Pa, Ma, Mary, Laura (aka Half-Pint), and Baby Carrie

This is a thing:

LauraPalooza 2012

A summer conference in Minnesota about all things Laura Ingalls Wilder?!? Where do I sign?

Ahhh. Fondly remembering a stop at one of Wilder's childhood homes on a family vacation...shout out to my mom for making sure we went places like that. There and the Corn Palace (same trip to the Badlands!).

I want this:

I might skip the cornmeal mush and try Ma's green tomato pickles.
Who will join me?


*Thanks for the picture Barnesandnoble.com!