beating winter blues part 2

the snow is coming down,
today we didn't really see the sun
but we are still on a mission to make the best of our indoor days.

Today I wanted to touch on excersise.
how can you get a work out when you can't go out.

I have one word for you.

DANCE

yes, that is it. that is all.
it is so simple.

the best part is anyone can do it, and if you are trying to find a way to work out at home dancing this is the way to go.
it is so versitile.
it can be done anytime, anywhere.
no time to excersise?
you can do other things while you dance (fold laundry, cook dinner, sweep floor).
if you are at home no one is watching, except maybe your kids, but they will LOVE to dance with you, ESPECIALLY if you are no good and they can teach you a thing or two!

have a baby? great! put them in your favorite carrier and go for it! it is a double work out if you can dance with a baby on your hip, or your back, or your front.
I usually have at least one strapped to me, someone hanging off my leg, someone holding my hand and someone teaching me their newest break dancing move!
do I work up a sweat? you bet!

so, that just leaves the music. good dancing music is essential to a good work out. make a great play list and a half an hour has passed before you know it!
some suggestions?
sure!
I got caught folding the laundry today to this
and we put this on to clean up after lunch
this guy has inspired my whole family to shuffle through the day
and this one my daughter and I have choreographed our own dance to.

working out does NOT have to be boring!
just KEEP MOVING!!!

beating winter blues

what do you do on a day when the weather (hello freezing rain!) keeps you from going out as planned to see friends, and when it isn't even that nice fluffy stuff keeping you home, so going outside to play isn't really an option either (no broken bones for me thanks).....?

Bring Spring Early of course!

thanks to a wonderful friend giving us some fabulous window crayons we were able to bring a little spring into the house.
the gorgeous "new life" over lapping the bare trees and piles of white snow is like a little day dream!
hope you are finding something fun to do today!

wondering

What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children's
growth into the world is not that it is a better school than the schools,
but that it isn't a school at all. - John Holt


home schooling
unschooling

i wish there was a better term for it

to include the word "school" means it will always be compared.
i don't want to compare what we do to school

we are living.
home learning....still doesn't work...aren't we always learning....

a friend of mine has said they are doing "organic domestic education"

thoughts?

the new year

the year is still young enough to be doing a new year post right...?

a few things have been on my mind...

*learning...all the time...letting children be children

*great friends, the kind that you can share anything with, the kind that help you work through your "stuff" and let you laugh along the way

*talented sisters, I have many of them (check out Silken wrapped in the most gorgeous blanket from her amazing auntie! - below)

*reading, wishing i had more time for it and making time for it (enjoying a book club with my mother-in-law and her friends!)

*food, making and enjoying nourishing, real food ( my new years resolution was to make sourdough starter and bread - done and done! and it is yummy!)check out my first bear roast below, with apples and garlic, it was delish! praise God for generous friends!

*sleeping habits, bed time, the family bed - and what it all means

*winter. some days i go out....some days i stay in.

2012, welcome~