Josie got an American Girls collection about Kit, so we've been studying the Depression, the economy, and reporting. (Kit wants to be a reporter.) Josie is expecting delivery of her Great-Uncle Jimmy's typewriter, and once she has it intends to start writing a newspaper for her daddy so he knows what happens during the day when he's at work (just like Kit--those American Girls books, they're great for getting girls going!).

And we've been studying the weather. She's been interested lately, so Santa brought her an Oregon Scientific Weather Center and a rain gauge. She and Lou have been perusing the seed catalogs deciding what to plant.

We've also been knitting, and using The Mary Frances Sewing Book to learn handsewing on burlap. Lou likes sewing buttons to anything that's not nailed down and Josie is practising her stitches very carefully in embroidery floss. It took her forever to figure out catch stitch, but she almost cried in excitement when she did.

I'm not really sure what's up with Josie but she's gotten very formal about her schooling lately. She wants uniforms (!) and homework and writing on the chalkboard. What's so funny about this longing for "school" is that if she were actually there it would drive her bananas.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor