~ I’m once again joining Taryn over at Wooly Moss Roots in her Gratitude Sunday tradition. ~
Gratitude Sunday is a time to slow down and remember those thankful moments that graced our week. One reason I love keeping a daily gratitude journal is because it helps keep things in perspective for me. Each Sunday, I open my journal and share some of those moments with you here. If you’d like to join in, just leave a comment!
Gratitude is powerful energy. I love hearing others’ gratitudes!
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– A cold, cloudy day. We’re having a wacky, ultra-warm and sunny late Autumn here, and I miss the true seasonal weather!
– Well, okay, then again I’m also thankful for the warm, dry weather — it makes bicycling easier, and I can be outside lying in the sun which of course is great too! (But boy, some snow sure would be fun at some point…)
– Taking a sun bath on the floor with my cat.
– Watching a European Christmas program with Rick Steves on PBS. Have you seen that one? I enjoyed it so much.
– Attending a Waldorf school winter fair this year with my mom. I’ve been wanting to visit that school for a long time, just to have a look around and see it and feel it and gather impressions of it. It was lovely. What a beautiful, gentle introduction to the world those little children are getting. (For a lovely Waldorf blog, check out bendingbirches2010.blogspot.com.) Do you have experience with Waldorf — especially middle school or high school age? Care to share any pros and cons?
One of the holiday fair activities -- raw materials were provided in abundance, and children could create any little habitat they wanted, with the help of glue guns. It was great seeing kindergarten-aged children handling glue guns with such ease. Children are truly more capable than we give them credit for.
This classroom had been transformed into "Cookie Heaven" -- decorated by the 6th grade class, with 'semi-heavenly' live instrumental music provided by students hidden behind screens. When you walked in, it was very quiet except for the music. The 6th graders, dressed as angels, would guide the small children through Cookie Heaven, allowing them to choose a cookie (vegan & gluten-free of course). It was beautifully done, and also a riot!
– Down and wool, for warmth. Nothing compares to natural materials. What a gift!
– Spying cuteness when I was least expecting it. Can you find it in these pictures?
– Rearranging our plants and dining room area (where we don’t dine, in fact) — it feels much nicer and more cohesive.
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And how about you? Have you got any good gratitudes to share?
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Hello Lindsey,
I love sunbathing on the floor too. 🙂 Though we haven’t had much sun for that lately.
I’ve been wanting to read about waldorf and learn more. I love those little habitats in your picture.
Lots of Love!
Taryn
P.S. I love that tree pic at the top. Great perspective.
Lindsey my son attended a Waldorf kindergarden last year, I loved it and my little boy loved all the natural handcrafts they did (worked with wool, wood etc).
But this year he attends a conventional (private) school and to my surprise he likes it way better!
I think this has taught me that our perceptions of “good” and “beautiful” are different from those of our little ones and we should be careful to respect them.
They also had a pretty weird approach to discipline and although sounds good in theory they ended up having kids bullying other kids in school, something that I did not like at all!
Having said that one of his former Waldorf teachers is coming to my house this afternoon along with a few friends of mine to have tea and show us how to make felted Christmas decorations; I’m really excited! 🙂
Oh! I finally spotted the unexpected cuteness in the second picture–right there by the corner of the house. What a cutie!
Love all your pictures–really interesting! And it sounds like it was a good week for you :). <3<3
Hi beautiful lady….
Lovely list as always.
I’d love to have been able to send my girls to a waldorf school! In fact I’d like to teach at a school like that, aren’t they wonderful, warm and inviting.
Much love to you.x