Our Thursday

Sun. Sun. Sun. Glorious SUN!! For the past two days our source of light and heat was out to bless us with its golden rays of joy and life. We spent about 4 hours outside today, and the kids are still outside. During our time outside the kids went on an "Adventure", where they donned their backpacks and set off in general direction seeking adventure. Into the woods to lands unknown. Thankfully I know every inch of land to the south and east of our property so an adventure is okay as long as I can hear them. I didn't go with and they were never out of earshot. Should they get so, I would find them. I have excellent woods sense, being a logger's daughter. (thanks dad!)

We watched Pocahontas this afternoon with discussion about conflict resolution and words like savage. It's a decent film, and I like the spiritual aspect of communicating with Nature. I know it's nothing like what really happened but it's still a decent movie. After the movie we started making our dreamtime pillows, out of felt at first and then less dense cotton. The felt we made into triangular shapes, creating a pattern and then cutting a second piece from the pattern. The felt was too dense for the stubbed needle so I found other material. Instead of a triangle we used rectangles and started sewing along the sides. The kids wanted to finish their projects later so they're put away in a labeled bag until next time. When they are finished, we'll turn them inside out and fill them with herbs and batting and put them under our pillows. Avery's will need some resewing but Ethan was doing really well at staying near the edge and keeping a straight line.

This evening we made a sinful sunshine cake with a yellow cake base with mandarin oranges and chocolate chips. We ate dessert before dinner. Sometimes it's the best way to have your cake and eat it too.