This weekend was Nayeli's big 'tree of life' day and we were invited to a wonderful little ceremony where a hole was dug, her placenta was painted, a print was made, a little bed of grass and flowers was built for it and then it was placed into the ground along with a brand new little tree, which will be forever known as Nayeli's tree. We all took a whiff of some good luck incense, we sang a little Indian ditty about Mother Earth carrying us back to the sea, then we all took a handful of dirt and placed it into the hole to help the tree grow. It was a super fun, hippy, nature girl event. A really lovely idea.
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| And here is the girl of the hour! Ms. Nayeli. |
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| Vin had a new best buddy for the evening. |
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| Lara held him, fed him, changed him...they were inseparable. |
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| "I like happy tree days!...Oh, tree of life day? Either way, it is great!" |
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| Hanging out together. Just Vin and Lara. |
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| The placenta, getting a nice coating of red paint. |
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| The print of the placenta. See, it really does look like a tree! |
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| Vin is adding his contribution of grass for the bed. |
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| The completed bed. |
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| And in it goes, along with the flowers. |
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| Settling the tree into its new home. |
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| Little Vin rolling around in the grass after the ceremony. |
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| It was a fun day, wasn't it Vin? |
The most remarkable thing I remember was how Vinny was a completely different person around Lara. Usually he is a menace who can't be still for 2 seconds and needs to do something or go somewhere all the time. But with Lara, as if he sensed that she would prefer him to be calm, he was just hanging out, lounging in her lap and quietly observing the world.
ReplyDeleteAlso, he seems to like rolling in the grass. Gotta get that garden...