Historic Sauder Village, OH

One of the days we spent in Ohio was going to the adorable period village of Sauder Village. In case you didn't know this about me, I LOVE history and anything historical to look at. Basically anything with a story behind it...and Sauder didn't disappoint. It's the cute little village frozen in time from 19th and early 20th century.

There were all types of craft shops with real craftsmen working...basket weaving, glass blowing, cotton spinning, printing press, etc...but the most exciting were the tinning and pottery. Timo loved the hammering and tools of the tinsmiths shop, go figure, and Cameron could have watched the potter play with clay (play dough in her mind) all day.
After visiting the craft village we headed to the Little Pioneers Village to play in the "just my size" log cabin, barn and farm. The house was filled with period toys, furniture and dishes. Timo threw the best tea party ever!

Outside was a barn, complete with a "cow" that you could milk, eggs to collect under chickens and wheelbarrows to push.

Timo trying to figure out how you get butter our of the butter churner...
What's a 19th century village without a stage coach? Timo practicing yelling "Ya!" at the horses while Cameron holds on!

And of course there was a train ride! As you know, we never miss a train ride.
We happened to go at the end of the school year which meant tons of school groups on field trips there. The train was packed all day with the school groups so we had to wait until all the groups left and rode the train as our last activity...and it was well worth it. The train driver was so nice, he let the twins ring the bell and blow the whistle!