Sauder Village!

Grammy was getting antsy and looking for takers on a short getaway trip. We jumped at the chance and before we knew it, she had three tickets to Sauder Village!

Sauder Village is a smaller version of Greenfield Village ( the historic village in Detroit that we frequent) . It's located in Archbold, Ohio which is just an hour and half away. While it is quite a bit smaller, it was the perfect size for Mackenzie's toddler attention span! Here are a few pictures of our adventure:


I got Mackenzie up a little bit earlier than usual so she'd be ready to nap on the drive down. Once we hit the road ( after a few " go-backs" for forgotten items and " emergencies" ) she was out and slept for most of the trip down.

Grammy thought to bring the double stroller along so we didn't have to carry all our of " stuff". It was a great idea!
Mike and Mary looking over a map of the village:
We toured a few of the exhibits ( The wood shop, the quilt shop, the blacksmith and a few others) before it was time for an ice cream break.

Ahhh the life- Ice cream cone in one hand, spoon full of someone else's ice cream in another!
Next was the train tour of the village:


Our last stop at the Village was the children's " Please touch" area. It was here that Mackenzie came face to face with her favorite animal:
This cow was so cool! When you " milked" her, real " milk" came out and she moo-ed!
Mackenzie LOVES eggs so she had a lot of fun playing with this chicken and her eggs:
Grammy carted Mackenzie back to the hotel room where we spent an hour or so "resting". Mackenzie was so beyond tired at this point that Grammy said she was " Slap happy".

We ate dinner in an old barn turned restaurant. The bargain of the day was Mackenzie's dinner buffet: 79 cents per year of age!

After dinner we changed a very tired Mackenzie into her swim suit for her first trip ever to a real swimming pool. I was so impressed with how well she did. She even learned to kick her feet and arms in the water like a frog!

After about 40 minutes in the pool, we headed up to " bed". I say " Bed" because it's a well known fact in our family that Mackenzie doesn't sleep well any where but in her crib alone. Needless to say, it was a very long night ( but well worth it!). Here's Mackenzie's bed head before we packed up to come home:
We stopped at Tony Packo's for lunch on the way home and yes, that is a banana pepper that she's eating! She's got the Rose gene that makes us crave spicy food!
And if our weekend wasn't busy enough, we got back to South Lyon and put Mackenzie's sand box together in Grammy's back yard!
Aunt Janet came to join the party! Mackenzie showed her how to sniff flowers. Here's a snap shot of her " sniffing" face:
It was a busy, busy weekend but we all came home happy and slept well that night. Mackenzie slept 14 hours- an hour and a half longer than she normally does!