We've been so busy lately, baking, wrapping, trimming. We did make it through 100 books this month, which was a lot of fun. I love to read Christmas stories, and the library made it so easy by organizing a large selection of holiday books.
Today we made a Buche de Noel, just like Clever Beatrice. It was surprisingly easy; here is the link to the recipe we used:
http://www.yankeemagazine.com/recipes/search/onerecipe.php?number=1357
We're going to decorate it with a sprig of fresh holly. Let's hope none of our relatives think we're trying to poison them (you know who you are).
Tonight we are going to watch The Nutcracker courtesy of FanCast videos. Let's hope our internet connection remains Comcastic.
Have a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Barge Toting, Bale Lifting
We hied ourselves over to Mansker's Station today to tour the fort/inn and the Bowen Mansion. It was awesome. The volunteers are amazing; they each had extensive knowledge of the time period and they were able to communicate it to the kids. The two don't often go hand in hand.
The kids were introduced to frontier life by carrying two buckets of water on a yoke. Don't ask me; Laura always drew water from the well on Little House. Anyhow, the kids loved it; the parents loved it. Then, the parents had to carry the water. The kids loved it; the parents-not so much. I actually heard someone complain of a bad back. Seriously. I had to content myself with being second in line:
That's me in the brown coat (to the right of the mittened finger) carrying two buckets of water. Two unbelievably heavy buckets of water :)...
Then, we went into the fort and toured the settlment.
Gun port in the "tavern": for your safety.
Sleep tight on a rope bed:
Accommodations: don't roll off the bed.
Liquid refreshment: don't fall in.
There was also a nice park just a few hundred feet from the fort and mansion and on a warmer day we would have spent more time exploring it. Some hardy souls are spending the night in the fort and DD wanted us to join them. Fat chance. I enjoy learning about the past-not living it.
The kids were introduced to frontier life by carrying two buckets of water on a yoke. Don't ask me; Laura always drew water from the well on Little House. Anyhow, the kids loved it; the parents loved it. Then, the parents had to carry the water. The kids loved it; the parents-not so much. I actually heard someone complain of a bad back. Seriously. I had to content myself with being second in line:
That's me in the brown coat (to the right of the mittened finger) carrying two buckets of water. Two unbelievably heavy buckets of water :)...Then, we went into the fort and toured the settlment.
Gun port in the "tavern": for your safety.
Sleep tight on a rope bed:
Accommodations: don't roll off the bed.
Liquid refreshment: don't fall in.
There was also a nice park just a few hundred feet from the fort and mansion and on a warmer day we would have spent more time exploring it. Some hardy souls are spending the night in the fort and DD wanted us to join them. Fat chance. I enjoy learning about the past-not living it.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
We're Back
We read 82 books in November; not bad when I consider we took a week off to visit family, followed immediately by Thanksgiving. I could feel my competitive muscle flexing, though. I briefly considered reading 20 books aloud in two days (it could happen), but then I remembered the whole point of this exercise. And it wasn't the number of books. Duh.
Now it's time to start all over again for December! Five books down, ninety-five to go...
Now it's time to start all over again for December! Five books down, ninety-five to go...
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