I am so thankful for the days that we stay home.  We get so much accomplished.

There was a conversation this week, between some ladies on our homeschool group about not getting much done when we have to leave the home.  That is us too.  We just have a hard time getting "school work" finished if we have been out earlier in the day.

We weren't able to participate in our local homeschool group "Around the World Day".  This is why.

We are currently studying the Civil War.

Last friday, we went to Hodgenville, KY.  Why you ask?  To visit Abraham Lincoln's birth home.  My dad lives about an hour and half from there.  We first stopped at the Lincoln Museum.  They have a gift shop, wax figures to show important highlights of Lincoln's life, memorabilia, pictures, documents, timelines, a video and lots more.  I was leary of the "wax figures" at first.  I'm not sure why.  I guess it just sounded silly.  BUT, it really brought a lot of Lincoln's life, to life for us.  It helped us to see the big picture.

Here are a few pictures of that:

Abe writing the Emanicipation Proclamation

Abe giving the Gettysburg Address

The end of the civil war

"The Surrender"

Here is Abe and his wife at the Ford's Theatre

We picked up a few gifts from the gift shop.  Alexis wanted the Dover coloring book of Abe Lincoln.  It was really hard to let her just color in it!  Those coloring books are nice.  Savanah wanted a few pencils and a trivia book.  Alyssia bought a trivia book and some Confederate replica money.  She is really into coin collecting, so this was right up her alley.

We left and then went to the Abe Lincoln park and birth home.  Here is a picture of the Memorial building where the replica log home is stored.  I wanted to take a picture of the log home, but no photos were allowed inside.

Yes, I take pictures of these.  I like to remember what I see!!

Here is the Sinking Spring, where Abe drew water for his family in the 1800's.

It looked more like a cave. 

His boyhood home was nearby, but we were hungry and tired by this point!!

The kids enjoyed it more than they thought they would.  :o)

Our area (north GA and southeast TN) is very rich in Civil War history.  We have a few more field trips that may also span to Knoxville and Atlanta.

We'll see........