Anna hard at work on the farm
Anna had been looking forward to this trip for weeks. It was her first ever overnight field trip with her school and they were going to a farm. This is something that the third graders at Waldorf do every year. Marcy was one of four parent chaperones to take the trip as well. They drove to a farm just outside of Boulder, less than one hour from the school.
They had a lot of chickens on the farm
The trip did not disappoint. Anna had a blast. They rode horses, shoveled compost, milked a cow, planted seeds, made butter by shaking cream in a mason jar, collected eggs, camped out with a fire and s’mores, and learned about life on a working farm. While Marcy and Anna were away, it was only one night, I stayed with Jude who had soccer practice and we went out to dinner afterwards.
This weekend was cold and dreary in Denver. It rained quite a bit on Saturday but Jude had a soccer game in Laramie, Wyoming and the game was going to be on rain or shine. Luckily it was an 11am game so we didn’t have to get up too early for the more than 2 hour drive. It was a good game, Jude had his best game of the season, but his team lost 3-1. He was voted MVP of his team for the game, the first time he has received that award so he was pretty happy with the game overall.
Doing Mommy-Daughter yoga on Saturday night
On Saturday night Marcy went to a special Mommy-Daughter yoga class with Anna. Not only did they do yoga for an hour or so but they also got a henna tattoo, a temporary design that Marcy and Anna got on their arms.
Today, we spent the day around the house. Marcy worked in the garden, Anna and I did grocery shopping and then we made macarons this afternoon. We are all motivated to do baking after continuing to watch the British Baking Show.
Jude shooting baskets in the basement
Finally, Jude plays a lot of soccer in the basement but we also have a kids basketball setup and he spends significant time doing that as well. This evening he was down there for almost an hour playing games against himself.