{"id":1893,"date":"2012-04-02T16:22:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T16:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2012-04-02T16:22:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T16:22:12","slug":"10-ways-to-make-today-magical-115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/02\/10-ways-to-make-today-magical-115\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Make Today Magical"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Look who’s joined our family!\u00a0 We adopted Layla, a three year-old collie, from a shelter last week.\u00a0 She’s absolutely wonderful, very well trained, and super loving and loyal. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Things are busy and mostly wonderful here.\u00a0 Fiona will turn 6 months old in a little over a week, and in a month Jack will turn 9, Alex will turn 5 and Victoria will turn 14 (Anna is the only child not celebrating in the next month!).\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m working on getting back to more regular blogging and catching up in every other thing I’m perpetually behind in.\u00a0 We’ll see how it goes!
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Here’s a few ways to make a little magic this week.<\/span>
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1.\u00a0 Go rock hunting together.\u00a0 Pick any spot with lots of stones and look for ones that are particularly beautiful, sparkly or cute.\u00a0 Compare rocks when you’re done and pick a few to bring home.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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2.\u00a0 Make a garden sculpture.\u00a0 Scavenge at the garage or basement for assorted odd parts that nobody wants.\u00a0 Add some wire, electrical tape or anything else you fancy to hold your parts together and have the kids create something wild and wonderful.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Gather up old, stale spices and let the kids take them outside to “cook” with.\u00a0 Save empty containers to fill with sand, dirt or crushed leaves.\u00a0 Give them a couple of bowls to mix their creations in and spoons to stir.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Go puddle stomping.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0 Go for a bird walk to see how many different birds you can find and ID.\u00a0 Bring a bird guide if you like or start a journal to document how many kinds you’ve spotted.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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6.\u00a0 Fill some squirt guns or spray bottles with water and have the kids spray designs on the side of the house or the driveway.\u00a0 Invite them to draw pictures with the water and see if they can write their names.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Lie on your backs in the grass and cloud watch.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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8.\u00a0 Hold a carnival in the back yard.\u00a0 Rig up some easy contests (knock over pop bottles with bean bags, toss the ball into the bucket and so on) and get extra toys or stuffed animals that can be passed on.\u00a0 Invite friends and ask them to contribute their own games and prizes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Make up your own super heroes and super villains and act out a scene together.\u00a0 Our girls were Butterfly Girl and Fashion Queen once when they were little and they attacked the Evil Messy Haired Daddy.\u00a0 (Snort)\u00a0 The campier the better!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

10. Visit an ethnic grocery store together and find some new goodies to sample and collect.
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And with that, I’m off to tackle the next 20 things on my to-do list and sneak a bit of chocolate.\u00a0 Have a magical week!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Look who’s joined our family!\u00a0 We adopted Layla, a three year-old collie, from a shelter last week.\u00a0 She’s absolutely wonderful, very well trained, and super loving and loyal. Things are busy and mostly wonderful here.\u00a0 Fiona will turn 6 months old in a little over a week, and in a month Jack will turn 9,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[253],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}