Adventure #2

I was told not to take Kyle on "boring adventures", but I really wanted to check out the Ethnographic Museum. When I told him our destination, he took a few minutes to decide if he was excited. Pretty soon he looked up at me and said, "Its okay if we go there. We can go check it out and then decide if  we should take the girls later. If its boring, they would just think it was boring and terrible. If we go and its boring, then we'll still think its awesome. We just won't take anyone else." Spoken like a true adventuring best friend.

I tried really hard to get him to dress up. He refused. He said "maybe next time." I will eventually get him excited about being ridiculous in photos. Eventually. Its currently a life goal.

The museum was an interesting place. It did have both English and Serbian on the exhibits, but there wasn't a lot of information in either language. They had a huge collection of national dress, which is always cool to see. Part of it was also under construction. It just had a feel of being half finished and under utilized, but thats to be expected. We enjoyed it. I don't know that either of us learned anything, but it was cool to walk around and see the history of our current home.

This is another "proof that you were there" shots. 

This was Kyle's favorite part. They had a huge open room on one of the floors. Around the walls/in them were replicas of the inside of different types of house in different time periods. In the middle of the room were all of these scale models of the houses. We spent quite a while figuring out which family would live in which house. 

This was my house. Cozy, right?

This was the Stevens' compound. It had a house for each of the girls, because Wilson would get his own house (when he married) since he was a boy. 

This was the Israel compound. It has a well and a chicken coop for Brooke to live in. (according to Kyle) It even has two other houses for Kyle and Connor, for when they move out. It has a well because Connor needs to drink so much liquid all the time. 

This was going to be the office. Looks a bit dodgy to me. 

The clothing exhibits were really great. It was really neat to see the details and accessories that are so different from anything you see now. 

This was my favorite. When I have kids, this is exactly how they're going to spend their time. Kids don't need exercise bouncy educational things! Stand them up in nature. Let the world teach them. Or put them in a bowl if they're unable to stand for long periods of time.