When I Was Young in the Mountains

I've discovered a new blog and have been working on these rolls today. They are rising for the second time at the moment and I'll let you know how they turn out. I'm making a new dish for tomorrow's lunch, too. I'm so excited!

For the repetition lesson in our FIAR book, we read Yonder by Tony Johnston today. It's the story of a family and the succeeding generations who live on the land...Yonder are the hills that roll forever. Yonder is the river that runs to sea. Yonder. Way over yonder.

And we looked at Growing Up in Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and examined some coal samples.


Abby also painted a picture of the cabin and the sky.

When I Was Young in the Mountains

We've been trying to get back into our school routine this week, after 3 weeks off for Christmas and minimal schoolwork during the holidays. Whew! It's hard to get back to the textbooks! We've got a dusting of snow right now, too, so everyone's attention is drawn outside. And, David is changing his off day, so we're working on a new schedule.

We started rowing When I Was Young in the Mountains this week. Here are some books we've read so far.






Abby and I made cornbread muffins for lunch to go with our fried okra, mashed potatoes, and roast.




Yesterday Abby made a little book called When I Was Young on Sand Mountain.

When I was young on Sand Mountain, Daddy would come home and eat lunch and come home at supper time. He would kiss me and sit down to eat. Carrie would fix Daddy's supper. Thomas and I would get something, too. Mom would cook cornbread, okra, beans, rice and chicken for lunch.

When I was young on Sand Mountain, we would go to a friend's pool to swim. Then we would go home, take a shower and fix lemonade. That was my favorite part!

Sometimes we would go to Foodland and buy eggs, bread, peanut butter, vegetables and fruit.

When I was young on Sand Mountain, six or seven years old, I got baptized. We went to the lake and I got baptized. It was a happy ceremony!

My church was biggish. We went to Sunday School every other week. We had 2 churches. I was sometimes tired when we got home.

When I was young on Sand Mountain, we had a garden. We planted more strawberries. Someone plowed it for us. We had peas, tomatoes, flowers, cabbage, cucumbers, lima beans, and sunflowers. One of the big girls took pictures of our garden. And took pictures of us working in it, too.

When I was young on Sand Mountain, I liked living in the country. I liked the cows and chickens.