{This Moment} Emma And The Pony

{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. If you are inspired to do the same, leave a link to your moment in the comments section for all to find and see. We wish you all a lovely first weekend of September, and for those celebrating Labor Day weekend a wonderful holiday. xo 

Morning Lesson Spots

Lesson Kitty reporting for duty! xo 

On Sunday

A glorious Sunday called for a trip to Tower Hill. We were the first people to arrive and had the entire place to ourselves for a good long while. The girls and I walked around, oohing and aahing over each gorgeous flower, tree and plant we saw. And gracious, the honey bees were abundant and hard at work! We crafted a bit (do you love the honeycombs we designed?) and explored some more, had some lunch and ended our visit with a fun filled scavenger hunt! We stayed much longer than we had planned, but really, on a gorgeous day like that, why not?! xo

Rose Ceremony Day

And so begins another year of morning lessons! Since we are always done with morning lessons by Memorial Day weekend we (generally) make it a point to start lessons again sometime in August. With the girls having two straight weeks of musical theater camp earlier this month we put off starting lessons again until today. And so, after everyone was dressed and ready for the day we gathered in the living room, put this beautiful song/video on and began our rose ceremony. Each girl crossed into the new lesson year and was, as is our tradition, given a rose and a love note. It is a beautiful and gentle way to start the new lesson year, and with it our autumn rhythm, too.

This year was the first year that the girls were not surprised by their new lesson supplies. Unlike years past where I would buy their supplies without them knowing this year they came with me and chose their own things. New scissors (since they aren't four years old anymore, which I'm pretty sure was the last time we bought kid scissors), new planners and journals, and new main lesson books (which they decorated the covers of today). While I have always enjoyed surprising them on Rose Ceremony Day with their supplies for the year, there was something fun about watching them choose what they wanted too. A new tradition for these older girls of ours, I suppose you could say.

So, regardless of how your family learns, be it at home or at school, we wish you all the most wonderful of Not-Back-to-School and Back to School weeks! May this year be full of many wonderful experiences, adventures and teachable moments to last a lifetime! xo

Hide And Seek

They hid the ten rocks they painted and in our travels found three!It was a lovely way to end our Friday! xo

{This Moment} Tailgaiting

[This Moment} 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. If you are inspired to do the same leave a link to your moment in the comments section below. Wishing you a lovely last weekend of August! xo

Painting

Tonight, we went out to hide these rocks and I realized that I never shared the pictures of when the girls painted them! Ten were painted in all, and they've already started discussing what to paint on the next batch! xo