Seasons of Joy Looking for a way to bring peace and joy to your day?
Seasons of Joy is my 10-week seasonal guidebook to add rhythm and fun to your daily routine. Each guidebook has ten weeks' worth of circle times, stories, arts, crafts, and handwork, painting, playtime activities and more!
Seasons of Joy seeks to empower families to create peaceful rhythms and routines and joyful celebrations that follow the circle of the year. The blog also chronicles our adventures in living simply, loving exuberantly, and Waldorf inspired homeschooling.
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Molly is sick.
She’s not very happy about it either.
What started out as a simple cold has morphed into bronchiolitis, and we ended up in the emergency room last night for a breathing treatment and a chest x-ray. It’s not RSV, thank goodness, but seeing her struggle to breath and feeling her baby heart race was certainly scary!
Even having a stuffy nose can be frightening for a baby. Infants are obligate nose-breathers, God’s design for allowing them to breathe and nurse at the same time. So when little noses get stuffed up, things can get very difficult very quickly! Read more...
‘Tis the season.
Every year around Christmas, it’s like the plague around here. I exaggerate not. One year everyone–including Daddy– had chicken pox, another year it was bronchitis. We had an outbreak of head lice, and pink eye that made everyone’s eyes swell shut, followed by a bonus round of “Guess Who’s Allergic to the Eye Ointment?” (That would be Michael for you kids playing at home). Last year everyone was throwing up. The year before that? Baby chest x-ray! It’s like Santa Claus brings a sleigh-full of germs. Read more...
 Brought to you by Katie Grace, after a particular rough time roller blading
We had a bit of a mishap at the grocery store. Nicholas, in his usual be-bopping way, be-bopped in front of me and tripped me. I scraped up my knee, my back is sore, and, although my mama instinct kicked in and I put my hand behind the baby’s head so he wouldn’t smash it on the ground (he was in the sling and I fell forward), I managed to bend my hand at an angle I am fairly certain it isn’t meant to go. Read more...
Every year it’s like the plague around here at Christmastime. One year it was head lice. Another year, chicken pox. Last year it was pink eye and double ear infections. This year we decided to start a round of Echinacea and Vitamin C beginning the day after Thanksgiving. So far, everyone is pretty healthy, except for Babymort, who obviously did not get the memo. Read more...
Ugh! I am feeling so frustrated right now.
On Christmas Eve, Michael began complaining of a sore throat. Christmas day, he had pink eye and a burst eardrum. Boxing Day, he had two pink eyes and two burst ear drums. We had been treating it homeopathically and herbally (mullein drops for the ears before they burst and eyebright compresses for the eyes) but decided to go to a doc. We came home with three prescriptions for antibiotic/steroid eyedrops, oral antibiotics, and eardrops. We filled the eyedrops and skipped the rest.
The next day Michael broke out in hives from the eyedrops. Read more...
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Our Current Read Aloud: Abel’s Island
In the car we’re listening to… The Mysterious Benedict Society
Nursery Rhyme Nursery School Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick.
Jack jump over
The candlestick!
 Character Counts! This month we’re learning about… Love
1 Corinthians 13
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. Blessed Mother Teresa, Pray for Us! 
Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.
~Mother Teresa |
