El Pueblo, again

 Thanksgiving Saturday sent us on another local sightseeing mission. We had to take Dad to El Pueblo!

First we let Adele open some more of her birthday presents. Agnes sent her a fully functioning doctor costume, complete with equipment! She set to work at once fixing and healing her stuffed animals. "How bodies work" is an abiding interest of hers just now.

 El Pueblo Museum is known to readers of this blog, but there are some novelties. There's a new exhibit featuring people and places of the Salt Creek Community. It starts with a new mural:

 And it contains a gallery of gorgeous photography of Salt Creek residents with their memories recorded beside them. Here is just one lovely example:

Something got in my eye after reading this one....

 I love museums and events which love their communities.


Of course, we lingered in the El Movemiento section. I am so inspired by the activism of the Chicano movement in the 70s.

 The kids dressed up as usual as Mexican dancers and as Mormon pioneers, and then we had another photobooth moment:

That was one of our better days at the museum. We got a personalized tour of the historic trading post (since it was a low-attendance weekday) and learned a lot. Our hour-long tour ended with dad and the tour guide spontaneously singing an old gospel hymn they both knew. There's really no better way to get to know Pueblo, in my opinion, than to visit this place. 

 Once again, the kids ended the day curled up for storytime with Grandpa Jim. They treasured having him in their very own home. And so, apparently, did Koopa!

 Up next: results from Dad's photography shoot!