Monday I took the kids to the county courthouse- which is evidently one of the most photographed buildings in Texas? I'm not sure how they determined that. Katie calls it the castle, but I think she was disappointed with the inside.
We also visited the Ellis County Museum. Here we learned that Waxahachie is an indian word that means Buffalo Creek. I'm glad we cleared up that mystery.
At the museum we also learned that Ellis County was once known as the Banner Cotton County of the World, and that they still produce a lot of cotton. We saw some cotton plants and the tools used to clean the cotton. Ben liked the guns with knifes on them (bayonets). The museum is pretty small and simple, but it got us out of the house and it was free.
Today- Wednesday we explored the field of wild
flowers behind our townhome. The littles had a great time discovering bees, butterflies and ladybugs. Katie couldn't get enough flowers and Dallin found that Bluebells have fuzzy little seed pods that he collected and "planted" in our mini-yard. Lauren chose to stay in and email her friends. :( When did she start growing up?
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