fall festival

Our co-op group, Children's Garden, celebrates fall every year with a festival. This festival was our 4th one with the group. It has become an important tradition for our family. This year we did a fall craft together and then the usual Stone Soup story where the children are all villagers and as the story is told, they each add something to the soup. The soup is always tasty, and different every year, of course, as stone soup should be.

The children also ran an obstacle course. This is always the favorite for all 3 girls. Pumpkin takes it most seriously, running and jumping and throwing as fast as she can. It's fun to watch. The children all cheer one another as they race around the course.

After our dinner of soup and potluck, dusk came and the children were told a story for Martinmas, then we walked a lantern walk through the dark out to a bonfire. We sang these songs as we walked. The lanterns looked beautifully magical in the dark. The evening ended with s'mores. We are thankful to be a part of this inspiring and creative group.