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Some spring cleaning

Today with the help of some very good friends, we had a cleaning party, we made some pulled pork, got some side, provide some beverages, and went to town, for some much needed, dusting, vacuuming, organizing  and storing..and here are the results

I love that it isn't perfect, but it is much more manageable, and I don't feel like hiding under the covers, when I got to straighten up

The before is pretty ugly, so I just show some of the after..I can not tell you how much of a relief it was so get so much done.

This is the "yellow room" which really ends up being the catchall room, and usually ends up being the messiest room in the house

Part of the living room

Pantry

The Hutch

Part of Mia's play area

More Pantry

Mia's room

This used to  store  a ton of DVDs, I bought a case for most of them, and now I can use the space for books that I want to read downstairs, and not hide them under my coffee table which has shelves, where I forget about them half the time.

The other part of Mia's play area

Mia enjoying a chocolate donut after all her hard work, it was a great day to take a walk as well

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{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember

This moment via soule mama

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember

this moment via soule mama

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember

this moment via SouleMama

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember

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{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember

At the fair

There was an animal fair in Hartford one sunday and we decided to check it out, Mia loved petting all the different animals they had there, but our favorite were the lemurs.

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A Re-charge

Winter time can be hard to get things moving, and I will admit there are days where I really do not want to get out of my pjs. So I decided to participate in an online Family Re-charge...given by someone I have come to admire.Erin Barrette Goodman. Every day for 10 days I receive an email, talking about ways to get my little family involved in creating a household  rhythm.
Today I was able to put 2 of those emails into practice.
The First one was to go outside, since we do not have a yard I am not really good about this one, but today I bundled Mia up and we went to a nearby park, where she ran around on the playground and loved it.

 
When we came home we decided to try our hands out with cooking, I am not a great cook so this should be an adventure. I went with cookies, cause really who doesn't love a good cookie. With aprons on we stirred our way to some pretty delicious treats.

The results, the some what healthy, oatmeal-craisin cookies ( I say some what cause I added chocolate chips)

Overall? a pretty good day..= )