Saturday, the kids and I had a small Full Moon circle in the backyard, as a part of their wanting to learn more, including practicing. Before hand, I baked them some Full Moon cookies, while they watched X-Men 3. I gathered everything needed with the help of Pixie, and since the weather was so mild, took everything in the backyard in full view of Her. Loki grabbed the camera and took a lovely picture of Her with wisps of blue and silver clouds around...

Beta Blogger is being a real booger, and i'm unable at this time to upload the picture. I'll try it again until I have success!

Pixie has been in Circle several times before, so she took to it like a fish, but Loki may have found it a little to formal.. So, for him, I would need to make it more 'fun' than I did that night. I did give him the job of ringing the bell (which normally I don't do, but thought he would stay interested if he had a fun job) and calling 2 of the Quarters, and lighting their candles.

We danced and chanted, and he loved it. But then decided that the energy was a little to much, and so we grounded. I think next time, i'll have him help bake the cookies, and anything else he'd like to do (like craft etc) take pictures and sit on the porch talking to Her. That may just be enough for him.

Pixie is old enough for full ritual, with mild intensity, and so i'll work in that direction with her.

On another note - We are expecting SNOW tonight, so check back for any pictures! We usually have our traditional first snow on the night of Halloween. It is a well known and expected tradition in the Denver area. So, I was talking to my husband a few weeks ago, and told him that my gut tells me, we're going to have it earlier than normal. My bones feel it, and my body (which has been getting more in tuned with the ebbs and flow of the earth) is preparing to go into nesting mode. He thought I might be right, and last night while watching the weather, he turns to me and says, "Damn, your getting good!" So -- if we do get the 1-3 inches predicted, i'll certainly have been right. It happens here, we get a blizzard warning, and end up with nothing but 4 inches. Heck, we've been told 'look out for a foot of powder.." and gotten squat!

Will update later. :)

Update: Got Squat! It's still raining, and had it dropped below 38* last night, it might have turned to flurries. They said another chance tonight, but i'm not holding my breath. Hmph. I still have until October 31st to be right. LOL