We took advantage of Kids Free Week at Heritage Hill and went on an early field trip. The day we went was sunny and perfect weather. We didn't get to every single building, but we did quite well considering it was just me and five boisterous boys. The first stop was my favorite: the farm. The farmer's wife put us to work grinding coffee (those of us that went in anyway... Justus and Hayden were being shy and played in the yard instead).
The boys really enjoyed seeing the farm animals. The chickens ran right up to us (I think they were hungry and thought we were bringing breakfast) while the sheep ran away from us. The pigs were laying in the mud sunning themselves. Wesley got me laughing when he looked at the wallowing pigs and declared he couldn't "believe we eat those smelly things"!
We listened to interpreters in the farmhouse, military mess hall, library, printer's shop, and fur trader's cabin. We skipped the church and Tank cottage because we ran out of time. The boys were very well behaved. They could run between each building to get out some energy. The printer got after Justus once because he tried to touch one of the printing presses, but otherwise we didn't have any issues.
We finished off our visit at the fur trader's cabin on the far end of the park. Instead of walking all the way back up the hill the boys wanted to ride the little tram. I think that was Hayden's favorite part!
We made out way out the gate and had a picnic lunch on some tables in the grass before heading home for naps. If you have never been to Heritage Hill, I highly recommend it. If you have kids be sure and take advantage of their free kid's admission week (we all got in for the price of one adult), we'll definitely be going again next year!
The boys really enjoyed seeing the farm animals. The chickens ran right up to us (I think they were hungry and thought we were bringing breakfast) while the sheep ran away from us. The pigs were laying in the mud sunning themselves. Wesley got me laughing when he looked at the wallowing pigs and declared he couldn't "believe we eat those smelly things"!
We listened to interpreters in the farmhouse, military mess hall, library, printer's shop, and fur trader's cabin. We skipped the church and Tank cottage because we ran out of time. The boys were very well behaved. They could run between each building to get out some energy. The printer got after Justus once because he tried to touch one of the printing presses, but otherwise we didn't have any issues.
We finished off our visit at the fur trader's cabin on the far end of the park. Instead of walking all the way back up the hill the boys wanted to ride the little tram. I think that was Hayden's favorite part! 
We made out way out the gate and had a picnic lunch on some tables in the grass before heading home for naps. If you have never been to Heritage Hill, I highly recommend it. If you have kids be sure and take advantage of their free kid's admission week (we all got in for the price of one adult), we'll definitely be going again next year!
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