Mabon House Blessing, family fun

Lots of noise, so much noise, soooo much fun. Our mabon ritual tonight was a house cleansing/blessing. We had a lot of pent up negativity in the house. So I cleaned the house the mundane way as best I could with the baby interupting constantly and some "real" world errands to take care of. We had a fantastic dinner with steak, herb potatoes, glazed carrots and Spiced Apple bread with dried cranberries. It was wonderful. As soon as it got dark we transferred the altar to the coffee table, and got right down to it.

There is no point in trying to have a serious formal ritual with a 4 year old and 1 year old. So we didn't bother. We chased the negativity out with noise. Lots of it. The witchlet on flute and D and the baby on tambourines. We wandered to every window and door in the house and made so much noise I wouldn't be surprised if the neighbors were all peeping suspiciously through their windows. When we got back to the altar in the living room, we chased the baby out of the candle, again (he learned before the end of the ritual what "hot" means. Lets hope it sticks) and then circled the inside of the house again. From room to room we carried sea water, salt and sacred smoke and asked for blessings of happiness and protection. Both kids really enjoyed it. My witchlet loved getting to participate like one of the grown ups. She sprinkled the water and we ran out part way through. She took up a silk leaf and start waving it around in each room and asking for her own blessings. It couldn't have been more perfect. The baby followed us excited, wondering what was going on, happy he got to go into rooms he normally didn't. This is why love including the kids in ritual. D carried the sacred smoke, a smudge stick we picked up at a reservation in Arizona. he really likes participating, but doesn't get to enough so he is always shy and unsure at the beginning, and commanding by the time we get back to the altar. The door blessing wreath the witchlet and I had made a couple days ago was on the altar and we all laid our hands on it, asked for one final blessing and closed the circle. We hung the wreath on the door and that was it. I can't say it enough. So much fun.

I can't wait to do more rituals with the kids and I hope D can participate in the next one. I am considering a birthday ritual for the witchlet in mid October. Then we have the Full moon, and then Samhain. A full month but one to look forward to.

Brightest Mabon Blessings
Witchy Momma