This week was lovely as I managed to get out and have a walk on two separate occasions with a friend. It was definitely the lift I needed! As my life has been pretty repetitive of late. It was so nice just to be able to chat and be myself without any pressures for a few hours. My boys had one day each back at school this week too, which they both enjoyed. So, it was a good week for all of us. I think I will  be having many more walks with friends when the boys return to school properly.

I am pleased that we can also have another family visit in our garden. It was excellent timing for Easter as with a break from online tasks we need to find other ways to have a bit of fun! With the weather picking up garden catch ups would be ideal.

Baking For School

Food still featured a lot. My youngest made a delicious banoffee pie for his food technology class.

Whilst my eldest had to make a cake shaped like an eye for one of his science online classes. It’s nice when we can eat their work afterwards!

I am so relieved though that they will be back to full time school after Easter. It’s been hard motivating them to continue with online work. They found out that some of the children hadn’t done any work over the last three months. I think that’s crazy as that’s a big chunk of learning missed.

Yes Day

Fortunately, mine managed to do most of it, my youngest still has some things he needs to finish. But as we watched the “Yes Day” film last night, I am going to use the promise of allowing them one of those days if they work really hard for the next month! That should encourage my youngest to complete the last few bits of outstanding work.

They are keen to start planning their Yes Day, I just hope they fill it with variety not just I want to game for 24 hours straight! I am sure food will feature though, so it will probably be an expensive day one way or another. Just wish me luck I don’t end up with a house full of foam!

Blogging

I managed to get two more competitions live, so do check those out if you like the sound of winning a Craze Sensations slime set or two aromatherapy products from Scentered. The Scentered products are an ideal boost for your mental health as the blends are designed to help you deal with common problems you might face, like poor quality of sleep or lack of concentration.

Painted Rocks

I was sad to see that someone had ripped off the Little Red riding hood characters I mentioned in my week 11 update. It’s such a shame when the people work so hard making lovely items for people to find whilst others just seem set on destroying what they make. I was happy to find a lovely painted rock with stacking sheep on one of my walks with friends.

But I hope that the people who break these things don’t put the kind people off continuing to produce them. A little kindness costs nothing. I liked finding this one below but its got me wondering now whether it originally had two more bees.