It had been 11 days since we moved into our new home on the prairie. 
(view from back deck)
We missed all of our friends back in the other settlement…like Aunt Stephanie…
…and Uncle Daniel (& Kerri and Juan!!!)
And many, many others (but we don’t have any pics of them right now…)
Ma had been so busy unpacking, washing our clothes (by hand, our washer is broken), and getting us settled in. She also had to take care of the baby which was a huge responsibility.
The good news is that Imanuel has learned to hold his bottle all by himself! That comes in handy when Ma is busy doing things around the house.
It was a lot of work settling in, but boy did we love our new home.
(front)
(back)
It was beautiful- especially the backyard which gave us a lot of room to play.
Our Aunt Alanna came to visit us. We had a lot of fun! One of the best things we did was pick apples from the trees in our backyard. She and Ma were going to make apple pie!
(Can you see Alanna in the tree?)
We’re glad she didn’t fall out of the tree like Pa did when he tried to get the kite.
We ended up making apple pie (3 of them!),
plenty of baby food (enough to feed the baby through the winter!),
AND Pa even made fresh apple cider!! He’s ALWAYS working hard for our family.
It was so much fun! We decided to make a pitcher for our new neighbors so we bundled up and delivered it to them. They were very grateful and we became good friends!
Imanuel got to wear one of the new hats that Aunt Sarah got for him!
All in all, I’m so glad to be here. The best part of all, is that our family can be together. (Including our fish, Nehemiah…it’s a long story.)
By the end of the day, I was worn out! I knew I would have a good sleep at night. Yup, that’s me.
And, that’s me running down the prairie in the back of our house…but I didn’t trip and fall like the youngest Ingalls sister.
Based on the diaries of Bentley Ramos-Wilder. 🙂