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puzzles // banana bread in the making // tunes

pizza night // kiddos crafting // lavender and calandula oils steeping

silly kitty // lost teeth // beautiful sunrise

yummy breakfast //brownies {that last about two minutes!} // board games

candle-lit art journaling date with my eldest 

easing back into this online world.... i disconnected on friday, and took the weekend off. it was a much needed break from everything. as much as i love the amazing community i have online, sometimes all the extra noise can get overwhelming. a weekend without checking emails, fb, twitter, instagram, etc was bliss. we baked, we played, we crafted, we enjoyed a slow{er} pace of life for a few days. it gave my mind some peace and quiet, some time to mull things over, time to release some negative vibes, to shake off a few crazy feelings and time to regroup.

i plan on making it a more regular thing - either one day a week, or one whole weekend a month. i'm not setting it in stone, i'll take it week by week and see what feels right. 

hope that you all had a great weekend

blesssings

xo

pee.ess - there is still time to win a custom mantra bracelet!

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yesterday was just what i/we needed. we dropped all responsibilities, packed up a picnic and went down to the river. we're lucky enough to live only a twenty minute walk from the countryside. i've mentioned many times on here that it's my happy place... the place i go to ground myself and to seek peace and solitude. we've all been adjusting to some changes these past couple weeks - the mr having gone back to college, the kiddos and i to a new routine now homeschool is back in after our summer break. a day with nature was exactly what we needed. we all came home feeling refreshed, and questions that had been floating around my mind found answers.

i added some pretty new river stones to my collection and we found a bird skull too! miss baya is in love with the horses {the grey one especially} so we stopped to spend a little time with them. today i have the urge to 'spring'{autumn?} clean my house... getting ready for the new season almost upon us.

one last thing - i'm excited to be a part of a brand new blog project started by elisabeth - the mama earth project - it just launched so please go and check it out.

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