Week 1 2018 recap

  Well this week was pretty busy!  Not only did we celebrate a new year!  I celebrated my birthday!

   I finished 1 books for my reading challenge for the year and started on my next! 

  We got our first real snow here.  So that led to some winter fresh air.

  So far I'm doing well on my goals.  My fitness had a couple days off but, I'm not stressing over it because you do need rest days, right.  Besides I started the week off pretty strong with!

How did your first week go? No worries and don't stress.  If you are still formulating a plan or just playing it by ear.  I wish you luck on the upcoming week for whatever you want to accomplish.

Easter and Mermaids (gift ideas)

  Spring is here and it's time to start Easter planning.  Here we prepare a dinner, decorate a bit and make baskets for the kids.

  Easter baskets are a combination of a spring item, candy and some fun toys.  The spring item is fun but, toys are really what my kids want. Something new to play with that will be there the next day unlike a piece of candy.

  I found a great selection of girls toys here.  I have my eye on this mermaid journal for my daughter.

She is learning to read and write at school and this would be a great book to document her day in a way only she can do.  The invisible ink pen and black will add a little fun to her creativity.

Find the direct link for the mermaid journal  here or check the other themed journals. 

I am able to share a deal with you for your future purchase.  Get 20% off your entire cart of gifts!  Go to: http://amzn.to/2a3d3v8 and use coupon code N3CQD6AE on checkout.

Party Time

        (Photo credit to VLM Facebook page) *


  This past weekend a local museum celebrated a milestone.  The Virginia Living Museum turned the big 5-0!  To complete the party though you need to invite people so they invited the whole community to celebrate!  The admission was pocket change!

  My kids

to get out on a Sunday and we were excited to see a new exhibit!

  This museum is a great visual story of a variety of species that call Virginia home.  Animals ranging from birds to four legged creatures, swimmers to crawlers, scales or fur covered.  You are able to touch critters, see animals in their habitat view the stars and learn along the way!  There's a store to purchase your souvenirs, a planetarium and a outside trail to get plenty of air as you meet more animals outside.

Little ones got to take a peek at what lives in the water.  I'm not sure if they will ever swim again.

The fox was on the move.  Animals that move are so much better for kids to observe versus the sleeping  less actives ones.

Whose paw print is that?  My son had fun touching the prints of animals.  His hand was bigger then some and smaller then some.  Birds have different feet then the fox.  Always having fun and learning while doing it.

The eagles watched us while we watched them.  I love seeing these beautiful majestic birds.

Of course the main event for us was the dinosaurs!  This exhibit was under construction the last time we were here.

The children were able to get a closer look at a couple toddler dinosaurs.  These were strictly look and touch but don't ride.

It takes a lot of patience to dig in a sand box and not play.

There were big and small dinosaurs or maybe it was mom's and babies but I'm not really sure how you tell.

My daughter giving you a size comparison of a leg.

My son giving you a size comparison of a foot print.

Maybe that's not a good enough comparison.  After all I think my kids are pretty short.

Overall we had a fun time celebrating  a great museum on our Sunday afternoon.  Even if we missed the cake!  Don't tell the kids.

*Lol, when I left the statue boy didn't have the banner or hat anymore.


Find our morning about the museum here.


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