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Museums/Events

Leonardo’s Children Museum ~Enid, OK

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This is another great museum on the Oklahoma Museum Network.

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It has a giant playground outside.

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They have also expanded since the last time we went!

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They had a workshop area to take apart electronics and build things!

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Little Bit was not happy about taking apart a toy instead of playing with it.

The boys really liked it though!

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I let Nick supervise the sharp objects…

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So many interesting exhibits that we have never seen before!

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This place was amazing!

Check out Leonardo’s if you are ever in the Enid area!

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Little House on the Prairie Museum ~Independence, KS

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We stopped at the Little House on the Prairie Museum on our way up to see family in Minnesota.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder lived here with her parents when she was a child and it inspired the series of books she later wrote.

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They have an old post office and school that they moved to the location as well.

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It was really neat to see the cabin that is a replica of the one she lived in.

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I am hoping that seeing the spot that inspired the books would help them come to life so I bought these two while there!

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I found it really interesting that in the books they journey from Minnesota to Kansas and we were heading to Minnesota as well!

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MCHS Threshing Bee and 2 Cylinder Tractor Show ~Fairview, OK

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Ice Cream Churn

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Anvil Firing

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Little Bit does not like loud noises.

Thankfully we brought her some ear muffs!

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We got to see the Anvil Firing twice!

Talk about loud!

So interesting.

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We left for a little bit but came back for the tractor pull.

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Ford’s are so tough they can pull a whole house…

ha

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The guy who made these gave one to all my kids!

So nice of him!

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I really enjoyed this event an am glad we drove out to Fairview to go.

You can see the post I did about the campground we stayed in here, and the other place we visited here.