and general questions/comments from the visit:

Do the extra items on the chairs in Eight Unseated correspond with particular members of the family or does it reflect the overall experience of being in a large family?
I will forward your blog address to the teachers and they will review the answers in class.  What a lovely touch to have this interaction!

Dear Sally,

The green things on the cahirs represent the partylike atmosphere of living in close quarters with so many people, as you suggest, but I did find most of these things in their wardrobes!