Today we took a trip to The Ulster Folk Museum for their 'Christmas Past' event. Oh my, what fun we had!! We tried mulled Ginger wine at the Craft Fair-it's just the ticket for Christmas day with mince pies! We posted our letters to Santa and had them collected by the busy man himself. It was so cute to see all the kids chasing him down the street & getting so excited and then shy to meet him!
We watched weaving, carol singing and a blacksmith at work. We made Christmas decorations. We visited as many of the cute old fashioned houses/buildings as Cameron's little legs could walk to. We caught up with old friends - the horses from our Summer visit and Ruby the biggest pig we've ever seen! Also our human friends happened to be there with their family too, that made the day!
Ewan's favourite spot was McCusker's pub, where there were mince pies and mulled wine. Laura and Cam watched through the LandLord's peep hole!:
Laura's favourite was the bank (ha)!! Not much different from nowadays!
My absolute favourite was the Nationa school. We had managed to miss this exhibit during our Summer trip, so delighted to stumble across it, especially since the fire behind the teachers desk was roaring!!
I think we are going to make this one of our Christmas traditions - it is so festive and a great way of getting out in the fresh air after weeks of freezing weather!!
What Christmas fun are you up to?
When I think of the Ulster Folk Museum I think of the lovely smell of peat burning in the little fireplaces. Sounds like a fabulous day out. Must go there next time we're over.
Posted by: Jo | December 13, 2010 at 11:58 PM
Oh that looks like it was such fun! Loving Maddie as the model pupil while Cam has a hint of the lovable rogue we're so fond of hehe!! Might give that a blast ourselves next year.
Posted by: janine | December 14, 2010 at 10:57 AM