Ostara

I made this Slideshow because we took many photos and this post would be much longer! :)
Rodrigo was in Minas for his monthly Homeophaty Saturday course, so the weekend was a bit different without him. He returned this morning and already ate his chocolate eggs, the hungry man!

It was a good Ostara day, but it rained all day long... We planned to do lots of things outside, and we needed to change our "schedule". Lucas had colored cute egg holders from Elsie & Pooka the day before, and yesterday morning he woke up very early, going straight to the altar to see what the little buny had left for him, and got delighted with the little eggs and the Kinder Egg he found.

Then we went to the veranda (while the rain wasn't falling) and he found more little eggs on the herbs pots. He dyed four eggs with colored tissue paper (my fingers are still dyed...) and drew pagan symbols on them - he's all proud he learned how to draw pentacles - to decorate the altar.

Exactly when we were finishing this part, the rain fell like the world would end, and we had to go inside to plant the seeds he chose: Cayenne pepper, carnations and aniseed. I spread old magazine pages on the family room floor and let him have fun, he really loves dirting his hands! All the time we were talking about themeaning of this day, why it is important, and this way he learns without noticing.

In the evening we made our little ritual in front of the altar, and it was fun, because we separated four little jellybeans for him to eat while greeting & thanking each Element's Guardian. He raised his arm holding the candy saying, "Hurray, Fire Guardian!" and ate one jellybean, and so one for the four directions. Then he wanted to greet them all over again!

In the end everything was alright, a long indoor day but full of fun and positive vibes. I hope your weekend was fine as well and those who celebrate the Wheel of the Year had a great Mabon.