Comments on: Now with my second post, I will assail you with pictures of our family vacation! http://blog.carolynrerickson.com/2008/05/02/now-with-my-second-post-i-will-assail-you-with-pictures-of-our-family-vacation/ Choose Your Words Wisely Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:00:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sue http://blog.carolynrerickson.com/2008/05/02/now-with-my-second-post-i-will-assail-you-with-pictures-of-our-family-vacation/#comment-97 Sue Sat, 03 May 2008 18:17:43 +0000 http://blog.carolynrerickson.com/2008/05/02/now-with-my-second-post-i-will-assail-you-with-pictures-of-our-family-vacation/#comment-97 In These Happy Golden Years, Ma packs a red-checked tablecloth into Laura's chest filled with things for her married life, and Ma says the tablecloth is to remind her of the ones Laura grew up with. I haven't been to any of the book sites (YET) but I have been to Rocky Ridge, where she wrote the books. I cried when I saw Pa's fiddle. In These Happy Golden Years, Ma packs a red-checked tablecloth into Laura’s chest filled with things for her married life, and Ma says the tablecloth is to remind her of the ones Laura grew up with.

I haven’t been to any of the book sites (YET) but I have been to Rocky Ridge, where she wrote the books. I cried when I saw Pa’s fiddle.

]]> By: Dakotagirl http://blog.carolynrerickson.com/2008/05/02/now-with-my-second-post-i-will-assail-you-with-pictures-of-our-family-vacation/#comment-96 Dakotagirl Sat, 03 May 2008 13:51:47 +0000 http://blog.carolynrerickson.com/2008/05/02/now-with-my-second-post-i-will-assail-you-with-pictures-of-our-family-vacation/#comment-96 I second the trip to De Smet, SD. The Ingalls Homestead is a wonderful place for children. It sits on the original quarter-section homesteaded by Charles Ingalls and the location of several of Laura's books. Check out their web site for details. http://ingallshomestead.com Also visit the official web site for the LIW Memorial Society. http://discoverlaura.org I second the trip to De Smet, SD.

The Ingalls Homestead is a wonderful place for children. It sits on the original quarter-section homesteaded by Charles Ingalls and the location of several of Laura’s books.

Check out their web site for details.

http://ingallshomestead.com

Also visit the official web site for the LIW Memorial Society.

http://discoverlaura.org

]]> By: admin http://blog.carolynrerickson.com/2008/05/02/now-with-my-second-post-i-will-assail-you-with-pictures-of-our-family-vacation/#comment-95 admin Sat, 03 May 2008 04:02:26 +0000 http://blog.carolynrerickson.com/2008/05/02/now-with-my-second-post-i-will-assail-you-with-pictures-of-our-family-vacation/#comment-95 Thanks for commenting, Prairie Rose! I didn't remember that part of the book. I thought her interest in the stories would wane, as it does sometimes with kids, but she told me that she wants to check out another of Mrs. Wilder's books. I'll keep the DeSmet idea in mind! Carolyn Thanks for commenting, Prairie Rose! I didn’t remember that part of the book.

I thought her interest in the stories would wane, as it does sometimes with kids, but she told me that she wants to check out another of Mrs. Wilder’s books. I’ll keep the DeSmet idea in mind!

Carolyn

]]> By: Prairie Rose http://blog.carolynrerickson.com/2008/05/02/now-with-my-second-post-i-will-assail-you-with-pictures-of-our-family-vacation/#comment-94 Prairie Rose Fri, 02 May 2008 23:16:56 +0000 http://blog.carolynrerickson.com/2008/05/02/now-with-my-second-post-i-will-assail-you-with-pictures-of-our-family-vacation/#comment-94 The red-checked tablecloth is accurate. See Little House on the Prairie, Chapter 10 (A Roof and a Floor): "She put the little china woman on the mantle-shelf, and spread a red-checked cloth on the table." and... "The red-checked cloth was on the table, the little china woman glimmered on the mantelshelf, and the new floor was golden in the flickering firelight." If you are able, you really should take her to De Smet, South Dakota, (and Walnut Grove, Minnesota, is not far from there) -- there are lots of hands-on activities for the kids to do there that will really help her experience some of the things she reads about in the books and impress them upon her mind! The red-checked tablecloth is accurate. See Little House on the Prairie, Chapter 10 (A Roof and a Floor):

“She put the little china woman on the mantle-shelf, and spread a red-checked cloth on the table.”

and…

“The red-checked cloth was on the table, the little china woman glimmered on the mantelshelf, and the new floor was golden in the flickering firelight.”

If you are able, you really should take her to De Smet, South Dakota, (and Walnut Grove, Minnesota, is not far from there) — there are lots of hands-on activities for the kids to do there that will really help her experience some of the things she reads about in the books and impress them upon her mind!

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