Our second to last stop was:


They have recreations of farms and a village from the 1800s- early 1900s when the majority of settlers from Europe were arriving. We saw the Norwegian farm, the German farm, the Finnish farm and the village. Paul's Aunt Annette, cousin Renee & her boys Sammy & Michael were able to join us.
   

They have real working farms with animals
   

   

The kids got to try out some of the activities, like picking wool, rolling out pie dough, making shingles and weaving.

   

   

   

We watched several people weaving, linen in the first picture and rag rugs in the second.
   

And then the kids got to try it!

   



It wasn't ALL work. There was a school (with some students more eager than others)
   



There were a few games.
 
 

There was a church, too, built in 1839.
   

On the visit to a dry goods store, Maria got to try on a corset!
   

And wooden shoes


And did you know that Santa Claus moonlights as a blacksmith during the summer?
       

And then we bid a reluctant farewell to Old World Wisconsin and headed off for dinner with the Bunks (sorry, no pictures, my fingers had frozen)