by applewooddollhospital | Jun 6, 2024 | Blog, Essays
I put the book down that I had been reading aloud about a pioneer woman who had saved her dying child. My son was studying pioneer times and we were reading a historical novel about a...
by applewooddollhospital | Jun 8, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
Jean Van Leeuwen This was based on the true story of a girl named Mary Ellen Todd who made the journey on the Oregon Trail from Arkansas to Oregon with her family. (Her family was related to President Lincoln’s wife.). This was a fascinating...
by applewooddollhospital | May 19, 2023 | Blog, Saturday Fairy Eggs
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we are frequently looking things up to answer the various questions that arise. For instance, the children found that one of the chickens had laid an egg...