So I had a lovely Easter long weekend. I was off work from Thursday right through to Sunday. Did lots of fun stuff with the family. But it all came to a screeching halt at about 5:30 am Monday morning with steady waves of nausea. Oh NO!. The dreaded stomach flu ( OK, so I know that’s not the technical, medical term for it but you get the point.) Sorry to be graphic here, but the waves of vomiting hit me hard.

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The girls and I went to an Easter egg hunt at one of our local garden centres. It was a lot of fun and made me think about how quickly time flies. This year both my girls are old enough to hunt for their own eggs and don’t need good old Mom to help. This picture is from Easter two years ago.  

But while we are talking about the egg hunt,
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AHHHHHHHHHH! It’s Monday. I know it’s strange to say that BUT Monday means the end of March break. And while my daughter doesn’t go back to school til tomorrow, I am glad the crazed days of doing stuff are over. 

I think I gave in to some sort of parent peer pressure or something. I just felt the need to do stuff with my kids. The crazy thing is they are only 4 and 2 and don’t really even know what March break is.
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I watched a really great movie. OK, it’s really a children’s movie BUT before you judge me you should watch it. It’s Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. My kids loved it. And so did I…so DO I. I think it might top my favourite movies list. It’s right up there with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins and Wonka. It has a really sweet message. It’s all about the magic in all of us.

My favourite quote from the movie,

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So it’s March Break for my oldest girl. She is very excited about the idea of March Break. She is only 4 and I don’t think she really even knows what she is excited about it.

The madness of it all is that I have already been sucked into all the March break stuff. By stuff I mean activities. It’s only Tuesday and I am tired. It has been two full days of fun.

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