If you don't, I have a post in which I intend to lay out our views of Sabbath Rest in a bit.) It's the day that the Lord has made and we're to REJOICE in it!" (My explanation was longer but you get the gist. But we don't believe that we are supposed to sit quiet and still and do nothing on that day. "Well, we believe that God made a day for us to rest in, just as He rested on the seventh day of Creation. I explained that they believed you should rest on the Sabbath and to them that meant playing quietly and being still all day long. Moving on to Chapter Two "we" discovered that Laura and Mary were involved in helping with various household tasks, including the making of their own bed.įrom there on out the general reaction to the book was, "WHY? WHY? WHY?" Why work so hard for cheese? Why spend days twisting straw to make hats? Why, most especially, do they have to sit quiet and still all through Sunday?! (This, as you might imagine, was mind blowing to the boy.) It opened up an interesting conversation between us though. I had prefaced the book by saying that this was a true story of a real family and the things that they did "a long time ago." We finished up reading about the pig bladder balloon and his only question was: Making the pig bladder balloon received the biggest reaction from my son. In Chapter One there is my skinning and smoking of animals to prepare meat for the winter months. Instead I'll just share Bookworm1's reaction to the various stories Laura shares in this book. I won't rehash the storyline as you are likely familiar with it.
I don't, but it's an interesting fact all the same.) Yup! I'm named for Baby Carrie in the Little House books! (So you'd think I'd feel a tighter connect to it somehow.
(I was all about Nancy Drew at the time, as I recall.) My mom read this book when she was in grade school and, in fact, chose my name in reading this book.
I distinctly remember my mother suggesting to me that I should read them when I was younger but I don't remember ever following through and doing so. I have to confess that I've only read through this series once before in my lifetime. Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge (74).
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