A School Project Near and Dear

 I had a really bad cold last week - runny nose and eyes, coughing, feeling awful.  I haven't been sick in years!  This was the kind of cold that you ask yourself, "where do these viruses come from?"  Well, my son passed it on to me, but you wonder, where did this originally come from?  One of the worst colds I've had, and I coughed so much that my ribs were sore, so I put some aloe vera on, a healing remedy that my dear mother-in-law told me about years ago.  Well, I washed all the sheets and did some spring cleaning, and it's a new week.

I also rearranged some furniture since I did some deep cleaning.  I gave away a night stand that I had.  It was very nice, but I don't like heavy bulky furniture these days; it's light and sturdy pieces for me.  This is one piece that I have never parted with - a vanity, and the lid opens up to a mirror with compartments.  It's really cute, and I'll pass it on to my grandgirls someday.  They can paint it or do what they want.

For my new blog friends, you may not know that I love the pioneer era.  I can see myself living in that time, and enjoying the slower pace that they had.  I know there were many struggles as well, and one of the things that would be hard for me is washing clothes on a washboard or going down to the creek to wash, and then hanging them to dry.

I've rode horses in my lifetime, so I think I would be able to handle driving a wagon accompanied by a team of horses.

They had to gather vegetables from their gardens, milk the cows for milk and butter, and the kids had to walk the long prairie distance just to attend school.  That wouldn't be easy either.

But all in all, if someone asked me what my favorite era was, I would have to say the "pioneer era."  I feel very connected to this period in history.  And when Nel told me that Mia was doing a "pioneer days" school project, I was overjoyed. ✨✨✨  This was something that was near and dear to me.  Right away, I sent her pictures of the hair styles that were popular back in that time.

Here is a little about it.....

Mia's "pioneer days" was a week long event for all 2nd grade classes.  The kids were given new names common to the 19th century - Mia's was Frances May - and they worked in a one room school house for part of the day while they learned about what life was like for kids on the prairie.  Nel found her costume and lunch basket on Amazon.  They got points every day for doing things like dressing up, coming to school on time, bringing your teacher an apple,🍎 and participating in different pioneer era arts and crafts as homework.  Mia wrote a note to her class with a quill pen dipped in ink, which was actually really hard to do!  At the end of the week, they had a Living History Day where parents dress up and volunteer at different stations with 19th century activities for the kids.

Nel "sort of" dressed up too.  She doesn't have a pioneer dress, but she thought she could pull together something like this. ; )

A special sighting on Palm Sunday.

And my first Robin visitor this spring.

Happy Easter, friends.