Goodbye Autumn, thank you for playing with us

He loves autumn because he gets to shuck corn, this kept him intertained for hours! Once the corn comes off the cob the kernels are used for corn necklaces for our door blessing and dress up. Then the cobs are kept in the play kitchen for use the rest of the year. The corn is also put through their grinders in their play kitchen to cook with.

With the change of the season it seems as though life automatically becomes slower and draws us into our homes. Longing for long baths, warm fires and deeper conversations. We begin to prepare for the real cold that is coming and reading our hearts for the shift that comes with being indoors longer. However that change is longed for come summers end. I love that on the cold mornings the coffee is longed for, not just to wake up, because some days I really need it, but to warm me up. I love pulling out my sheep skin boots, warm wooly sweaters, and once again that ever growing pile of wooly pants I have made for the kids. I think I have a bigger pile of wool pants that need patching from last winter, but I have the desire to stich and prepare that I didn’t once spring had arrived last year.

I have decieded what I am going to do with my career, which has been a pressing battle in my head. I am going to read the rudolf Steiner lecture he gave to his students, and see what I can acquire through them. The first teachers of waldorf, and subsequently have all learned from the lectures, why not do school myself. Simple. This is my goal, stop spending money on what other people figure out, do it myself! This will be for the benefit of not only my children but I will have the background to begin the waldorf nature school that will be a private school. This will be for homeschooling families that want a rich full experience for their children but still be a part of every aspect. I know that with the training I will feel confidant to teach the other kids and families involved to the best of my ability. I am eager to begin and longing to get families on board so that this can be fully funded and all the pieces in place once big brother begins kindergarten. I have 2 1/2 years, so I better get moving!!!!

I feel quite vulnerable right now, but that is when we are most mold able and trusting. So here is listening with my heart and my head, and meanwhile I will keep my hands happily busy making and creating! I know that the  Rudolf Steiner model of education is right for my family, I trust that the universe and all Godly knowledge will direct me, I must stay open, willing and know that the journey is so much more important than any "final" goal that will be reached.