Ok, so while I am hot on the trail of favourite Christmas traditions, I obviously must include the one that pretty much kicks off our Christmas season every year for the past five years... The Vancouver Waldorf School Christmas Fair.
LOVE!
This year was a little bittersweet I must add. The great weather drew a huge crowd which is great for the school but terrible for waiting in line ups. A friend of mine suggested that the fair might be big enough now to run on two days and I think I will be definitely passing that along to the board. We hit the must do cookie house and puppet show, a few other smaller activities and then made a feeble attempt at candle dipping. If we hadn't needed to leave to get me to work, I don't think we would have lasted in there, as C was just to excited and curious to allow the rhythmic circles work its magic. Maybe next year! The ultimate sacrilege was me missing out on the Marketplace. Yes, the rumours are true! I didn't even step foot in the market!! Rip my heart out! Again, next year, planning planning, I will set aside a sitter for me on the Friday night when school parents and alumni are allowed to shop in advance and then maybe I won't be so heartbroken having to leave the fair having missed out. Lessons lessons.
For all those that attended in support of the school, thank you! I'm so grateful to have access to this wonderful little piece of the universe, that takes such great care of my child, his spirit and his education. I look forward to many more fairs to come! XO. S
