It's actually going to happen!

I can't believe it was 2010 when we started this...and still nothing has happened. But now I think it actually is! The project has been on the back-burner for over a year now. It *almost* happened in August 2011, but circumstances intervened. Now a friend who lives in a house that is perfect for us is going away and needs someone to look after her cat! So we're all go!

I have a million lists to make, clothes for me, clothes for Hannah, books, toys and games, household items, food. So far,they look like this:

Clothes for me:

2 x chemises
1 skirt
1 blouse
1 shawl
1 hat
1 coat
boots

I need: 1 more blouse if poss,  stockings and drawers!

Clothes for Hannah:

1 set underwear
1 pr boots
1 pinafore
1 cape

She needs: at least one dress, stockings and a hat

Books:

I've changed my mind about what I want to read and am taking Vanity Fair, Great Expectations and Voyage of the Beagle. I read Cranford recently and really enjoyed it, but decided not to go for any easy options...so no Austen!

I'm looking at a selection of things for Hannah: Wind in the Willows, some Nesbit, either Story of the Amulet or Story of the Treasure Seekers...just possibly Phoenix and the Carpet, which I have read to her before and at least she knows she likes it! I was looking at The Secret Garden but it was annoyingly published just too late and although Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess were both available at the time of our visit to the Edwardian period, I can't see Hannah enjoying those. The Jungle Book and Just So Stories are possibilities that might appeal to her...being animal-related,although she isn;t keen on the idea of Wind in the Willows now! Other things that could work: Black Beauty, What Katy Did, Alice in Wonderland, The Call of the Wild, Treasure Island, Heidi, Adventures of Tom Sawyer,

Toys, Games and other leisure pursuits

Marbles
Paper theatre
Jigsaws
Teddy bears
Doll?
Skipping rope
Whipping top
Art materials
Sewing/embroidery
Paper dolls
Writing paper, pen and ink

Will have to come back to the food question...more research to be done!