90 Year Old Retired Midwife Catches Her Great Grandbaby

Earlier this year, a 90 year old (soon to be great) grandma helped her 32 year old granddaughter when she went into labor following a walk. The woman hadn't been active as a midwife in over 50 years, but it seems that midwifery is kind of like riding a bike... :) Here's the link to the story as reported by the MN Parent Blog. Birth works!! I love this story because it shows that birth while amazing can be something very normal and straightforward. I see so many expectant moms who are so very fearful about birth and have been brainwashed into thinking that birth is something that you are lucky to survive intact. I wish that I could let all of you see some of the wonderful "uneventful" births I've experienced!

Adventure Clubs Off & Running

Our new Blazing Trails Adventure Clubs are off & running! We recently finished our first month of history and science/nature studies. September was Ancient Rome (history) and Geology of the St. Croix River Valley (science/nature). We did everything from staring at potholes to gazing on beautiful statues. We watched a volcano explode and listened to poetry about glaciers. We drew pictures. We listened to great books and great naturalists. We learned how to say our names like the Romans would have said them. We created a whole new set of months just for kicks. We ate olives, grapes, and eggs. Julius Caesar and Cleopatra visited our club meetings. We started making a mosaic. Wow. I'm exhausted just thinking about how much we did! One of our moms wrote to say, "What a way to learn--we had a blast."