Today we had our Ancestor celebration, a day to honor and celebrate the people, things, and ideas that came before us. An ancestor can be truly be anything that is no longer here with us, a grand parent or great grandparent, a family pet, or even an old maple tree in your front yard. In this season of fading light it helps to remember those that helped to carve the way for us.
And what celebration is complete without something tasty?! Samantha helped us to make little ancestor cakes as we arrived in the morning.
Before we went out to decorate our ancestor tree in the forest we gathered around to share a little bit about the ancestor we chose to celebrate. We had grandparents, relatives, pets and items that reminded of a special time or person. Everyone had a twinkle of love in their eye when they shared their offering.
The muffins are done and they smell delicious!
We were so excited to get our celebration under way that we packed up our snack and stopped on the way to the ancestor tree! The pink rock was a perfect sunny place to enjoy some bits & bites.
We of course had to stop to say good morning to the chickens, farmers, & spud the dog at Footprint Farm.
Our Ancestor tree(s) may be little and a spindly but they are perfect for decorating and just right for us! Many of us were excited to get busy decorating the tree. Everything was thoughtfully and eagerly place and our dear little tree got many hugs throughout the process.
We used beads, our watercolors, and ribbons to make garlands and ornaments. We all loved the way it looked it all decked out and stopped to admire it while we played. The ephemeral woods were beautiful and sunlit, with lots of crunchy leaves and a huge pile of sticks to build with.
The start of the kitty nest.
The final product of the kitty nest!
After we played we went back for lunch which we just had to eat outside. The sky was clear and blue and the sun was so warm. Such a treat to picnic mid November. After lunch Samantha told us the AMAZING story about her mom finding her long lost dog in a truck on the highway. We all got the shivers, you should ask Samantha!
Now time to head back to our beautiful Ancestor Tree and celebrate! We were so excited for our party we couldn't resist skipping and holding hands :)...
Jackson brought his very cool drum. We marched to the beat on our way to the Ancestor Tree and he let a few of us play it.
Everyone hung their offering on the tree and said a little thank you to our Ancestors.
The sun was shining its last rays on us as we lit candles and enjoyed our delicious ancestor muffins!
We left a few cakes for any forest visitors and wondered what our tree might look like when we come back next week. It was a lovely celebration indeed!
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