The Jamestown Settlement was founded in 1607, thirteen years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts. We learned how the settlers coped with an unfamiliar environment. Located adjacent to the original site, this expansive living-history museum offers full-scale re-creations of the colonists' fort, a Powhatan Indian village, and replicas of the three English ships that brought the settlers to the New World. I love hands-on learning experiences for my children! :-)
Our kiddos ground corn
Dug out canoes
Stepped into Powatan teepees
Pretended to preach in the settlers' church
Were armed and ready to defend the settlement
Played 17th century childrens' games
Climbed aboard ships that were made identical to the ones that held dozens of people for months in their voyage across the ocean
We headed out to a very nice family restaurant for our Thanksgiving dinner.
We have much to be grateful for. Each of us took a turn going around the table expressing something for which we were thankful. This was Kiddo #2's idea. Kiddo #4 thanked God for creating the beautiful world that we live in and Kiddo #2 thanked God for giving him for the talents He gave him. :-) Kiddo #3 thanked God for his computer. At least he followed up with "so I can make some really good powerpoint presentations." lol. Kiddo #1 thanked God for his family.
Back at our room, we took out some games we bought at Jamestown: colonial bingo, nine pins, a ring toss and some other authentic reproductions. It was a lot of fun to have a "family game night" on Thanksgiving vacation and to have a nice end to the evening together.
12 comments:
That looks very fun!
Looks fabulous! I'd love to make the trek to Colonial Willamsburg; haven't visited since I was a child. Look forward to more pics!
We went to Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg last summer - we loved it!
Happy Thanksgiving!
It looks like you had a great adventure in Jamestown. Thanks for sharing all these great photos. :)
great photos
We loved Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg! Looks like y'all are having a great time too! What fun photos you shared.
Oh, I want to go there so bad! I have wanted to go there for a couple of years but have not made it yet, hopefully we'll make it there one day. You guys have a great time on vacation.
This brought back lovely memories from our trip to Jamestown last year!! What a fantastic way to spend Thanskgiving!!
What a wonderful way to spend Thanksgiving! It looks like you all had a great time.
Looks like a great trip to Virginia! Hope you had a most blessed Thanksgiving :)
You and your family certainly had a great time for Thanksgiving. It was interesting reading about it and seeing the pictures.
Jamestown is a favorie destination for our family. It is SO much fun, isn't it? Thanks for linking up.
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