Little Acorns Class at Corvallis Waldorf School

For quite some time now, Lucia, and Oscar and I have been going to the Corvallis Waldorf School's Little Acorns class which is a lovely parent- child class for toddlers and preschool age kids.  It's once a week for a couple of hours.  A gathering of several parent-child dyads (or more, depending on bro/sis involvement).  This summer, we had our class outdoors and it was quite fun.  Each week began with a walk to a lovely spot in the forest on the campus.  The children could pick a basket and fill it with treasures and maybe even some dandelion greens to give to the chickens at the end of the morning.

Once we arrived to our lovely spot, we sat together in an opening circle with a welcome song.  Oscar and Lucia always enjoyed receiving a lavender-infused warm washcloth for their hands and face.
After that, we all sat together to eat a healthy, snack.

After snack, there was always an activity/craft that mostly the parents worked on but the children could definitely help too.  This week we wet felted covers around bars of soap which turned into a decorative, longlasting bar of soap.  It was quick, fun, and the kids could participate in many of the steps!

These were our lovely final products!

After the activity, there was always a lovely, Waldorf style performance by our wonderful teacher, Mrs. Henry.  My favorite part and always inspired me to infuse more magic and wonder into all of our days.

 Then it was closing circle time and off to feed the chickens...

I would highly recommend this class.  There's nothing better than just spending time together with these little humans.  And on top of that, learning some nice crafts, songs and meeting lovely families. 

The not so lazy days of summer....Oregon Coast 2011

I am finding myself way behind on everything except for playing with my kids.  It is an awesome feeling.  This summer has been so awesome with both of them in a place of total joy, especially with these great summer days.  We went to the coast with a friend, Kristen and her two kids, McKenna and Kellen, who happen to be the same age as ours.  We left the men at home.  We found this awesome house that was just the right size, a short walk to the beach and just outside of Yachats.  It came equiped with fun toys too!  The kids had an absolute blast and they did GREAT!! 

At some point during the trip, Oscar decided that he was in love with Kellen and who could blame him really, with those beautiful blue eyes!  Here's our attempt at getting a picture of the 4 of them. 

Here's Oscar trying to hug Kellen again and Kellen is starting to wonder what the deal is.  So we shuffled them around to see we could distract Oscar away from his attraction. 

Oscar said, "No way dude, let me at him!"

What about the Oregon coast weather that weekend?  Well, the first day was overcast but very pleasant and then it gradually became the most beautiful and warm weather I've ever seen on the coast with little to now wind.  WOW!

For those of you who are interested, the house we stayed at was 'Wren's Nest' outside of Yachats. 

Da vinci days 2011

Every July in Corvallis, there's a festival called Da vinci Days with kinetic sculpture races, music, kid's activities, etc.  It is fun to see both Lucia and Oscar really enjoying themselves this year at these events.  We had a very nice full day there this year.  Lucia played a ton with her buddy McKenna. 

Oscar was cracking us up by putting his moves on too.

After a long day of eating, playing and dancing, we went home and took a break and then returned for the concerts.  Oscar stayed asleep for a while despite all the action but rallied and got himself up to listen to some music and enjoy the corn on the cob.