A Day in the Past...

Driving in to Chantilly we noticed a lot of log fences stacked up in a zigzag fashion.  We later realized that these fences outlined the battlefields of Manassas. ( first Battle of Bull Run)  We decided that we would try and go see it while we were there with Jamie's family.

We took Gavin and Laynie with us during Audrey's nap time.  We took all of them to the park in the morning, and after Auj went down, we took off.  I was a little leery of taking the kids, thinking they would be a little bored.  I was wrong, they loved it!  We stopped at the visitors center to get our CD for the tour. They had all the things little boys love cannons, cannon balls, guns, and all sorts of fun.

Morning at the park. It's literally 200 yards from their house.

Then were off to Manassas...

Cannon Balls and balls were awesome for the kids to look at.

 They loved the cannons

 Stonewall Jackson

Papa and Laynie stopped to read, Gavin took off down the path.

They loved the good old plastic Civil War army men we bought for them.

We had a great day learning about the past.