Arty stuff

 

We bought a set of lacing cards, just to leave them lying around and see if Charlie showed any interest in them....well yes he did, he really loved sitting there lacing away. I sat with him, not helping but just chatting, it was a lovely way to spend an hour.

 

 

We also had a go at Waldorf style wet on wet painting, which was very relaxing, in fact I am discovering a side to me that I didn't know I had. I was always told at school that I just wasn't artistic!! Well look here my old teachers...I am good because I am having fun...so there!

 These number cards are just beautiful, what a gorgeous way to play with numbers.

Charlie insisted that we bought this children's magazine while we were in the coop the other day, I had visions of it being ignored when we got home but when he found the robot activity we set about making him the jazziest robot ever.

A beautiful necklace made by my clever son.

Grateful for...

Grateful for friends. Clever, patient mama's who create beautiful shawls to warm shoulders on a chilly Autumn day. Thank you lovely Sarah.

Learning together

Well I suppose you could say that from now on we are a home educating family. To be honest we were part time home educating last year as Charlie only went to Steiner kindergarten 3 times a week but hey I feel we learn all the time, in set rules or no set way. We still follow a Steiner approach to play and gentle learning but we also unschool as in we don't have a timetable or follow a curriculum. We use media and IT for learning programmes and games and we also watch some TV. Mainly we just love being together all the time and doing our own thing :)

I am excited, tired, inspired by lots of wonderful HE mama's, happy, and a probably a hundred other emotions right now but I feel we are doing the right thing for us.

Not back to school

 lots of countryside walking.

 A masterpiece....robot.

 Charlie helping to build yet another bookcase to house just a few more of our many books :)

 Playing writing with sticks in the dirt.

play dough time

this and that

 Our boy

 Me having a 'good day'.

 The usual fun with daddy on the go karts.

 Charlie looking quite serious here on the bars.

 Future Olympian?

Charlie and daddy having lots of fun at the play gym.

summer days

Losing someone you love..

I've been away from blogging for a little while for a few reasons but the one heartbreaking thing that kept my head and heart elsewhere was losing my beautiful grandma (in fact she was more like my mama). Really, she had a wonderful, full very long life and was surrounded by her loving family who all adored her. She was doing yoga up until her 90th birthday and was as intelligent and inspirational as anyone could ever be. She very peacefully passed away in her sleep in her 99th year, just a few weeks short of her 100th birthday. Grandma was laid to rest dressed in the gorgeous dress she had bought to wear for her birthday party :)
Her funeral was a celebration of her life and it was so good to see so many cousins, aunties, uncles,friends etc that we haven't seen for along time. Charlie came to her funeral and was wonderful throughout the whole ceremony, he said he wanted to say goodbye too...sob..