Winter. Rounding out the year. I have a moment to sit, still myself, and breathe the deepest breath of the year. We can even loosen up a little bit. The time I have had since Christmas has been busy, like most, but I am also taking the time to reorganize, dust, purge, and slowly open my eyes up to a new time for us next year. But first I want to re-cap the past couple months as we finished entering our stories and teachings into our Main Lesson Books for Fourth and Second.
We did a lot of nature scavenging, and I had dirty floors constantly. Such is life, and the season in which I am in.
Here’s our collection of nature to send to our Nature Pal in California. We dipped some nature in beeswax, painted a wood apple, made beeswax tea lights, and sent a little mouse finger puppet along. We also had a bird seed gift wrapped as a pumpkin to give too.
The light of day began to dim, and so we made our lanterns and walked with friends.
Music filled our ears, as Little Fox, Second Grade, practiced and accomplished his semester recital.
We warmed our hands with handwork. Little Eagle, 4th grade, sewed mama a little needle book. This was a craft from September Happy Hedgehog. I try to pace our handwork, so it stays enjoyable.
Little Fox begged to make outfits for our Lantern Carriers.
There was nothing more enjoyable than getting out into the woods with my family for a weekend. We visited Natural Bridge State Park and Red River Gorge, Geological Area. My buzzword for the year was Connect, and there is no better place than nature.
We are currently alternating rest with work. I have begun to tackle that urge to clear and clean, organize, and dream. We are having an unusual late fall and early winter, with lots of rain and warm days. I can’t help but appreciate how mild the season has been, which can be a help to us this year. No snow yet.
Here comes 2016!!
Nurturing Spirit 