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― Mary Oliver

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Autumn Trees Week 🍂✨ We are bringing out attention to the autumn trees this week and we have a book selection about forest and trees. Now our bookshelf is split in two parts, the lower shelf is for my 9 months old and the upper shelf is for my 4 years old. What are your favourite autumn books?
An Autumn Gift for you 🍂✨ I have a gift for you, a brand new blogpost with plenty of ideas to enjoy and celebrate autumn, and most important, a guided invitation to reflection and inner work about what is important to you in this beautiful season and what fits your family. It is very tempting to look and blogs and social media and be inspired but at the same time demotivated by the perfect pictures and the perfect autumn crafts. I believe that the most important thing is to find what your whole family needs (and not only your children). So have a look on the blog, the link is in the bio . Beautiful Autumn Equinox everyone ✨
Apple Star Prints ⭐️ 🍎 This was so much fun to do. After we read this beautiful story about the apple star we used the apples cut (and eaten!) to make prints. This is super easy to make and my children enjoyed it very much. You need white paper and finger paint + apples cut in half so that you can see the star inside. We had read and yellow ecological paint from ökonorm. The result is lovely and we will use the paper to wrap gifts and do other crafts with.
Rhythm when unwell ☀️ It was apple 🍎 week this week but somehow it unexpectedly turned into week in bed + antibiotics for me. As I’m slowly recovering I’m thinking about what it takes to keep a rhythm for our children when we are sick. When they are unwell, naturally the rhythm slows down, the world gets quiet, the days are spent in bed.. When we are sick but they are full of energy and want to keep their beloved rhythm, what do you do? Hopefully someone from your family or network of support steps in and helps. But sometimes no one is there. If you have just moved into a new place and don’t know many people yet, you know what I mean. And still, life is full of wonderful surprises and offers of help can come from unexpected places and people. Our week didn’t turn out the way I planned it, but we still managed to tell the story of the apple star, read our favorite book by Kazuo Iwamura “La Pomme rouge” and cuddle a lot ❤️🍎
Harvest Festival/ Mid-Autumn Festival 🌕🍁🍇 Happy Mid Autumn Festival to those of you who celebrate it! This is our 5th year celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival that we have discovered and adopted while living in Beijing, China. It has become one of our beloved family traditions, a wonderful opportunity to slowdown even more, to mindfully enjoy the beauty around us and to express gratitude. If you would like to see how we celebrate it and find some inspiration for creating a Harvest Festival in your own family, I have put in my bio the link to an article I wrote last year. I’m guiding you through the process of setting intentions for this celebration, you will find ideas for expressing gratitude with children, preparing food together, crafts ideas, reading recommendations... I hope you will enjoy (re)discovering it!
Harvest Moon 🌕 Last year I have shared with you this 100% plant-based sugar free recipe and many of you enjoyed it. I have changed it a bit and we baked it today. It was a hit once again. Not only it is a healthy alternative to the “oreo biscuits phases of the moon” but it actually invites children to bake the cakes and then take the time to decorate each of the 8 little cakes with white and with the chocolate glaze. It is a slow activity where they can focus on drawing each phase of the moon with the chocolate glaze and by doing so they can easily remember the 8 phases. It’s learning by creating You can find the recipe on the blog, link in the bio. Enjoy the beautiful Harvest Moon 🌕
Harvesting ✨ This week we bring our attention to the beauty of gathering and harvesting. Bees and Honey, Harvest Moon and Harvest Festivals. I’m in love with the Harvest Guide and Autumn Guide from @wholefamilyrhythms ❤️ They are perfect for us. They encourage expressing gratitude, exploring our inner world and slowing down. Our goals are minimalistic: spot bees harvesting for their honey, cook recipes with honey, read only one book about bees. I didn’t planned to craft the wool bee you see in the picture if you swipe right but my daughter saw it in the guide and insisted in doing it. The result is lovely and imperfect and probably that’s why we love it so much. Last year I would have probably been anted to do more, search for more ressources, read more. Mothering two children taught me this: being is more important than doing. We can’t do it all and we don’t have to. Being in the moment is what matters and this requires already so much energy and setting a strong intention.
Our first Autumn Soup ❤️✨🍁 Squash, pears, coconut and grilled hazelnuts topping The little bowl is for my #babyledweaning little love 👶 Having a four years old that loves cooking and a #blw baby that loves eating is truly a joy ❤️❤️
Forest Day 🌳✨ We spent our morning in the forest. Everywhere around us children were playing. Some came with their kindergartens, some with their families. Some were lighting a fire, cooking soup in big pots, some were snacking on the wet ground. All were dirty, full of mud and... happy. The wood resonated with their voices. Happy wild and free children everywhere. It was just an ordinary day in Switzerland ❤️

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