~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 9, 2013 ★~ Today’s Quote: True life is lived when tiny changes occur. ~ Leo Tolstoy ★~ Teddy Bear Day: A few months ago, we celebrated Teddy Bear Picnic Day; today we are just celebrating teddy bears. Those lovable, huggable bears that are great to cuddle and keep children everywhere … Continue reading Teddy Bear Day, Weinerschnitzel Day
Author: Katybeth
Mom Packs, Teen Travels
Chicago Waldorf Class of 2014: Awww, aren't they cute 😀 Mom Packs, Teen Travels: Cole and his 12th-grade classmates left on Saturday for a one-week camping trip on Hermit Island in Maine. They will spend the week studying marine biology during the day and eating fresh lobsters at night. I would like to think that at … Continue reading Mom Packs, Teen Travels
National Grandparents Day, Literacy Day, Date Nut Bread
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 8, 2013 ★~ Today’s Quote: “So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install, A lovely bookshelf on the wall.” - Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ★~ National Grandparents Day: National Grandparents Day originated with Marian … Continue reading National Grandparents Day, Literacy Day, Date Nut Bread
Not Rain nor Snow Day, Acorn Squash Day, Salami Day, Odd News
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 7, 2013 ★~ Today’s Quote: Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. ~Grandma Moses ★~ Not Rain nor Snow Day: Not Rain Nor Snow Day, celebrates the opening of the New York Post Office building on this day in 1914. The following inscription was … Continue reading Not Rain nor Snow Day, Acorn Squash Day, Salami Day, Odd News
National Fight Procrastination Day, Coffee Ice Cream Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 6, 2013 ★~ Today’s Quote: If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang … Continue reading National Fight Procrastination Day, Coffee Ice Cream Day
Spending The Day With Henry Ford
This past Sunday, Cole and I took a road trip to visit the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Our primary reason for visiting the museum was to gather information for Cole’s senior project research paper on car culture. We hopped up bright and early to start the trek from Chicago to Dearborn, Michigan. Traffic … Continue reading Spending The Day With Henry Ford
Rose Ceremony: Sweet and Thorny
The Rose Ceremony Twelve years ago, Joe and I sat in the auditorium of the Chicago Waldorf School and watched our 6-year-old and his first grade classmates walk onto the auditorium stage with their teacher to receive a rose and be welcomed to the school by a 12th grader. The first graders looked so small … Continue reading Rose Ceremony: Sweet and Thorny
Skyscrapers Day, National Welsh Rarebit Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 3, 2013 ★~ Today’s Quote: New for now: That's the only kind of new there is.Unlike used, old, established, tested, discarded or broken, new is always temporary. Tomorrow, we start over and you get another opportunity to do something new if you choose to. Is there any other market that open? (Seth Godin) … Continue reading Skyscrapers Day, National Welsh Rarebit Day
Labor Day, Blueberry Popsicle Day
★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 2, 2013 ★~ Today’s Quote: "A hundred times every day, I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still … Continue reading Labor Day, Blueberry Popsicle Day
Emma M. Nutt Day, Cherry Popover Day, Pop Open Wine Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 1, 2013 ★~ Today’s Quote: My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you something. ~ Groucho Marx ★~ Welcome September: ~ The name September comes from the old Roman word 'septem', which means, seven, because on the Roman calendar it was the … Continue reading Emma M. Nutt Day, Cherry Popover Day, Pop Open Wine Day