Cody Museum

The Christmas Season started December 1st for us.  The girls and I, along with our friends, Jon and Sheila Henson, made our way to the Cody Museum for the Annual Christmas Free Day.  Unfortunately, Jason had to work. They have different musical numbers going on throughout the day in different galleries, featuring school music classes and local groups.  Refreshments are served and they waive the entrance fee for everyone.  So it was a great time to go.  

 They just renovated the Buffalo Bill Gallery and many new features were added to make it more interactive. So, Megan got her first seat on a saddle.  Not like we don't have 2 in the garage that she couldn't sit  on but this was just more fun.  Can't you tell by my over zealous smile? :)  Katelyn, however, didn't want to join in on the "fun".

 Katelyn and her friend Micah, watching a video of how they took traveled into Yellowstone with Buffalo Bill.

 A replica of Buffalo Bill Cody's hunting camp.  There was even a copper tub for bathing! Try packing that on a horse to carry into the mountains.

Another interactive spot.  Lift the blocks under each building to see a picture and description of those buildings in the days of Cody's beginnings.

 And this was towards the end, when everyone was getting tired.  We did spend a couple of hours walking around

We capped the day off with some down time at Micah's house, pretending to fish together in their "boat"

I believe it was the weekend after Thanksgiving, we headed to Cody to take in the Lighted parade.  We took a short horse-drawn wagon ride, walked downtown and roasted a marshmallow along the street at the warm up barrels and tried to find snacks at different businesses to keep the kids happy until the parade.  Sorry, no pictures were taken.  I had a disgruntled 3 1/2 yr old who didn't want to keep her jacket zipped up against the very cold breeze.  Again, we did this with Sheila and her two kids.  Jon and Jason were working together on our house renovations.  I was glad to get out of the mess.