Hello magical people! I’m posting this late for the past couple of weeks or early for Monday, since it looks like we’ll be out of town.
Baby Fiona and I are doing great. She’s up to 9 pounds (she was 8 1/2 at birth) and she’s an extremely happy, sweet baby. We all adore her, and her older siblings rush to kiss and care for her.
I am recovering very well from the surgery, which is a huge relief. Fiona’s birth made five C-sections, which is a truly alarming number! We had planned on only having three children because more than three C-sections is considered so risky, but I am quite happy that Alex and Fiona thwarted our intentions. 😉
In any event, I thought I’d dash off a list of ways to make a little magic this week. Here’s a few ideas…
1. Leave a spooky family message on the answering machine or voice mail.
2. For a fun twist on bobbing for apples, hang donuts from strings and challenge the kids to eat them without using their hands.
3. Make junk drawer pumpkins. These are so cute!
4. After Halloween, let the kids go nuts smashing pumpkins. It’s surprisingly fun! 😉 For more fun pumpkin ideas, click here.
5. Add water balloons to your child’s bath. No, you don’t throw them, but they’re fun to play with!
6. Go hiking someplace wild and wonderful.
7. Start having an international day once a week for lunch or dinner. Play music from a chosen country and serve a traditional meal from that region. If you like, try to dress family members in suitable clothes or add some games or traditions too. You can start with relatively “easy” countries that are pretty familiar to most of us in terms of cuisine and culture or dive right into new and different ones. Some possible countries are China, Italy, Mexico, Japan, Germany, Greece, Australia, Ethiopia and Iceland.
8. Learn the polka, hokey pokey, macarena or another silly dance together.
9. Have a pajama party with another mama friend and her kiddos. Everybody camp out in the living room or head home at bedtime. Pop popcorn, watch movies everybody loves, play games and be silly.
10. Rake a leaf maze in the backyard and take turns running it.
And with that, chickadees, I’m off to snuggle a little girl and feed some masses.
Have a magical week!
So glad all is well.
Continued blessings…
I’m glad you and your little one are thriving! I love your ideas. I’ve been thinking about the International Day for a while — and I’m going to have to go for the water balloons in the bath. P. would love that.
Good to see you posting again! I’m very glad you’re recovering well, and that you’re enjoying baby-snuggles. Your newly enlarged family look great! Also very excited about the idea of International Day – might have to make it once a month though, I’m not organised enough to manage every week!
I am soooo thrilled to hear that you are recovering smoothly and that sweet baby girl is growing and thriving. What a special time!!!! LOVE your family pic! Thank you for taking time to post magical ideas for us to explore and enjoy. That leaf maze looks like so much fun. :):) xoxoxoxoox
These are wonderful ideas. I love the leaf maze especially – such a magical idea 🙂
Blessings to you and your lovely family! ( and I wanted to leave you a word of encouragement….as I have had 9 C-sections…. and all babes born with no complications, for baby or mum) Enjoy your little one, and who knows what the Divines may have in store for you!… :o)
Nine C-sections? Oh my goodness! That’s by far the most I’ve ever heard of! I’m so glad you and the babies all came through fine!
Thanks to everyone for the well wishes! 🙂