Here we are with some of our homeschool co-op friends. This morning we went to Pioneer Farms. We saw a demonstration of the tools used to build a log cabin, cotton combing , blacksmithing, pioneer cooking, spent time practicing our stilt walking skills, and petting and feeding lots of farm animals. We ate lunch under Pioneer Oak, a 450 year old Live Oak tree in the Tonkawa Encampment. The Tonkawa were native nomadic people of central Texas in the 1700 and 1800's until they were removed to a reservation in Oklahoma. The highlight for the kids was "Buck" this longhorn mama who they all fell in love with. She was so very gentle and loved the kids back. She was also a mama and she let us watch her nurse her calf.
