journey

Friday, December 10, 2010

this moment

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. inspired by soulemama

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

yarn along

on the needles are the second fingerless glove and a mason dixon wash cloth... i've been revisiting "waldorf education - a family guide" to look at the articles on celebrations in december

a finished zebra for ezra to give his zebra loving friend bianca

have a look over at ginny's to see what other people are knitting and reading!

today on st. maarten

more yachts arrived in the bay

including this mega yacht

christmas decorations are on display in many places

and ezra got to ride on his carousel.

he took a spin with these two french girls -

after which he said, "i love those girls."

then we ran into his best girl bianca. one of my favorite parts of island life is running into people you know quite often. it really is a little island being only 37 square miles.

we watched another boat pull into porto cupecoy in the rain

and then they stomped through the puddles

by the best christmas tree in st. maarten!

Monday, December 6, 2010

today was a day with daddy. he finished his fourth block exams of his fourth semester and has one week of school left until finals. we usually spend the day together once every four weeks. this has become our routine. we anxiously await his return upon which he anxiously awaits his scores from the exams. everything went exceedingly well and we had a spectacular day at fort louis, otherwise known as, ezra's castle, followed by a necessary stop at la patisserie on the way home.

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

with the sunsets coming earlier each evening, we have said goodnight to more suns from our kitchen together this year than ever before. ezra is more aware this year on the month of his fourth birthday to note, "it's getting darker. let's watch the sunset." with the wispy clouds up above and the last warm glow of sunshine sinking into the cool blue ocean below, i now know the way a winter should look in the caribbean and i like it. it looks like christmas is on its way outside as well as inside our home.

ezra has lovingly set up his little crèche by playmobil

i knit this santa set that is on display from a pattern in itty bitty toys.

our little tree is on the table as well as an advent wreath i was able to put together from a store i found on the island that has holiday decorations. these last two christmases will hopefully be the last that we ever have a fake tree or wreath. i want the smell of pine, the beauty and soul of truly bringing nature into the home. i have never liked fake plants.

but it was important to me to carry on the tradition of lighting the advent candles that my parents shared with me. we are following the waldorf tradition of celebrating different aspects of the natural kingdom each week. the first week is the mineral kingdom, then follow plants, animals, and finally humans.

"the first light of advent is the light of stone.

stones that live in crystals, seashells, and bones."

words by rudolph steiner

i am grateful for the jar full of beautiful shells that we have collected on our many days at the beach.

most of all i am grateful for being in a place to watch the sunset with michael and ezra every night whilst enjoying this wonderful season of light, love, creating, and giving.