Satisfaction

Today was one of the most deeply satisfying days I've had in a long time. Which is all the more incredible because last night I suffered one of the most restless and sleepless nights of my pregnancy. But, I started the day with a couple of goals in mind. I followed through and the pay-off was so instantly gratifying I am a little stunned. The goals: STOP screaming at my children and turn off the TV. Amazingly enough we had a wonderful day. Surprise surprise, it worked. Being kind to them and fully engaging them made us all happier! Shocking really.

The seed was planted when I read a couple of articles about Waldorf Education last night before bed...

I don't know how much I am ready to share as a lot of what's marinating upstairs is still half-baked. That being said, it should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever spent enough time around us that Smoochy and I are very interested in home schooling our brood. Sure, Normy is in an early intervention Pre-K program right now to help him develop his language skill, but I'm pretty sure he will be home for kindergarden .

Then lately I have been ruminating on household organization. I REALLY want to get my act together in a big way before Lola makes her grand debut. I have been thinking about structuring my week around certain household tasks (laundry on Mondays, baking on Saturdays and that sort of thing.) I want to get serious about weekly menu and eating locally and/or organically. I want to stay up on holidays, birthday, and create a home-life that reflects the seasons around us.

Anyway, I haven't done much research into Waldorf other than some cursory on-line browsing, but a friend lent me a book today (Beyond the Rainbow Bridge)... and all of these divergent things have started clicking into place and I'm only on the 50th page! Here I thought Waldorf was all fairies and faceless dolls! Huh! Boy, was I missing the boat.

Like I sid, I am in the information gathering and processing place... so I can't really elaborate on how my heart and mind are swelling with ideas of how I want to improve the quality of our home-life and learning by incorporating some of this stuff... BUT I AM SO EXCITED. So, that's all, I just thought I'd tell you. And show you some pictures of my prince and princess from today's day of play. (However, I still managed to take Georgia on a play date, clean house, cook dinner, bake bread (thank you bread machine), and well... I haven't been to FaceBook yet...but I'm going!)