Friday Five

Friday Five

I’m having one of those days. Everyone in my house is a little grumpy because we didn’t sleep well last night. Luckily it’s “Freedom Friday” and we have a completely empty schedule, so I can sit here on the couch during nap time and chill! I’ve got Bob Marley on Pandora. I’ve got some chips and extra hot organic salsa to snack on. Ahhhh, feeling better already! 

Since I grabbed a few minutes for blogging today, a Friday Five seemed like a quick task. Here are five things I’m enjoying these days:

1.      BOOK: Notes from a Blue Bike by Tsh Oxenreider. This book is so incredible. If you are at all interested in simplifying your life, it’s a must read. Tsh Oxenreider is the main lady in charge of theartofsimple.net, a fantastic blog. She has lived a very interesting life full of travel, humanitarian work, and writing. She is also a homeschooling mom of three kids. Her ideas and thoughts are practical and fun to read. Check it out from the library! 

2.     MOVIE: Tiny- A Story About Living Small. I found this little documentary on Netflix a couple of weeks ago. It’s a cute, slow story of a guy and his girlfriend building a tiny house on a trailer (so they don’t have to worry about building codes). Have you heard about tiny houses? It’s actually a thing. This movie made me look around my house, again, and think about why in the world I have so much STUFF. 

3.     CD: Ozomatli presents OZO KIDS. This CD is super cool! It’s a kids’ cd, but doesn’t really sound like it. Good, rockin music for summer driving (including Moose on the Loose, which gets stuck in my head all the time).

4.     ART: wet on wet watercolors. I found this technique on a Waldorf blog last month and we’ve been using it every Friday since then. Basically, you soak some heavy watercolor/marker paper for a little while and then paint on in with watercolors. The result is very soft and lovely. Alice loves to see what happens to the lines she makes they sort of melt into each other.

5.     PLACE: The pool! I know, I know, shocker right? But really, this is kind of a new development since taking two kids under five to the pool by myself has just recently stopped making me a nervous wreck. The trick is snacks. Ethan will sit next to me on the towel and eat popcorn or berries while I watch Alice play in the kiddie pool. When he’s ready to go in, we can all venture into the wave pool (so cool- the waves are turned on every 10 minutes or so) and splash around together. This method is much more relaxing than arriving at the pool and having 2 kids immediately run in opposite directions.

 

What are some of your favorites these days? I’m always looking for suggestions. Happy Friday! 

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