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class="categories"><i class="fa fa-align-justify"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/making/crafts/" rel="category tag">Crafts</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/family-life/home/" rel="category tag">Home</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/projects/" rel="category tag">Projects</a></span> <span class="tags"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/gardening/" rel="tag">gardening</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/tutorials/" rel="tag">tutorials</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>A spring tutorial! H’s been more and more interested in flowers this year as they bloom all over. She’s been picking dandelions everywhere we go, and digging holes in the mulch in the backyard with the gardening tools her grandparents gave her. I do not have a green thumb, but she’s fascinated. So I’ve been brainstorming some gardening projects we could do together, for me to learn some things and for her to watch things grow.</p> <p><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/23/upcycle-your-kids-lego-duplo-into-a-planter/" class="more-link">Read more on Upcycle Your Kid’s LEGO Duplo into a Planter…</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="bar"> <div class="share">  <a class="share-twitter" onclick="window.open('http://twitter.com/home?status=Upcycle Your Kid’s LEGO Duplo into a Planter - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/23/upcycle-your-kids-lego-duplo-into-a-planter/','twitter','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Upcycle Your Kid’s LEGO Duplo into a Planter - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/23/upcycle-your-kids-lego-duplo-into-a-planter/" title="Upcycle Your Kid’s LEGO Duplo into a Planter" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>  <a class="share-facebook" onclick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/23/upcycle-your-kids-lego-duplo-into-a-planter/','facebook','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/23/upcycle-your-kids-lego-duplo-into-a-planter/" title="Upcycle Your Kid’s LEGO Duplo into a Planter" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a> <a class="share-google" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/23/upcycle-your-kids-lego-duplo-into-a-planter/" onclick="window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/23/upcycle-your-kids-lego-duplo-into-a-planter/','gplusshare','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;"><i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i></a> <a onClick="MyWindow=window.open('http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/23/upcycle-your-kids-lego-duplo-into-a-planter/&media=https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DSC04569_edited-1.jpg&description=Upcycle Your Kid’s LEGO Duplo into a Planter','MyWindow','width=600,height=400'); 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But last Saturday was our last day in Mystic, and we spent the morning at Olde Mistick Village for their Easter egg hunt. Which was such a great last thing to do before we left, if you’re ever in town for any of their family events I really recommend it. We packed up the car and brought Hamilton to their apple orchard with us, which he loved. He was a big hit with many of the little kids out there for the egg hunt, and he was just so excited for sunshine and adventure.</p> <p><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/20/leaving-mystic-with-easter-eggs/" class="more-link">Read more on Leaving Mystic with Easter Eggs…</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="bar"> <div class="share">  <a class="share-twitter" onclick="window.open('http://twitter.com/home?status=Leaving Mystic with Easter Eggs - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/20/leaving-mystic-with-easter-eggs/','twitter','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Leaving Mystic with Easter Eggs - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/20/leaving-mystic-with-easter-eggs/" title="Leaving Mystic with Easter Eggs" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>  <a class="share-facebook" onclick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/20/leaving-mystic-with-easter-eggs/','facebook','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/20/leaving-mystic-with-easter-eggs/" title="Leaving Mystic with Easter Eggs" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a> <a class="share-google" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/20/leaving-mystic-with-easter-eggs/" onclick="window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/20/leaving-mystic-with-easter-eggs/','gplusshare','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;"><i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i></a> <a onClick="MyWindow=window.open('http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/20/leaving-mystic-with-easter-eggs/&media=https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DSC04488_copy.jpg&description=Leaving Mystic with Easter Eggs','MyWindow','width=600,height=400'); 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We went to聽<a href="http://www.seaviewsnackbar.com/">Sea View Snack Bar</a>, right down the road from Mystic Seaport, and sat outside with him eating lobster rolls, french fries, and hot dogs. He had his very own hot dog, he was in his doggy glory.</p> <p><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/16/our-second-day-in-mystic/" class="more-link">Read more on Our Second Day in Mystic…</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="bar"> <div class="share">  <a class="share-twitter" onclick="window.open('http://twitter.com/home?status=Our Second Day in Mystic - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/16/our-second-day-in-mystic/','twitter','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Our Second Day in Mystic - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/16/our-second-day-in-mystic/" title="Our Second Day in Mystic" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>  <a class="share-facebook" onclick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/16/our-second-day-in-mystic/','facebook','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/16/our-second-day-in-mystic/" title="Our Second Day in Mystic" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a> <a class="share-google" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/16/our-second-day-in-mystic/" onclick="window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/16/our-second-day-in-mystic/','gplusshare','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;"><i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i></a> <a onClick="MyWindow=window.open('http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/16/our-second-day-in-mystic/&media=https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DSC04394_edited-1.jpg&description=Our Second Day in Mystic','MyWindow','width=600,height=400'); return false;" style="cursor:pointer;" target="_blank" id="pinterest-share"><i class="fa fa-pinterest"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="masonr"> <div class="post post-16591 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-food category-adventures-outings category-travel tag-hamilton tag-restaurants tag-road-trip tag-spring-break tag-thekid tag-travel">   <a class="featured-image" href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/14/first-full-day-in-mystic-and-thereabouts/" title="First Full Day in Mystic, And Thereabouts"><img width="565" height="419" src="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7814_copy-565x419.jpg" class="attachment-medium-image size-medium-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7814_copy-565x419.jpg 565w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7814_copy-300x223.jpg 300w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7814_copy-768x570.jpg 768w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7814_copy-590x438.jpg 590w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7814_copy-976x724.jpg 976w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7814_copy.jpg 1455w" sizes="(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px" /></a> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="frame"> <div class="title-wrap"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/14/first-full-day-in-mystic-and-thereabouts/" title="First Full Day in Mystic, And Thereabouts">First Full Day in Mystic, And Thereabouts</a></h2> <div class="title-meta"> <span><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/author/admin/" title="Posts by jackie" rel="author">jackie</a></span> <span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/14/">April 14, 2017</a></span> <span class="categories"><i class="fa fa-align-justify"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/eating-stuff/food/" rel="category tag">Food</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/playing/adventures-outings/" rel="category tag">Outings</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/travel/" rel="category tag">Travel</a></span> <span class="tags"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/hamilton/" rel="tag">hamilton</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/restaurants/" rel="tag">restaurants</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/road-trip/" rel="tag">road trip</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/spring-break/" rel="tag">spring break</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/thekid/" rel="tag">the kid</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/travel/" rel="tag">Travel</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p><em>Other posts on this trip: <a href="http://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/13/heading-to-mystic-ct/">Heading to Mystic, CT</a>.</em></p> <p>Yesterday was our first of two full days in the Mystic area. I’ve been to Mystic as a kid, once or twice with Adam over the years, and once we spent an <a href="http://www.jackiereeve.com/2013/09/10/new-england-road-trip-part-1-connecticut/#more-11232">afternoon at the Seaport (with H)</a> on our way to Maine with my in-laws. But every time I come I feel like it’s new, and my sense of geography is weird until we get somewhere, and I think, “Ah, I remember this.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/14/first-full-day-in-mystic-and-thereabouts/" class="more-link">Read more on First Full Day in Mystic, And Thereabouts…</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="bar"> <div class="share">  <a class="share-twitter" onclick="window.open('http://twitter.com/home?status=First Full Day in Mystic, And Thereabouts - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/14/first-full-day-in-mystic-and-thereabouts/','twitter','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=First Full Day in Mystic, And Thereabouts - https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/14/first-full-day-in-mystic-and-thereabouts/" title="First Full Day in Mystic, And Thereabouts" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>  <a class="share-facebook" onclick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/14/first-full-day-in-mystic-and-thereabouts/','facebook','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;" href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/14/first-full-day-in-mystic-and-thereabouts/" title="First Full Day in Mystic, And Thereabouts" target="blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a> <a class="share-google" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/14/first-full-day-in-mystic-and-thereabouts/" onclick="window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/14/first-full-day-in-mystic-and-thereabouts/','gplusshare','width=450,height=300,left='+(screen.availWidth/2-375)+',top='+(screen.availHeight/2-150)+'');return false;"><i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i></a> <a onClick="MyWindow=window.open('http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/14/first-full-day-in-mystic-and-thereabouts/&media=https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7814_copy.jpg&description=First Full Day in Mystic, And Thereabouts','MyWindow','width=600,height=400'); return false;" style="cursor:pointer;" target="_blank" id="pinterest-share"><i class="fa fa-pinterest"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="masonr"> <div class="post post-16583 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-travel tag-adventures tag-hamilton tag-road-trip tag-spring-break tag-thekid tag-vacation">   <a class="featured-image" href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/13/heading-to-mystic-ct/" title="Heading to Mystic, CT"><img width="565" height="424" src="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7790_copy-565x424.jpg" class="attachment-medium-image size-medium-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7790_copy-565x424.jpg 565w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7790_copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7790_copy-768x577.jpg 768w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7790_copy-590x443.jpg 590w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7790_copy-976x733.jpg 976w, https://www.jackiereeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_7790_copy.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px" /></a> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="frame"> <div class="title-wrap"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/13/heading-to-mystic-ct/" title="Heading to Mystic, CT">Heading to Mystic, CT</a></h2> <div class="title-meta"> <span><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/author/admin/" title="Posts by jackie" rel="author">jackie</a></span> <span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/2017/04/13/">April 13, 2017</a></span> <span class="categories"><i class="fa fa-align-justify"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/category/old-blog/travel/" rel="category tag">Travel</a></span> <span class="tags"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i><a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/adventures/" rel="tag">adventures</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/hamilton/" rel="tag">hamilton</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/road-trip/" rel="tag">road trip</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/spring-break/" rel="tag">spring break</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/thekid/" rel="tag">the kid</a>, <a href="https://www.jackiereeve.com/tag/vacation/" rel="tag">vacation</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>This week is H’s spring break, and so far it’s been pretty up and down. On Monday we booked a trip for H, Hamilton, and me to head to Mystic for the second half of the week. Spring break fun with me and the small ones! But then I woke up Tuesday with another sore throat, went to my doctor’s walk-in clinic, and confirmed that I had strep. Again. 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