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Waterloo John Deere

10/23 With Kellie’s wedding in Decorah and Mark finishing combining, we decided to have a little family getaway. We booked two nights in Decorah. We made a stop in Waterloo at the John Deere museum. That was very fun to see and tour. They had lots of tractors and facts. They also had a room just for kids to sit and draw and design a tractor. The kids were all about that. I think the staff was pretty impressed with the kids.  
They had so many people on staff, they were eager to show us around. Luke got into conversation with one of the staff. I get such a kick out of him. He sounds so grown up and knows so much about farming. He talks about makes and models of tractors, types of seedcorn, ethanol, yiels, moisture percent, and the one I love is when he starts talking about articulating tractors. When I hear my kids carry on conversations with adults and I see the look of awe on their faces, I have no doubt that my kids are not lacking in socialization. In fact that is something I notice in homsechoolers, they have the ability to communicate with adults so much easier. 

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