Elihu and I have been running, running, running the past few weeks. This is a busy time for everyone it seems. End of year recitals, plays, projects and papers… Field trips, parties, good weather at last. As I write this, Elihu is in bed deeply asleep. When I went to wake him this morning I made the offer I make only a handful of times a year – “do you want to miss main lesson?” I asked him. Usually, because he loves school so very much, this question will rouse him out of his slumber and he’ll find it in him to get up and out of bed. Today however, he paused, said nothing, but shook his head up and down. Within seconds it seemed he was back asleep. Thankfully, at Waldorf – and at this time of year in particular when things are wrapping up and there’s no real urgency to school now – sleeping in is something we can allow without guilt. Such a relief! His old school would never had permitted such an exception. Thank goodness we’re where we are. Such a supportive place is this Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs!
Here are some pics of a recent field trip to a classmate’s farm and a few assorted shots from here and there….
Elihu and Nora admire the phlox. The Hudson River is just past the field in the middle of the scene, and we live somewhere in the hills you see in the distance
This is Jonah’s place – so he knows his way around
This is Phoenix, Jonah’s twin brother, their stepmom Jessalyn, and their goats
Jessalyn is also the eighth grade teacher at Waldorf
Lunchtime!
Tobias and Andrew, always together. It would be an understatement to say they’re into sports. !
The whole gang at lunch. Fourth grade teacher Abigail Reid is in the middle.
The fourth grade!
Back on our own little farm…
Elihu just loves our old rooster, Bald Mountain
He loves Maximus, too
We love that gorgeous wingspan!
At grandma’s retirement party
with grandma…
and just a little later that night, busking in Saratoga
The contents of a boy’s pockets: a toy car from when his dad was little, and his lucky turkey. !
Zonked! We all need to catch up a little sometimes…
The Hillhouse 
I love the shots of Elihu with his birds. Funny that a kid with such an interest in flight loves these semi-flightless birds so much. ~;>) (this is my smiling chicken emoticon…)
~;>) back atcha