… shovelling snow, the three of us. kids playing in the snow, snowball fight, trying to build a snowman. decorating our windows with snow. afterwards sitting in the kitchen, apples & nuts. tea for the kids. talking, baking (i. e. not-baking ), crafting. … finally i get a feeling of christmas time

raw cinnamon stars

j.'s cinnamon stars, waiting to be baken

cashew ananas cookies

spent the afternoon with both kids, enjoying the autumn sun on a walk & with some spontaneous halloween crafts:

little monsters

made by j.

balloon monsters, painted by the kids

guess we are well prepared for tomorrow

happy halloween!

our situation (as unschoolers) here is becoming a bit … well, less relaxed. good thing is, after quite a while of sparse movement & motivation (winter sleep? absence of courage?) we now have to get in the flow again. quite fast … my head feels like flowing over, looking for the way to go now. too many ideas to write them down here at the moment. but i will keep you in the loop!

two days ago we were celebrating my son’s birthday. this is his birthday-cake … i wanted to give him a cake he would like (as a matter of course) but we all could eat …

yes – it is raw. and yes – he tried it and liked it! happy me

we had a great day together – building his new lego star destroyer, playing carrera race (we haven’t done this for years, but it was really fun!)

another party … the way our kitchen looks like these days. i have found cherimoyas and kakis at the central market & lots of greens in the nature reserve. we have got a wonderful package from orkos. & i prepared some tasty dishes for the birthday party … so we have bowls & plates full of fruit everywhere & a brimful fridge: