Homesteaders Day

Well we did it. We had a wonderful week of learning all about homesteading and how it was in the old days. It was great. I transformed my bedroom into a settlers house and on thursday we had our Homesteaders day. We had no electricity for most of that day and of course we dressed the part. We had some guest as well all dressed for the part. We had a marvelous time. We cooked on the wood stove, bacon & eggs, & fried patatoes for breakfast, Soup and bread for lunch and beans for dinner. We also pulled Taffy and made a candle, We started a braided rag rug. Since we did not use electricity we used candles and a lantern. The kids did their school work on slates and shared their reading assignements. They played marbles, and some other games. It was a wonderful day. But I was sure glad to turn on the lights. and do the dishes in the sink with running water. We had a jolly good time. I will post some pictures in another post.