When the server has been down for days and you’ve finally tossed the television (or at least disconnected it and removed it from the room), and you’re nursing a little one back from pneumonia?

Why, you make gnomes of course!

I think that there is something in the air. Elizabeth and Katherine are craving Waldorf-y math, too. For the first time in 5 years I have another 1st grader. I have always loved Oak Meadow Math for my little ones. I turned the house upside down looking for our old book. Nothing… Then I asked around every swap list I could think of/find. Nothing again… So I broke down and bought a new one. And in order to celebrate, I bought some supplies to make William some little gnomes to act out the stories with.

And the nicest thing has been Cate, Jack, and Carrie’s memories of the stories. They still remember the lessons we did. And for some of them, that’s almost 10 years ago!

They’ve been played with and played with over the last couple of days. One thing I’ve noticed is that no toys get played with as much as the Waldorf ones. I don’t know if it’s the simplicity, the materials, or the fact that they are hand-made. Any way you look at it, they’re magical.

And yesterday was very rainy here in Massachusetts. I spent part of my day crocheting narrow wool strips into this basket, which is on the living room shelves, currently filled with wooden bricks:

And when it’s not filled with the bricks, it’s been on someone’s head!

Posted: 11|7|07 at 11:31 pm. Filed under: from our hearth and home, from the sewing room, from the crochet basket, from the schoolroom.
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