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Thank you so much for being patient! We have a lot of wonderful things ahead.
Erik and I often get questions of appropriateness when it comes to movies, Marvel’s new Thor was no exception. I thought I would review this from a mom’s perspective. Keep in mind I have five children ranging from 14 down to two weeks old, I’ve been around the Waldorf block a few times and my… Continue Reading
From the Archives, June 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today we did a radio spot with Donna over at the Waldorf Connection. We have that show for you for free here: Getting Dad on Board – CLICK for mp3 streaming or right click to save to your computer. FYI-There were some technical difficulties on the conference call so… Continue Reading
From the archives, June 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A dear friend of mine occasionally forwards to me a weekly Kabbalah message when she thinks it might pertain to some of the things we are working on. She sent me one recently that really made me think about choice and commitment. Sometimes we think they are one in… Continue Reading
From the Archives, September 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Often when we come to desire a more Waldorfy life, we begin letting Dad know that there are all sorts of things he can’t do. He can’t watch TV. He can’t listen to that loud music. He can’t play video games. He can’t enjoy his favorite comics. So… Continue Reading
From the Archives, March 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Mom, can I have an apple?” you get up from your knitting and cut an apple, sit down and get half way through another row when you hear your second child. “Why did he get an apple? I want an apple.” Does this sound familiar? When my older… Continue Reading
If you are like many homeschooling moms, you are looking at what you haven’t finished yet for the year and starting to feel a bit frustrated… frustrated at yourself maybe for not staying disciplined enough or frustrated at the events that came up that took you off course or even just frustrated that you want… Continue Reading
From the Archives, June 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week, I found a note on my desk that read: “TOP SECRET DO NOT OPEN UNTIL YOU GET TO THE STORE” I had asked Ellie to start a grocery list for me and I assumed this was it. I opened it (BEFORE going to the store) so… Continue Reading
CLICK HERE for the botany podcast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 2010 **Warning, this is not for the faint of heart, lol. There are worm pictures here!** This year, we really wanted to take our commitment to less waste to the next level. For us, we’ve always been a careful family, we try to buy local, recycle, all… Continue Reading
From the archives, August 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We come across this question a lot on our yahoo group: “My 6yr old is very willful, I am at my end – any ideas?” These conversations usually center around frustrating behavior that includes children not listening or being outright defiant – it is often a bit different for… Continue Reading