starting to take an interest in history. History was one of my favorite subjects to study in school, although I can't say I remember studying it in 2nd grade, so I don't blame him too much for the lack of excitement surrounding history. He is definitely a hands on kind of boy, so this museum brought history to life for him a little bit.

When we got home, we read Just In Time, Abraham Lincoln. He really thought that was cool! 

Next up, I wanna take him to Medievil Times, since we just finished studying the middle ages. He should get a kick out of that, if anything it'll be fun!