Sage Snowboarding

Sage tried out his new snowboard !!

A very cold day without a car

When we got home from our vacation we discovered that T car would not start. He tried to jump it using my Jeep and some how the jumper cables caught on fire!! Luckily he put it out and he and the cars are fine excpet that his still does not start. Needless to say we need new jumper cables.

He took my car to work today and Ryan and I were homebound all day. With the temp. in the low digits we did not even venture outside. I have to say we had a great day. Everything I have read and tried to encourage about being a child-led learning home was so apparent today. We just took it easy and let the day present itself. My very dear friend, Kim, writes about the same thing in her blog frogcreek.blogspot.com. Even though we may be inspired by different learning styles we both have the same desire to let our children think for themselves and to develop as a whole person!!! This is why we are such great friends and our kids get along so well.


This was our day:
8:30 am worked on a science experiment that Ryan got for Christmas from his grandparents.
R played with blocks and his cars, moved on to the playroom and set up a farm scene. Finally got dressed and we both worked out on our new treadmill briefly. Snack time while we played a game. Played our recorders and made up new songs. Read books and talked on the couch. R built more towers and played with his cars. Used his new ping pong catapult to try to knock over the towers. Had lunch and watched the food network briefly. R was inspired as usual to make his own recipe. He called is "Saffron" which is eggs,milk and cheese mixed in the food processor poured into the frying pan and then add tomatoes,cucumber and salt. All of which he prepared and made himself for me. Being the adoring mother I am - I ate it and it wasn't half bad! It tasted like an omelet. Yesterday he made his own scrambled eggs and toast (do not worry his not left unattended when cooking on the stove!!)

I worked on cleaning and rearranging to make room for our new Christmas gifts.

R and I made drawstring bags for our recorders. He sewed his on his own using the sewing machine. I just helped him with the top part.

That is all I can remember. ..

Happy New Year !

What a year! This year Sage started 6th grade and is doing great. His confidence in himself has grown and he is becoming a great young man - He will be 13 this year! He started skate boarding again this year and of course lots of sports!

I started Ryan's first year of Kindergarten lessons in the morning and it has been a wonderful adventure. It is amazing to watch him absorb his lessons and then take them even further on his own. He is always thinking and doing, I never know what he will do next. Needless to say it is a challenge to keep my house clean - but I wouldn't have it any other way.

We just got back form our holiday vacation in FLorida and as always had a great time. We were lucky this time to meet 2 new members of our family. Cousin Emily and Cousin Arden - both adorable. The boys loved hanging out with their Grandma and Grandpa, Aunts and Uncles and cousins. I feel very fortunate to have a loving family and also one who accepts me for who I am ( a nutty mom who doesn't let her children watch alot of tv or play video games and follows a Waldorf Natural living lifestyle!)

Here are a few pictures from the trip. Unfortunatly I did not take many pictures.

Sage wrote a Poem Tonight!

Sage wrote a fantastic poem tonight that is perfect for our very snowy day today:

white snow everywhere you see the snow falling ever so slowly

twirling whirling and shooting into the frosty air

jack frost nipping at your nose

the soft snow landing gently on the ground

you hear the children laughing merely

Winter Festival and Advent Spiral

Tonight my good friend Tonya and I hosted a Winter festival and Advent spiral at my house. I have never attended a Waldorf Advent spiral so I read up on it and it turned out to be a beautiful experience. We had invited 3 additional families to join us (10 kids). The evening started with sewing a star and making gingerbread cookies. I have a picture of the star, but all the cookies are gone of course!





This is what the spiral looked like this afternoon when I was testing how it would looked. I was very excitted to see how pretty it turned out and could not wait till the evening when it would be aglow with candle light.



The spiral started with all the children and moms coming into the room quietly and joining hands around the spiral. Tonya and I then said a very nice blessing from the book TheTales of Tiptoes Lightly that starts off :

Bless this candle
Burning bright,
Bless its shining in the night.




Ryan's turn! Amazingly enough we did not need the bowl of water I set for " just in case emergencies"

The spiral was beautiful in the dark. Unfortunately this picture does not show that, but it was very peaceful. We all sang "This Little Light of Mine" and then guided all the kids to sit for the puppet show.

Tonya read the story "The Light in the Lantern" while I was the puppeteer. It was a nice story and the children enjoyed it.


At the end of the evening some of our friend stayed for a potluck dinner. We really had a wonderful time. Thanks to Tonya for Working together to make this happen and to Kim who stayed and helped me clean up !!

1st snow of the season

Friday night we had our first snow fall of the season. Who could resist going out to play! The neighbor kids eventually joined Sage and Ryan for a big snow fight. By big I mean using the shovel to throw snow on each other. Ryan went through 3 hats - he kept getting soaked!

Jack Frost Came Visiting Last Night!