Spring Break is officially over. We had one really nice day, several mediocre weather days, and the rest were windy and yucky. But we did our best to have some fun. I seem to have forgotten a lot of what we did - what does that say?
One day we went to the little museum downtown. I hadn't been there for a long time, the but girls had been there with their great aunt not long ago. They really like it there, and the littles had their first experience. I wanted to go to see a display of pioneer women. but we went through all of the exhibits.
We stopped for a family picture in front of the museum - with this sculpture family.
One display was art from all of the schools in town - Care Bear spent her time trying to find the ones from her school - and was disappointed at how few there were. We went on to my favorite part - the feeling of going back in history to our town.
The doctor's office
The milliner's shop
The General Store
The hotel - looking from the lobby out on the street
The girls sitting on the "upstairs"
The biggest industry for many years was the sugar factory - it is now unused, and the buildings are in ugly disrepair - I wish they'd decide what to do with that area of town.
Upstairs was the "Loveland Valentine Remailing" display
I liked this one because it was the year I graduated from high school --
Some of the yearly special valentines
We finally got to the pioneer woman display. It featured dolls with outfits from various periods of history.
This one represents the first public teacher in Loveland, for whom the girls' school was named --
I love this crazy quilt, which is one of the few things which was salvaged from the terrible Big Thompson flood of 1976.
The milliner's shop
The General Store
The hotel - looking from the lobby out on the street
The girls sitting on the "upstairs"
The biggest industry for many years was the sugar factory - it is now unused, and the buildings are in ugly disrepair - I wish they'd decide what to do with that area of town.
Upstairs was the "Loveland Valentine Remailing" display
I liked this one because it was the year I graduated from high school --
Some of the yearly special valentines
We finally got to the pioneer woman display. It featured dolls with outfits from various periods of history.
This one represents the first public teacher in Loveland, for whom the girls' school was named --
I love this crazy quilt, which is one of the few things which was salvaged from the terrible Big Thompson flood of 1976.
In the front area of the museum is a refurbished buggy - it looks a lot like a stagecoach, but smaller - I call it a pioneer mini-van. The girls had so much fun dressing up in period clothes and pretending they were going on a trip.
We ended up the morning at Mc D's, where they spent a lot more time playing with their PetShop toys than eating.
Stay tuned for Part II of Spring Break Fun.
