So....the name?

Well obviously, "little house" comes from Little House on the Prairie. Four of my five kids are crazy for anything Little House. It is the only show they are interested in watching. They play "little house" each and every day. They work it into any and all play whether it be Legos, dinosaurs, outside play, etc. They have each chosen a character and rarely do they break character throughout the day. They label each other's behavior by which character would be most likely to exhibit the same behavior. Someone being silly is a Willie. Someone being mean or cruel is a Nellie, etc. They have even taken to calling dh and I, Pa and Ma. Not sure I'm crazy about the way they say "Maw".

Sandhills comes from the area we live in. The central part of SC is known as the sandhills because the coastline use to be here many, many, geologic years ago. As a result there is a lot of sand in our soil (and our house and our hair and our cars).

"Little House on the Sandhills" also represents a "pioneering" adventure we have just embarked upon. We recently purchased 70 acres of fields, woods, and ponds and have begun building, with our own 7 pairs of hands, a house and a barn. We hope to have most of it finished by the end of 2007. Plans are to have goats and chickens and gardens. We hope to eventually feed ourselves mainly from our gardens, orchards, and animals.

I will use this blog to highlight the progress of the "farm" as well as our homeschooling adventures, the adjustment of our three children recently adopted from Ethiopia, and finally just everyday happenings and events.

Ma