Corn Huskin'

This is how we do a Saturday when daddy is workin'. We have a corn huskin' race. Just like they would do back in the 1800's. Children would often partake in rituals like this. Next we are going to shell peas.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Expedition

Maggie has become a fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder and "Little House on the Prairie" TV show. She likes horses, prairie dresses, bonnets, wagons and being barefeet in warm weather. She likes calling Jimmy and I, "Pa" and "Ma". She is amazing and is turning 5 tomorrow. This weekend the whole family went to a Laura Ingalls Wilder expedition and did some fun stuff. We beat mattresses, wrote with a quill, used a washboard and saw some of Laura's stuff. Maggie got her fisrt horse dawn wagon ride with her daddy as her companion. She had fun. Daddy bought her a prairie dress and bonnet as I am still in the process of handsewing her one.

When I was watching her run and play, ride the wagon with her dad, I got teary eyed. She is living my childhood dream and it's because she likes it.

Hezzie in a coonskin cap.

Maggie washing clothes.


Waylon runing in some grass.

Joaquin in a coonskin cap.

Dexter in a coonskin cap.