Here are the kiddos- this is the closest shot I got at a group picture. The boys were just not into picture taking today!
Our tour guide today was the father of one of our homeschooling moms! He was a wealth of information about Sanibel history. He also had enough patience to deal with a large number of homeschoolers!
In the first room of the museum, we learned about the first inhabitants of the area- the Caloosa Indians. Did you know that it was the Caloosa who killed Ponce De Leone as he searched for the fountain of youth?
Here we are in the kitchen of the historic home/museum. Gabe was interested in the old wash bucket and accessories... There was also a Hoosier cabinet, an old-fashioned ice box and a primitive vacuum cleaner! Also, our guide introduced us to a mosquito chaser that the islanders used to use to swat the pesky critters out of their homes.
Here we are in the garden area where we are learning about island produce. Their garden plot already had full heads of cabbage and tomato plants bursting with green tomatoes! We picked tangerines from two large trees on the outskirts of the garden, and the kids left orange peels all along the tour path :)
Peek-a-boo! Here's Annalee, checking out an old wagon.
I couldn't help but get a picture of Noah by the outhouse. He and his friend discovered it was now used as a garden shed, but it still looked cool from the outside!
We got to see what a real classroom looked like in the 1920's. Our guide was telling us that grades K-6 were all in one room, and the kids didn't think that was strange at all! Sounds like homeschool to me :)
Here's the group with our tour guide. We had a lot of fun and learned a lot on our trip to Sanibel!
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