{"id":2352,"date":"2014-03-24T17:24:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T17:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2014-03-24T17:24:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T17:24:21","slug":"10-ways-weve-made-the-day-magical-lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/24\/10-ways-weve-made-the-day-magical-lately\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways We’ve Made the Day Magical Lately"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Monday!\u00a0<\/strong> I’m just popping in for a quick post this time.\u00a0 I’m fighting the blues and swamped with things I should be doing, and I thought it might be good to focus on the magical moments around here lately.\u00a0 These are only ones that I happen to capture on my iPod, which really made me realize I need to start taking more pictures again!<\/span><\/p>\n

I highly recommend making your own little list up, either on your own blog of for your own records.\u00a0 It’s a nice way to remind ourselves of the happy stuff.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

10 random ways we’ve made a little magic here lately….<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1.\u00a0 Went to the children’s museum.<\/strong>\u00a0 Multiple times!\u00a0 I love our annual membership, especially when it’s particularly cold, dreary or boring out.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

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2.\u00a0 Helped out at a maple syrup tapping event.<\/strong>\u00a0 Our family takes part in maple syrup tapping at a local nature camp every year and it’s so much fun (and so tasty — there’s a fabulous all-you-can-eat breakfast feast with real maple syrup from their trees).\u00a0 My hubby ran the sales table this year and during quiet times he played the dulcimer and taught some other folks to play, and even did an impromptu jam session with some other musicians he struck up a conversation with.\u00a0 The kids got to play with old friends and we left with full bellies and good memories.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0 Hugged some trees.<\/strong>\u00a0 You know we love yarn bombing and it was fun to find these yarn bombed trees.\u00a0 It’s our goal to do some yarn bombing in our own back yard at some point.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0 Harvested some walnuts.\u00a0<\/strong> You can’t live near Walnut Grove and not gather walnuts, right?\u00a0 We do a lot of foraging for wild edibles in season, and the kids helped gather tons of walnuts last fall that are now dry enough to start cracking and cooking with.\u00a0 Alex is particularly fond of helping since it involves hitting things with a hammer.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 He also loves to gather the walnuts all autumn, and personally collects bags and bags to bring to Daddy.\u00a0 Here’s<\/span><\/a> the instructions for harvesting the dried walnuts, courtesy of my hubby, if you ever want to give it a try.<\/span><\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0 Did blow painting.\u00a0<\/strong> Just make up some liquid watercolors (here’s<\/a> the recipe we use to make wet or dry watercolors) or mix some food coloring with a bit of water, put it in dropper bottles or tiny dishes with eyedroppers, drop it on paper (watercolor paper and other heavy papers work best) and let the kids blow it around with straws.\u00a0 Be sure to wear craft clothes and protect surfaces, since it can get a little messy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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6.\u00a0 Visited an art museum with friends.<\/strong>\u00a0 Since our friends had connections, we even got a private tour!\u00a0 This particular museum has free admission for all teenagers, courtesy of a grant, and is free after 5 p.m.\u00a0 Many museums offer similar deals if they’re not free all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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7.\u00a0 Made recycled treasures.<\/strong>\u00a0 Check out the awesome knight’s garb that Jack made for Alex!\u00a0 It comes complete with armor, shield, sword and helmet.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

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8.\u00a0 Went to the zoo.\u00a0<\/strong> Even my big kids love a day at the zoo!<\/span><\/p>\n

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A red panda being trained, photo courtesy Toria Bayer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lovely tiger, photo courtesy Anna Bayer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9.\u00a0 Went snow-shoeing.\u00a0<\/strong> Daryl took Toria and Alex to a park event in a nearby town to take part in a naturalist program where they got to snowshoe through a state park.\u00a0 They loved it, but I’m hoping not to get a chance to snowshoe again for a long, long time!\u00a0 We got more snow today but it’s melting and I’m really hoping for nothing but mud and grass for a while.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

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10.\u00a0 Tickled and wrestled and played.\u00a0<\/strong> And a whole lot of silliness and fun.\u00a0 (Sorry the pictures are such terrible quality!\u00a0 They are bad photos but good memories.)\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

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And with that, I’m off to make some more fun with my kiddos and drag myself out of the blues.\u00a0<\/strong> I have to say, that helped a bit!<\/span><\/p>\n

Focus on what you want more of, chickies.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll be back soon, even to post something boring!\u00a0 It’s my new goal!\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Happy Monday!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Monday!\u00a0 I’m just popping in for a quick post this time.\u00a0 I’m fighting the blues and swamped with things I should be doing, and I thought it might be good to focus on the magical moments around here lately.\u00a0 These are only ones that I happen to capture on my iPod, which really made…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[168,230,253],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352"}],"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=2352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}