(by Gabby) Amish Paradise

Last Thursday I left with my grandparents to explore the largest Amish Paradise yet in Ohio. The day we "explored" we toured an Amish house built in the 1800's. It was small and 1 story. They had a small foot pedal sewing machine int he living room a couch, a rocker, and a couple of homemade rugs. The Amish would take their old clothes and cut them into long strips and the braid the strips into rugs. Next to the older house was another Amish house except it was newer. Inside of the newer house the living room was much like the old one except bigger and had a few toys, a desk, and a LAMP WITH A SWITCH!!! The lady (who was Amish and and who showed us the house) made it seem that we should be very impressed that it had A SWITCH! There was a running bathtub, a kitchen, and the parents room in the bottom story. The top story we learned that girls who had been baptized could sleep in the room especially for the older girls somewhere in their teens. The older girls room was decorated with lavender curtains, lavender rugs, lavender comforter, chair, and the dresser which was white and lavender. The littler girls room was pretty but plain, and it had a few beds in it. It was the same way with the older and younger boys. After the children were baptized they didn't have to sit with "mama" any more they got to sit with the older girls during church, another privilege. They met every other week for church (something that surprised me) AT Church They sang the same hymns since when they first came to America, and they meet for three hours every other Sunday. The Amish owned a lot if bakeries and stores. Including a chocolate shop, a restaurant, bulk food store, gift shop, and a few other things. We saw a lot of horse and buggy carriages that went rrrreeeaaaaallllyyy ssssslllloooowwwwwwww. We had a nice time at the Amish Paradise.