Some of our favorite read aloud books these past two years have been from Little House on the Prairie Series. The idea of storing up food for the long cold winter made quite an impact on Sahara. She's been working hard alongside us as we harvest and store the treasures from our garden and from local farms.
This past weekend we considered going to the coast but decided to stay at home instead. We didn't get to everything on our list but we did good work!
All of our shallots, garlic and onions were cleaned up and put away. We also made fruit leather with our remaining peaches and blackberries.
Who knew that fruit leather could be a piece of art?
Sahara is completely inspired in her first grade classroom. She has an incredible teacher. She brings home treasures each day to teach me.
Lydia loves being home with me. Her favorite activity these days is cooking. Every morning after returning from dropping Sahara off at school we check the coop for eggs. She carefully carries one back to the kitchen, pulls a chair over to the counter (while I'm holding the egg for her), and cracks it into a bowl. She mixes it 'round with a "teeny tiny bit of milk" and then pours it into a hot pan to make a scrambled egg.
Life is good. Life is very, very good.
