Last week was somewhat busy and this week is going to be crazy… with all of us off in a million directions… I am so grateful for a weekend of chilling and hanging out together in the great outdoors. Not to mention I am discovering the dawn… after years of sleeping late, I find myself waking up for gym, even on days when I don’t have gym… a peaceful time of day, when the house is quiet…
Our Book Book Giving Day Project is in full Swing, if you have signed up to join us, then you should all have your emails with the shipping details by the end of today… and otherwise… join in, join in… we are trying to build a library for over a thousand kids… we need books and lots of them. It is totally doable, book by book we can build a library. Don’t forget SuperNova Magazine has a fabulous offer for our followers, they will match any subscription and donate your order to the library when you stop and shop there. And the books are starting to roll in…
Lovely Links from This Week
- If you aren’t listening to audible books, but you wish you did… or you do listen to audible books but wish you new more: Then this post on Read Aloud Revival is for you: The Great Big Audible Q&A.
- Cape Town the city we love was featured on Babyccino… the blog I love: Weekend Getaway: Cape Town, South Africa.
- Oh my word… would you look at LOTS on Playing by the Book… you have to scroll down, I love their lots of people project!!!
- 20 Extra Long and Totally Readable Books for your 2017 Reading Challenge… on the Modern Mrs Darcy… some of my favourites are in their… Sharon Penman, just read the series!!!
- And if you need a little magic in your day: Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play. Philip Pullman on the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
- Anyone need a decluttering challenge, I did the 40 Bags in 40 Days challenge a few years ago and the habit stuck… I still toss out a bag or two of stuff every week… don’t even ask where all the stuff comes from… that is one of life’s greatest mysteries!!!
- I love Kristen Welch, she always says it like it is… and parents of teens, you should be tired!!! This week’s post: I’m Tired. How About You? is pure gold.
- Feel like a virtual trip to Africa, or you are planning a real trip then take a peak at these Top Ten African Travel Blogs on the Incidental Tourist, you will be inspired.
- Oh my heart… this family went on holiday to about my most favourite place in the world… Wouldn’t I love a walking trip to Wales.
This Weekend End from the 12-14 March 2017 is the GreenPop Family Fest Weekend… I am going to be social media-ing for them for the weekend and I just can’t wait. Got my spade and my boots and I am good to go… planting trees for the weekend in the most southern indigenous forest in Africa… really I just can’t wait!!! Click on the image for all the details…
This Week’s Highlights
Family Reading A-Loud: We have been reading this DK book for two years, almost to the day!!! What an adventure it has been. The History of the World in 1000 objects, from the ancient of ancients right through time until the space race. It’s been fantastic!!!
Listening: Now that I have an almost daily commute to gym and back… so I picked this epic series and I am absolutely loving it… riveted!!! I thought it would take weeks to listen to, but no… just can’t stop listening!!!
Watching with the Kids: They finally watched the whole of this… the last of the big screen watchers may now stand up… I just never think to watch stuff with my kids, but this has been fun and we all enjoyed it, though for some folk in a somewhat “scared out of our wits way.”
Watching Myself: And for the person that almost never remembers to watch a screen… I did manage to watch the entire first series of Land Girls, oh in about one sitting. Just saying. I kind of got into it and then couldn’t stop watching!!!!
A Blast From the Past:
- 2009: It’s a Wrap in Se7en Steps…
- 2010: Se7en’s School Day – A Photo Tour…
- 2011: Se7en’s Fantastic Flower Fun…
- 2012: Se7en + 1 Tips for Crafting With Kids…
- 2013: Se7en+1 Steps to getting Organised and Staying Organised…
- 2014: How to Get Your Act Together in Se7en+1 Steps…
- 2015: Parenting Tips by the Dozen for Raising Se7en + 1 Kids…
- 2016: A School day in the life of Se7en + 1…
That’s us… Hope you are all have a fabulous week!!!
Thanks for linking to our post! It was a nice surprise Wales is indeed very beautiful. Close for us, so we’ll head back a couple of times probably.
Oh Annick, how nice that you stopped by… I saw Tintern Abbey and my heart literally sang!!! Hope you have a great week!!!
So glad you liked the LOTS post! Youngest and I were in Wales this weekend (bit easier for us!) at a harp festival which I’m sure you would have enjoyed enormously
Hay Zoe, loved your post… of course… and a weekend in Wales, what a dream!!! Hope you have had a fabulous week!!!