Daniel Boone

We are visiting family in St. Louis, Missouri this week and today my math man husband decided to take my two over-napped boys to Daniel Boone's historic home in Defiance, MO---which is amazingly appropriate for my kids and should be the Mecca for my children. After quickly reading through the Daniel Boone website http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7109/ my husband packs the boys up for a fun filled trip to historic Boonesfield Village (for real, that's what it's called). When he arrives he finds one person working and he and my two boys make a total of 4 people in Boonesfield. Either the website was wrong or this tour guide had had enough of ole' Daniel Boone for the day because she didn't give the village tour but just the home tour to the Oursler family. Needless to say, the 4-year old and 6-year old weren't exactly thrilled with the historic tour of a house. They wanted to see the jail and the mill and whatever else they could run and jump in but not a house with ropes sealing off rooms. Whatever. Chris takes them to the gift store and Luke picks out a Daniel Boone doll for the cheap historic price of $15. Isaac picks the canteen with the leather fringe and stamped deer picture and "Daniel Boone" insignia. Midway home, Isaac changes his mind about the canteen and asks Chris to call Daniel Boone's home and order a doll. By the time they come get me and Mary at the hotel (thank you Mary for a long nap today that spared me Boonesfield!) Isaac was crossing his arms and saying he was angry about the canteen. Mommy sprang into action by calling Poppy and asking him to talk about how cool the canteen was. It only took Poppy filling the canteen with water and calling Isaac "Daniel Boone" for that canteen to be the greatest toy in the world. He slung that thing over his shoulder and went exploring with his brother, Daddy, and cousin David in the woods behind Grandpa's house. You could even hear him singing his Poppy's made up song of "Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a BIIIIGGG man. Well he had some swingsets, and he had some toys. And he would share with the girls and boys." (not a real song but in the Cowell home it is a classic)