we are beginning a new series today that focuses on homemaking.
we have asked some of the families at arrow to share different parts of their family life, in hopes that their experiences will inspire you in some way.
in preparation for these occasional posts, we thought we would share a video that a few of us have passed back and forth over the years...amanda first shared it with me.
but first, a little history... when arrow first began four years ago, we had a regular group of families who gathered with their children a morning or two a week, with a goal of the parents doing some sort of handwork while the children played together. we fully admit that sometimes our knitting projects lay in a pile while our attention was more focused toward the littles, but *sometimes* there were moments when we would look around the room and the children would be playing happily and we were able to be involved with our handwork, be it knitting or something similar. those moments were special. to see the children happy was most important, but to have that time with the other parents (mamas & papas too) was an unexpected side-effect. we now reminisce about it, as those early children have now grown older and graduated from arrow, but it is a deeply cherished memory for me, one of many on my own winding path of motherhood.
so, here is the video of renate hiller speaking about the importance of handwork...and we will share some more thoughts soon...
a few weeks ago, Arrow banded together with athica, the georgia museum of art, the lyndon house, and treehouse to put on a day of creating with children, in conjunction with athica's exhibit appropriately called 'community'. we are very excited to help this collaboration continue...stay tuned for our next gathering, in winter 2013...
we had our first apple festival this past saturday at arrow...we had lots of sunshine, friendly faces, yummy pies and more! thanks to everyone who came!
tabatha and family made a run to hillcrest orchards in ellijay for apples.
(thanks, t, t, t, and f!)
author liana krissoff led an applesauce making workshop:
we blocked off the driveway with haybales, and had cider and popcron:
there were crafts, with a special blockprinting one led by susan & her 6 year old daughter, bird:
we dyed playsilks for our little ones, but in the process we learned about immersion dyeing and some of us played around with some tie dyeing too. we had lots of fun, and will do this again sometime !
