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Meet our very own little house on the prairie. Take a good look, this is last time you will see it in such bad condition. This summer our whole learning will be based around this house. It was second-hand when we got it (for free!) and was in very good condition until we had a family round to play and they systematically trashed the place! It had windows, which they broke, and they also cracked the wood in other areas by standing on the roof (!). T11 also started a business growing worms inside. It is messy, dirty and broken. Gary and I always planned to mend and patch it up, but never got round to it. This summer, though, it will be given a new lease of life. We will be emptying it, mending it, replacing windows, adding a vegetable patch kitchen garden, white washing the inside, brown washing the outside and generally giving it the love and attention it has needed for the past 18 months!
But that is not all. Oh, no. Gary and T11 will be creating furniture, making a stove, hooks and shelves. They will make everything with wood we have left over from the pallets and the girls and I will be digging out all our sewing materials to craft and recreate the feel of Laura’s house. We will be using this little house as a framework to enable our children to learn the skills they have chosen to focus on this summer. But more about that tomorrow…
I’ve been a Mummy in that house to a family whose Daddy and brother are away fighting a war, and we women have to keep the place going while the men are away. Lots of drama!
Happy, happy memories, Granny!
What an impressive project! Such a useful and exciting way to spend the summer.
We’re hoping it will provide A4 and B2 with a very practical and fun place to play come winter and summer.
We are all really excited about the possibilities!
When I saw the picture before I read your post, my first thought was “oh my goodness, what a cute house!” Clearly, my standards aren’t as high! It is going to be the most adorable “Little House” once everyone has had their hands on it. Can’t wait to see it!
I agree with you! It has a sort of rustic charm, but if you saw it close up you would notice how dry the wood is from not being treated and just how dirty the inside is-think worms and casts….!
It is beautiful already. It will be magnificent.
I hope so. It definitely needs some tender loving care!
Wow, can’t wait to see what you’ll do with it. It sounds very promising!
Thanks Hwee. I’m hoping it will be a nice break for me as well, doing hands on stuff rather than academic stuff.
That sounds like so much fun! What a great way to spend your summer.
I really think it will be. A change is as good as a rest…
Can one possible get anymore excited over something happening on the other side of the world?! Uhmmm … no!!! I have very happy memories of playing for hours on end in a similar little house that belonged to my best friend when I was a little girl. We used to have tea parties with juice in our cups and biscuits… we played with our ‘babies’ and generally just LOVED being inside the ‘Wendy House’,,,, happy, happy memories! I am looking forward to your project! Yay!
That’s what home schooling is ultimately about, isn’t it? Creating happy, happy memories.
Missed you!!
That is a great little house. I can’t wait to see the pictures the progress you make.
Thanks Beth. I’m dreaming big dreams…
It looks so cute and perfect for the Little House on the Prairie series. I loved reading those books when I was much younger. Can’t wait to see what it looks like after you have fixed it up!
They are great books, aren’t they? Even boys seem to like them!
I can’t wait to see the projects you make. I’d love to get a house like that in our backyard.
We are all raring to go and get started. Hopefully it will be a fun yet productive summer!