Jan. 28,2009 Ice and Forgivness

My favorite part of this week was by far the wax paper ice skating that we did. If you haven't tried it and you have a room with carpet in your house take sheets of wax paper and put them under your feet. Since there is not an ice skating rink anywhere near Lake Havasu City, AZ we had fun pretending.

Jan.28,2009

I was sweeping and humming the kitchen floor and along came J.R. sweeping and humming also.

Making Frozen Suncatchers was the highlight of our day.

Jan.26,2009

Welcome
J.R.

Jan. 25,2009

A trip to Pheonix to pick Grandma Noble's oranges off her tree. She is the heart of our family. We love both Grandma and Grandpa so much.

Jan. 21,2009

Jan. 20, 2009

Even Opal was sweeping.


The girls love to clean and sang and hummed the whole time.




Yummy Baked Winter Oatmeal











Welcome Duke, He loves to cook and his favorite part was to sprinkle the nutmeg.

Jan. 20, 2009

Jade loves the indoor swing.

Jan. 19, 2009

Yummy Popcorn

Welcome JADE.... she is so precious she put herself to sleep at 1:00pm.

Jan. 19, 2009

Our first day at LbL we had a very special visitor. Dawn came to teach us how to sew on my mom's sewing machine. She also taught the kids to finger knit. She was down for the V.W. run and is a long time Waldorf mom at the Desert Marigold in Pheonix. We have been friends since our first meeting at the Buses by the Bridge V.W. run 5 years ago. She shared some mama insight and recommended the book Unconditional Parenting to me. It was an absolute delight to have her visit and LbL's aprons, place mats and napkins are all sewn by her.

The love of a lady who loved ladybugs

I feel that everything in my life has brought me to this point. I remember grieving even the thought of leaving Shining Star Waldorf school in Portland, Oregon. When it was time for me to move on in my life's journey I remember telling Mrs. Marsha how much I would miss the school and she clearly told me "you can start your own school wherever you are". I told her that there was no way and that I didn't have the knowledge or the "know how". Ladybug Love has been a dream of mine for many years and I dedicate it in honor of my mother, as I do with every new endeavor since her passing. She is truely the light that shines through me. She once told me that life is not really meaningful without children, that she can't imagine not having children, and that she couldn't relate to people who didn't want children. She was the very essence of fun....My childhood memories are magical and a bit crazy, sometimes stressful, but overall I was blessed.... My biggest reason for wanting to start Ladybug Love is because I have always wanted to go to a natural childcare center and attend a Waldorf inspired school and now I can, right in the midst of my very own home.
My mom and I were in Anacortes, Washington and of course she yells.... stop the car.... as she always did when she saw an antique store. We went in and she was into everything as usual. She saw a wooden baby cradle and wanted it badly. She was always trying to get a good deal so she made up a story that it would be for my Waldorf school in Lake Havasu and that the lady needed to give us an amazing deal. I whispered "mom what Waldorf school?" Shhh she said I am trying to get a discount. I am sure the lady heard me but gave us a steal of a deal and wished me well with the school as I was walking out of the antique store. My mama's intuition was always a bit ahead of the times.