Day 1- The Morning..

It has been a while my readers and I aplogize...life got in the way...
The kiddos have gotten old and growing fast...and we added yet another cat to our wacky bunch...

I decided to cronicle a very odd time period for us in history.
We are social distancing and basically America is shutting down because of a out break known as
COVID-19, a new kind of flu virus that is speading like wild fire and proving to be dangerous...

As of today the schools are closed for two weeks, and we have been advised to limit social contact if possible...


So I thought I would once again open up the little window into our lives and show you how we are going to endure this..


I am up a bit earlier then the kiddos this morning, I sit contemplating life, with a steaming hot cup of match tea latte...
I watch our kitty Max play in the sunlight..

I wonder how we shall start our day...maybe with some yoga, or a bit of meditation.
Maybe I think, while the wee ones frolick in nature I will, go be alone, to journal, and a bit of vaginal steaming to prepare my body for the release of stress...

And if you believe any of that I have a very nice bridge to sell you, the only truth is that I am drinking a matcha latte..
But it was leftover from yesterday and it is from Dunkin.

Truth I am up early because I am SHITTING BRICKS, on how in the hell I am going to keep my kids from killing each other before the temptation arises in me to kill them.
Not to mention having my husband underfoot for two weeks..

Sure we have a schedule in place, most likely by day 3 I will be wiping my ass with it, because we some how run out of toliet paper..

I have some crafts to do and a family puzzle, which again might somehow end up as a WWE match.

Crap...they are awake! Time to get this thing rolling.
To those who were never ment to homeschool, because in all honestly we think we are rock stupid..
I salute you.
we will get thru this..

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Smiling Hill Farm

We finally had a warm sunny day, so the girls and I headed to Smiling Hill Farms, a great place to play and grab real ice cream!

Mia on a wooden helicopter 

GOATS!

Peacocks

Mia and Margo on the tractor

Margo checks out a baby chidken

Piggie

Sweet Baby Calf

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The iron Dragon is a big hit

Margo with the tractor wagons.

The girls got to pet and feed many of the animals as well as enjoy some farm made ice cream..it was a wonderful day!

Medieval Times

Another part of Mia's surprise was taking her to Medieval Times- a really great indoor jousting show.

The castle awaits!

Princess Mia

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Super Silly

The knights toss out flower and this one fell right in Mia's lap

She had a great time and it was a wonderful way to celebrate her 5th birthday!

Build a Bear

On the day of Mia's birthday I surprised here with a trip to Build  A Bear..

Picking Her bear out and stuffing her with love.

Sewing her bear up.

Giving her bear a bath

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Mia named her Sophia..and she lights up and play's a magical jiggle.

Fairy Festivale

The annual Fairy Festival was here. We wait all spring for this. Mia had a brand new fairy costume just waiting to be worn. They give out flower wants, flower crowns and pony rides. The kids and the adults have a wonderful time.

The hearth decorated for all the fairies.

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I found a tiny fairy girl

Mia learning archery!

Face Painting!

Making fairy houses, with best bud Alice!

Making our Fairy House!

Dancing around the May pole.

May Day

May is a special month for us. Many birthday are in this month and it finally seems that winter is gone and flowers are starting to bloom.

Today we made some May Day basket and received a maypole to give to the fairies to dance around 

Fairy Maypole !

Flowers

Dada helping out

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The final product

The Ladies

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Snow Cream

First real snow storm of the season here in Maine, with all that great clean snow, there was only one thing to do beside make a snowman.

SNOW CREAM!!!

We stole the recipe from my good friend Shel over at her blog One Sweet World, and it was tasty.

What we did.

6 cups fresh, clean snow

1 cup milk

1/2 cup sugar

1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract

Into a large bowl combine cream, sugar, and vanilla.

Mix.

Fold in snow. Coat snow with the mixture, but be careful no to over-mix or it will turn to slush.

Serve immediately.  

The amount that can been accumulating in a bowl I had put out as the storm was starting.

Adding in sugar

Adding in Milk, you can also use light cream.

Stirring

Final Product was a hit!

Mia said this was a great idea!

 

Margo enjoying eating her first snow storm.

Chia Vitality Review

I actually did know about Chia, when I got the book.
The book itself is a great intro to this awesome super food, gives simple layperson terms, on how and why you can and should incorporate it into you daily life and diet.
I love how the author turned this into a lifestyle...the meditations,and the recipes, made it feel like a great lifestyle change
that could be easily done vs. a diet that cannot be kept up.
I did try a few of the recipes and they were amazing,
I have also been putting chia into my smoothies in the morning, with awesome results
Would recommend this to anyone looking to bring a boost to their diet and life.

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