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Well, today is my first blog entry with homeschool blogger. I've been meaning to do this for months now and have finally gotten around to it! You'd think it was because of all those household chores I've been doing, but nope. My house is still a wreck (by my own standards) but at least it looks lived in. We are presently going through the Prairie Primer in our homeschool this year. It's been a lot of fun so far! It has added a relaxed feel to our homeschool, unlike last year. My girls are really enjoying studying about Laura and her growing up adventures. They have even commented whimsically to me about how they wished they lived in pioneer days! That says a lot, to me! We just started on the third book out of the nine, On the Banks of Plum Creek. Each book seems to get better than the last and this is no exception. One part of our reading today happened to strike laughter in all of us here, in the fact that it reminded us of things "our girls" here have done that are quite similar. Laura and Mary (you know...from the book) had gone outside for the day and came across a huge haystack that their father had made the night before. They started climbing up it, sliding down, jumping thru it and sliding some more. Soon enough, the haystack was a hay pancake. They quietly went into their dugout home by Plum Creek and acted as if nothing had happened. Soon thereafter, Pa comes home and tells the girls that he had seen what they did to his haystack. He sternly tells them not to "slide down" the haystack anymore. The girls politely agree that they will no longer slide down the stack. The next day comes and they venture up to the field again where the haystack is. Naughty little Laura leads the way by heading straight up the haystack AGAIN! But she says (and I have heard similar "justifications") to Mary, "Pa told us not to SLIDE DOWN the haystack, not that we couldn't climb up it." Then, she starts to roll in it as well...getting Mary in on it too, with the same excuse "Pa didn't tell us we couldn't roll in it." After again flattening the haystack, they carefully pick all remnants of hay from their dresses and hair. (they knew this was "evidence" of their naughty behavior) Once again, Pa comes home but more upset this time. He stands them side by side and confronts them with their act..in particular Laura. She then blatantly denies that she disobeyed him! He cannot believe this...utter shock! Again, he questions them...another denial, with a straight face and bewilderment. He then asks, "Didn't I tell you two not to slide down the haystack?" THEN, Laura answer triumphantly "Yes, but we didn't slide down it, we ROLLED down it!" Ha! Ha! Ha! I can only imagine what was going through Pa's head at that very moment! He actually took a moment to turn, walk to his door and laugh to himself! As we read this, we did too! It was hilarious! But I must admit, this held a very good lesson for my own girls. This has happened many a time in our own house where they have done something wrong. We will question them and they will deny it, only to get "technical" with us on our wording of what they did. At none of these times was I laughing like Pa, but today I was. It brought a different perspective for me, as a parent. Sometimes our kids see things differently than we do. But on the other hand, they also look for that little loop to slip through to get away with stuff too. It sparked a nice, friendly discussion on the topic with my girls. It was a lighthearted but meaningful discussion to the heart of sinfulness. Lovin' the Prairie Primer! |
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