Post 100!!

That's right, this is the 100th post in Witkowski Family Happenings.


In trying to write something amazing and fantastic I've come up with some ideas that have ultimately been scraped:
-The top 100 things about the Witkowski family that you may not have known
-100 cute things Gabe and SarahAnne do on a daily basis
-100 of the Witkowski's favorite things
-A 100 word essay extolling the virtues of the ever so humble Witkowski family
-100 100 calorie recipes that we like to eat

and so on and so forth...I think you can see why they've been scrapped. He he.

Instead, I'll leave you with a few pictures from our visit to Garfield Farms, an 1800's style farm a few miles from here. It's all original buildings/equipment and the kids had a BLAST. They have oxen, geese, chickens, ducks, turkeys, hogs, and sheep. Some of the species they have were very very endangered. For example, they have five geese and that represented 1% of the total population of these particular geese in the entire world. When have you ever seen 1% of the total population of anything? You probably haven't. The chickens we saw were also 1% of the total population of the world (though they are making a comeback because of a partnership between Garfield Farms and the Museum of Science and Industry) It was an amazing learning experience for ALL of us, we learned how laundry was done in 1840 (I came home and kissed my washing machine) Gabriel dipped candles, and we learned a lot about how hard farming was hundreds of years ago...it makes you very thankful for what you have.

And on that note...I'm so thankful I have such an amazing, beautiful, wonderful family. We have smart, funny, sweet, and caring children and a good strong marriage...which makes for a great family!

Gabe and Dad checking out the barn


Dipping candles (he later said "I didn't like that Mom")


Duke, one of the 'show' oxen; SarahAnne was enthralled and would have stayed all day. At one point she put her hand through the gate and stroked his nose; she would have climbed in if we would have let her.


Watching the Oxen "show"


Enjoying being in an open space with lots of fresh air