While we were in Vermont in July one of Maddy's friends told us about a great activity that her children love ~ using soap, water, and a washboard to clean clothes. Grace has her own washboard and she uses it to wash clothes and stuffed toys but she LOVES to wash her Ellas the most. In addition to being a washboard, Grace uses it as a musical board too! 
We searched all of Middlebury for a washboard while we were there in July without any luck. Maddy did an Internet search and found a wonderful company called The Columbus Washboard Company and she ordered Grace and Jack this washboard from them. The Columbus Washboard Company has been making washboards since 1895 and they are the only manufacturer still operating in the United States today. This company also sends their washboards and laundry supplies to our troops overseas! 
Daddy hung a low lying clothesline on our deck so Grace can hang her laundry to dry!! 
Monday, August 17, 2009
Wash, Rinse, & Dry!
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Grace, your Ellas look squeaky clean! You did a very good job giving them a bath and then letting them get some sun so they could dry. When I see you with your washboard, I think of that song, "Here We Go Around the Mulberry Bush" - "This is the way we wash our clothes...."
Nice job, Grace!
Hugs and kisses,
Memere
Oh, I am so thrilled that Grace is enjoying the washboard. Love the pictures, especially of the Ella(s) and Monkey!
I think it is wonderful that Jack and Grace are exposed to things from the past. In this 'fast' world of ours, revisiting the simpler ways are truly a gift for our children. To be outdoors enjoying water and soap and actually seeing how it cleans bets being in front of any modern technology any day!!
Rebecca, giving your children these kind-of-days are a present that they will reopen throughout their lives. You are filling up their minds, heart and spirit with the joys of life and the beauty of our world.
Love, Maddy/Mom
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