A dear friend thought this should be a blog post, so here we go! I often get questions on our Yahoo! Group about this subject. It is hard when children are small to think much about disciplining beyond the first few years, but we have to be prepared and also lay the groundwork for the… Continue Reading
When I sat down to start this piece, it was a lazy afternoon after a busy Saturday morning. We had our annual May Day with our local group and everyone was ready to relax a bit. My big kids settled in with books and talking to friends. My resident phlegmatic, Super Sam started begging for… Continue Reading
Our May Day promotion ends tomorrow (Friday!) Now is the time to start getting your planning going for next year. Enjoy 20% off in our store using the code MAYDAY. We have two great promotions for our Waldorf training program, Thinking Feeling Willing. http://waldorfessentials.com/two-great-deals/ Blessings!… Continue Reading
From the Archives, September 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am often asked how we can take all of our children on one field trip and have everyone get something out of it. It is certainly a challenge when you have more than one child and sometimes we have to bend our brain around how we can all… Continue Reading
From the Archives, April 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It seems just like yesterday that we announced we were bringing a new spirit into our family and here I am announcing her arrival into our arms. God has a sweet sense of humor… knowing just how much our family loves gnomes, He has sent us the sweetest little… Continue Reading
We have written a few pieces on this subject in the past, but after working on the book Rhythms of Learning as a group, several of our readers have asked that I dig deeper into this subject. In our series Crafting a Healthy Home Rhythm, I discuss mental health as an important aspect of having… Continue Reading
Two folks in 5 minutes asked if we were expecting again and I couldn’t figure out why until I realied that we have the archives up here from the old blog. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING Five is enough for this busy house. Thank you so much for all the well wishes, LOL. Blessings. … Continue Reading
From the archives, March 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I had an interesting day last week where a few folks thought I didn’t understand “the other side” LOL… I lived it, I understand it just fine… what I’d like moms to see is just how wonderful this side can be… the side where it may not always be… Continue Reading
This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Crafting a Healthy Home RhythmThe Fluff. What exactly is the fluff? The fluff is what draws a lot of mamas to Waldorf. It is the cute stuff. The stuff that makes us want to be a kid again. The toys. The sweet dinner time verses. … Continue Reading
From the Archives, April 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I normally leave most of the parenting topics to my dear friend Carrie over at The Parenting Passageway, but recently we have had a bunch of parenting discussions on our yahoo group and I thought I would address some of them here. Now keep in mind with over 1100… Continue Reading