Mommy woke up with a head cold this morning and the Doo appears to be coming down with it as well.  It’s a rainy day in Los Angeles.  We have the Christmas lights on and are listening to Tori Amos’ new solstice CD.  I decided to go ahead with our lesson for today which ended up being a bit difficult because the reading was tickling my throat and I kept stopping to cough.  But we survived and still enjoyed ourselves.

Minna lives in the Appalachian Mountains.  After our reading, we read a little bit about the Appalachians and found the mountain range on her U.S. map.  We discussed a bit about Appalachian Culture and some differences we saw in The Rag Coat compared what we are used to in our lives (such as Minna’s old fashioned stove compared to our modern one).

We also enjoyed some YouTube videos on the area, including this one:

Now we’re cozied up for the evening with Sting’s new winter CD playing and Doo playing with an early Yule gift (I couldn’t help myself), a Christmas Barbie.  Christmas Barbie is going to “ride a carriage to Boston” now.  Modern plastic doll meets Minna’s simple transportation in the Appalachians.