A Colonial Dinner

The kids and I are studying the colonial period of American history. I am currently reading "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" to them, which is about a Quaker woman who is believed to be a witch by the Puritans in her community. This year we are doing a unit study approach for school, which consists of me reading a historical fiction book, and them doing schoolwork and activities that go along with that particular time period. I did the same history based unit studies with Meagan & Allison several years ago, and they loved it, and now I'm doing it with Justus & Nina. And they love it too. Unit studies are such a cool way to learn. Now with all that background you can better understand the pix. Tonight we had a colonial dinner. Our menu included Roasted Chicken, Fried Potatoes, Fresh Corn on the Cob, Boston Baked Beans, and Indian Pudding. I loved it. The Indian Pudding was really neat. The main ingredients are milk, cornmeal and molasses. The Boston Baked Beans were OK, certainly no one's favorite. But everyone enjoyed the fresh corn---Summer at 5 pieces! After finishing off 5 pieces of corn on the cob she said, "Mommy, I done", and I thought," I bet you are". Anyway I thought I'd share our fun evening with you.

On another fun note, for anyone who doesn't know, Vanessa delivered a little girl this afternoon, little Haven Alika. We are all waiting patiently (really we're waiting not-so-patiently) to see pictures of the newest member of the Everett clan:)