Golden Homesteaders' Days

The day after the ice cream social (you'll notice we still have some face paint going on), Jenn and I with our kids attended the Golden Homesteaders' Days.  Golden CO is one of my very favoritest places.  It has a small town feel and wonderful activities that go on often.  The Homesteaders' Days are no exception.

There were so many activities for the kids to do.  They paned for gold..

"blasted" rocks...

colored a bit...

"dug" for gold (using a chocolate chip cookie)...

made silly faces (Noah)...

tried their hand at roping a "steer"...

listened to a blacksmith...

tried their hand at a sling shot...

pet some animals...

...and the kids all time favorite - attending a one room schoolhouse.  When they were "dismissed" for recess, they begged and begged to go back confident they had heard them ring the bell for the kids to come back to school.  

This kid makes me smile!