Five Yesterdays in Winston- Salem

Parker and I attended a camp here in Old Salem called Five Yesterdays. It teaches kids what it was like to live here in the mid 1700s and 1800s. There were four groups (by age level) that were named after families in Old Salem. Parker was in the Bloom family and I was in the Vogler family.  Throughout the week I made: applesauce and gingerbread, a bowl, a long strip of tape that we weaved, a flyswatter, and a small bag of lavender. The tape that we made isn't the sticky stuff that we use today. Instead, the weaved yarn is used like ribbon or string to tie things such as bags and pants (an old fashioned belt!). Parker made most of the things that I made, but she sewed a linen bag instead of making a flyswatter. This has inspired her to sew more things, and she's already finished a small pillow!

The last day of Five Yesterdays everyone came together for a lovefeast. A lovefeast is when the Moravian community joins together and sing songs, reads scripture, and eats lovefeast buns to celebrate something. The picture shows Parker and me dressed for the lovefeast.

I really liked the camp and I hope I can do it again someday! We hope everyone is doing well!

From,
Perri      

Life in Old Salem

As Parker posted yesterday, we are spending July in Winston-Salem. With three days of settling in under our belt we are experimenting with math options for our "summer school" session, attempting some physical exertion ("why to we have to walk ALL the way down the street and back?") plotting our immediate and future-futures, playing a bit of Settlers (Nathanael won) and kicking back to watch a couple of Jason Bourne movies. Louis is of course busy at MESDA (the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Art), giving lectures, helping with research projects in addition to tackling a few of his own projects. Just another typical summer for the Nelsons!

So what is next? We are currently at Mimi and DadDad's in Huntersville, squeezing in a quick visit, storing clothes and items for winter/England, in addition to housing Louis' car. We return to a week in Old Salem. The girls will attend a morning camp that the museum offers. We will continue tackling math, in addition to gathering reading materials for school and pleasure-reading for the fall, and looking at some tour books for tentative fall excursions. We should probably start looking for housing in Oxford as well! The following week the kids will return to Mimi and DadDad's for camp-grandparent week and Louis and Kristine will accompany the MESDA students on their field trip to Charleston and surrounding plantations. A final week in Winston-Salem to wrap up the month. I think that covers our July plans!

Updates...the kids and I managed to ingest our typhoid pills prior to leaving Charlottesville, thanks for all suggestions and perhaps prayers for the pill taking. Perhaps we should keep practicing prior to our voyage and the malaria pills. We received a call from the company obtaining our China visas and thought the passports were going to be here in Charlotte when we arrived, but alas they are not. If they are not received on Monday I'll need to do a bit of investigating. The City Schools approved my homeschooling curriculum. What were they thinking? Certainly not considering geometry!
Current concerns: I have done something to my left knee. There is a lot of popping above the kneecap and minimal pain going downstairs. I will need to have this checked out prior to leaving for SAS.

That is all to report for now! Here are the kids and I in front our temporary home for July. (Can't seem to get it rightside up, sorry!)
Thanks for reading and keeping up with our adventures!
Kristine

Parker writes...

And so our adventure begins in Winston- Salem. We are staying in a duplex on Main St. near the children's museum. The owner of the duplex has 2 dogs, Summer and Nadia. Nadia looks like a teddy bear. Summer is 9 [almost 10] and Nadia is 8. Summer and Nadia are calm dogs. I personally like calm dogs. We'll post more soon.

       Parker, Perri and Nathanael