El Dia de San Martin

This year, we celebrated Saint Martin's Day at Daniel's school.  It was a lovely evening.

Daniel was very proud to have all of us visiting his school and enjoyed playing with his best friend Wambli.

The puppet show was perfect for the little ones and adults alike!  It is always tricky to choose the right story for such a wide range of children; 18 months to 6 year olds.  The teachers made it so special with their handmade puppets and enchanting songs that all of them were very attentive and dreaming into the story.

After the puppet show, we all took our lanterns and took a magical walk through the forest.
This is one of my favorite celebrations of the year, the idea of consciously lighting our inner light to share it with others is a very powerful one.
It helps us stay connected and aware of the gifts we were given and make sure we share them and stay focus on service!
I thank God every day for the opportunity of sending my children to Waldorf schools, because we as parents are learning right alongside them and while we are rationalizing all this messages, they get to incorporate them into who they are becoming in the most magical way, thru fantasy and imagination!

Santiago made a beautiful lantern at school as well and was so happy that he got to use it since he couldn't attend his school's Martinmas celebration.

Danny was very careful with his lantern that he made at school and for the first time, his lantern stayed lit  for the entire walk!!

At the end of the walk, the children hung their lanterns on a tree for us to admire while we had a simple supper...lots of delicious mexican tamales, atole and hot chocolate!!!

"I go with my little lantern
My lantern is going with me
In heaven the stars are shinning
On earth shines my lantern for me"