Saying No To Illiteracy

"Ssseee mmmeee reeead," said Mayor Asher Ply Wood. It looks like Ply Wood is well on his way from being an illiterate mayor to a reading mayor.

Months ago Ply Wood would look at letters asking what they were and how they sound. This was a result of many years that he was read to. "Learning to read is one of the greatest things in the whole world," said Ply Wood. Main House First Lady Mom did most of the reading for him. She has a new excitement for the mayor. "This desire to read will free him!" said Mom. "He will have a new activity that will improve his thinking, I will do everything I can do to help him.

Mom leads daily lessons with Ply Wood. Most of the time he does summersaults during the lessons. Mom isn't worried though since that's how Nathaniel Barn Loft learned to read.

Ply Wood will join fellow citizens who started reading years before him. Sarah Daffodil, a reader since 1999, can't put a book down. Barn Loft, a reader since 2002, recently read "Where the Red Fern Grows" in one day.

Happy Valentine's Day...

...from the Mayor of Acorn Hill

Wee Not Wii

We all know that over time some words loose their original meaning. The citizens of Acorn Hill prefer originals (except for the first "Little Women" movie) so will stick with the original meaning of wee. Wee means, "This is fun!"

Nathaniel Barn Loft and Mayor Asher Ply Wood constructed a huge landing mat on the living room floor of the Main House. They launched themselves from a chair where the soft mass caught them. Autumn Fern also took part. Barn Loft had to gently toss her. Many "wees!" filled the air.

The Wii interactive video game is a lot of fun for a lot of people. You will not see a Wii in Acorn Hill, but you will hear a "wee" now and then becasue of all of the home-made fun the citizens share.

Then of course there is "we," we means unity. What would Acorn Hill be without "we"?

A Good Tree

There is a tree on the Red Hill with a nice branch, and I had a prety long rope, so I made a swing. I threw the rope over the branch and tied a piece of wood to the end, and I had my swing. Also on the same tree I nailed wood like a ladder up the tree to the big branch were I can sit and look over the neighbors' fence, and sometimes spy on Mayor Asher Ply Wood when he is walking in Acorn Hill.

-Nathaniel Barn Loft

Daffodil Finds Daffodil

Acorn Hill's Sarah Daffodil walked outside the Main House, February 9th, and soon came running back telling Main House President Dad and Main House First Lady Mom that she'd just seen her first Daffodil of this spring. Dad quickly came out with his camera to capture this first flower. Later in the day 3 other daffodils where discovered along with a patch of crocus and winter honeysuckle. Some violas and helleborus have also been blooming for a while. "It feels like spring outside," said Daffodil "The chimneys aren't smoking and the Daffodils are blooming," observed Nathaniel Barn Loft.

-Sarah Daffodil

The Main House Has A Good First Lady

Acorn Hill citizens are thankful for such a good First Lady to be co-ruler in the Main House. She let Sarah Daffodil turn her "Castle" up-side-down so that Daffodil could prepare for her class on dyeing corn husks. "Messes can be cleaned up", said Main House First Lady Mom. Here's a movie on what Daffodil did.

Daffodil taught her class today, students each finished a doll. "They all did very well", said Daffodil. "I really enjoy teaching these classes," she added.

Victory in Jesus for Assisted Living Residents

Acorn Hill's Nathaniel Barn Loft and Main House President Dad played dulcimer for ressidents of an assisted living home along with the Nacoochee Strummers. Barn Loft played "Victory in Jesus" as his solo. Barn Loft said that "he got hot" and that "Dad should have warned me not to wear long sleeves."

Fern and her "Green Guys"