The girls spotted "Pee Wee Herman" and his bicycle. They all wanted their picture taken with him. Notice they're all still eating their homemade ice cream.
Here we are,
waiting for sugar and milk to turn into ice cream. If you look closely,
to the right of Natalia's neck, you'll be able to see Mercedes. We
had to wait about 10 minutes for the ice cream to be "ready", but it was
worth it.
The girls spotted "Pee Wee Herman" and his bicycle. They all wanted
their picture taken with him. Notice they're all still eating their
homemade ice cream.
The bicycle
exhibit (and Pee Wee) were right in front of the old Chicago and NorthWestern
railroad depot so we stopped in there next. Natalia and Mercedes
"sent" a message to their mother. The lady in the picture is receiving
the message in this picture. It's being sent using Morse Code (but
not the International Morse Code that I had to learn to become a radio
amateur).
A caboose has
been added next to the railroad depot and that's what we visited next.
After I took this picture all four girls "jumped" off the steps of the
caboose. Of course I had to hold each girl's ice cream before she
jumped so it wouldn't get spilled.
Each
of the girls had some "spending money" and Erin decided to spend some of
her money on red hair color. The girls (except for Emily) let me
spray their hair. Here are the results.
Of course,
if I was allowed to spray their hair, they should be allowed to spray mine
also, right? (If they could find any). Here I am with a Mohawk strip
covering up part of my bald spot and red sideburns also (if you look closely).
My sister, Shirley, wouldn't consent to having her hair colored by the
girls so she didn't earn the adjective "cool" from the girls that I did.
Another purchase,
by both Mercedes and Emily, were handcuffs. Here they are, tied together
forever! Mercedes is wearing the snake she purchased with her money
while Erin is wearing the lanyard she purchased (in addition to the
red hair color). I didn't get a picture of it, but Emily managed
to lock her grandmother's shopping bag to the railing of the Christian
Church. Shirley didn't discover it until she started to walk away.
Later in
the day, just before we drove to Panora, we stopped at the Merry Brook
schoolhouse. Here are Emily and Natalia, posing for me before going
into the schoolhouse.
The girls
enjoyed all the books and other exhibits in the schoolhouse and they consented
to having their picture taken at one of the desks.
This picture
was Emily and Natalia's idea. The guide had told the girls the chair
in the corner was for unruly students. Natalia is playing that part
while Emily plays the part of the teacher, scolding the student.