We played an entire day in the Merriman's the other day, to try and do everything they need to do between waking up and going to bed.  There was so much to do!
All he servants had to do all the nitty gritty chores stuff like groceries, firewood, dishes, etc. and all the children had to do all their chores, write back to their letters, exercise outside, practice dance, go to singing and piano lessons, and do their proper school homework.
Mrs. Merriman doesn't usually do any of that work since she has fragile nerves, so she just sat in the dining room and worked on some sewing projects and complained about how tired she was.

Mammy, the governess, had a fine time keeping the children in control until she had to force Nan to go to her singing lesson with Mrs. Wickon, which never works out very well because Nan hates her singing lessons.  So she kept trying to escape, and even had Elizabeth, Clara and Anna plotting diversions and escape plans for her while she was about to start her lesson, but it didn't matter because Mrs. Wickon doesn't enjoy the lessons either, so she told Nan to go away and that she would "never teach you again!"

So we'll see how that goes, but Mrs. Merriman is determined that Nan be able to sing as well as play the piano, so there'll have to be a solution somewhere!

Toodles,
:-)
Greta