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Happy Mother's Day Weekend!

If you remember only one day this week - make sure it is tomorrow!  The moms out there will appreciate it!  There are lots of outdoor places to visit so get out an enjoy the cool weather - because you know the heat is coming! And don't forget to click on the Calendar Icon to see the full list events including virtual ones!

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Native Plant Sale at Virginia Living Museum - Order Online - Curbside Pick Up!

Support the VLM!! This one is easy! Choose from 168 beautiful and unusual native perennials, vines, shrubs and trees – for a variety of garden sites and styles, from wet ponds to dry rock gardens. Many of these are excellent plants for attracting butterflies, hummingbirds and other wildlife to your yard. All plants are nursery propagated and many are not yet available in the commercial nursery trade. Shop online then curbside pick up - here are details!

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Mother's Day Guide 2020 - COVID-19 Style

So this is a more of a total Mother's Day guide (with a gift guide included) It gives you ideas of things to do, make and order for mom...because if your mom is anything like my mom...she ROCKS!  This guide will keep you busy, so grab a beer/wine/coffee sit back and enjoy!

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Here is a Stay at Home project we can all enjoy!

Culturefix can't do one of their fun events right now so they came up with a fun community art project.  Grab an empty wine bottle, decorate it and then drop it off at one of their two drop off locations and they will make a community art sculpture for all to enjoy!  We have gotten a few done and...

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Tour D'Trails Mountain Bike Time Trials May 11 - June

Tour D'Trails Mountain Bike Time Trials is a multi-stage trail race aimed at providing riders with friendly competition while maintaining social distancing.

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Mom love nature? Make sure to visit this list of what parks and trails are open!

Here is our updated "The Outdoors are Not Closed" post.  It gives you the rundown on Williamsburg and James City County Parks and trails you can walk, hike, fish, bike and swim... here you go

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7th Annual Summer Camp Fair is going on ONLINE!

Summer Camp Fair was supposed to be this weekend at the Rec Center but since we cannot do that...we are still bringing it all to you at home.  Check out the great camp options for your kids this summer thru videos, posts and contact names / emails so you can reach those same people you would normally meet at the Summer Camp Fair.  Check it out here- we have camps up already and more videos coming!!! 

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Williamsburg Botanical Gardens' "Plants with a Purpose" has sale

Williamsburg Botanical Gardens' "Plants with a Purpose" is now an ongoing "Honor Box" plant sale every day from 7 am to dusk. The “Honor Box” is chock full of great pollinator-friendly native perennial plants to help rebuild beneficial habitat in sun or shade. Find water-wise and deer/rabbit resistant plants. The selection changes frequently so check the “Honor Box” often! Psst… most plants are just FIVE BUCKS!!! Drop your payment in the “birdhouse” lockbox. Learn more

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Look what is new at the Library! And if you don't have a library card to get kindle downloads - here is how!

See what new materials have arrived this week at the Williamsburg Regional Library -there are 35 new bestsellers, 174 new children's books, and 298 other new books, including 176 that are available online.

The new bestsellers this week include "Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex," "If It Bleeds," and "All Adults Here: A Novel."

Learn more about digital downloads with your library card!

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Volunteers Needed to sew 3,000- 4,000 masks

We talked to Dr. Decker who took the initiative to purchase Halyard H600 fabric so that more masks could be made for medical centers in the area. And now she has enough fabric to make 3,000- 4,000 masks, she needs more volunteers. So, if you sew and have the time, she and the Peninsula Patriots can use your skills.

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2020-2021 Kindergarten Registration Day for WJCC Public Schools Moves Online

.Because of COVID-19, kindergarten pre-registration for the 2020-2021 school year will take place online. Elementary Schools will host a special welcome event for incoming kindergarteners once school buildings are allowed to re-open. 

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Corona-cation Survival Guide for Moms

 If you get to the end of the day and everyone is still alive and nothing has been set on fire, I’m going to call it a good day. Yes, we all have that one friend who is using this time with her still well-groomed children to plant an organic vegetable garden, advance their math learning two grades, and re-enact Ancient Greek tragedies using barbies and army figures, but honestly, I’m talking to you, not her.. 😁 .... Keep Reading Here - (article by Madeline Vann, NCC, M.Ed. at White Cloud Therapeutic Services)

 

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SiriusXM is offering FREE streaming for the month of May!

Love great programming – from Pop, to County, to News, to Broadway, to Rock, to Religious, to Health to Talk – Sirius XM has a channel for everyone. Now you can stream for free to your car and/or your home devices all month. Stuck at home? Well at least you can listen to whatever you like…for free!

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Grab a Mother's Day meal this weekend!

Lot's of restaurants are open and waiting to hear from you!  Many are running Mother's Day specials!

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Online learning tested just prior to school closure...

Head of School Johnny Graham sent a preparatory email that spelling out plans in the ‘unlikely’ event of a scenario requiring students to be sent home due to a pandemic spread of the novel virus...

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WM’s Department of Wellness & Health is offering Mindfulness Virtual Videos

WM’s Department of Wellness & Health has put together quite a collection of online content on mindfulness videos, yoga, fitness and many other health and wellness topics - all free! 

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More Secret Spots on the Campus of WM

We have added a few more spots we love on the Campus of WM and hope you do too! Check them out (great Mother's Day thing to do - too)

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Yorktown Farmers Market - Pre-Order Drive Thru!

It went so well that Yorktown Market Days (farmers market) will continue to be a drive thru market where you will pick up your Pre-Ordered items!  - learn more!

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Farmers Market has gone virtual - you can order some of your favorite products online!

Starting to miss your favorite vendors?  We hear you!  But not too worry if you follow the button below you will see how to connect with many of the regular vendors and get the things you need till the weekly markets open back up! 

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What to Read This Week While Social Distancing...

From fiction to non-fiction we are bringing you a list of curated books that may be just what you were looking for...  Kristy, our resident bookworm has been updating this list with more and more titles! 

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In Case You Missed These...

Update on Busch Gardens - extended tickets - plus they have great online content for kids

Personally I really miss Busch Gardens.  I miss the very large swirl ice cream cones, the live shows, the animals, the Food & Wine Festival...oh, and the rides too.  So when their CEO sent out this info - we had to share...

One Fun Thing a Day post on WilliamsburgFamilies.com

Too many virtual events? Need it simplified? How about Just ONE Fun Thing a Day...We know...this is a lot.  So check this post or our FB page for our "One Fun Thing".  It will give you a video, thing to do, or something we found that will (hopefully) brighten you day.  

Animals at the Virginia Living Museum...Over 1000 hungry mouths don't feed themselves - find out how staff does it!

How are all those animals doing at Virginia Living Museum right now during COVID-19? We checked in with Marketing Director Judy Triska to find out.

Our Follow Up Interview with Jackie Greenizan in Shanghai - What is Life Like Now?

Jackie Greenizan talks to us again from Shanghai as she returns to work and schools reopen in China. What can we take away from China's handling of COVID-19? Again many interesting similarities and differences on how countries are handling this outbreak. Read more...

Census - 20,000 Reasons this community needs you to fill it out....

Did you know each person counted in your community equates to $20,000 in federal funds returning to your community over the next 10 years?

Free Online Resources for You and the Family During Quarantine

We are in for the long haul folks so we are looking for new ideas and new online tools to help us get through another week. Here are a few FREE online resources. Hang in there guys only 67 days left....

Our Daily Calendar still has great things to do - most of them online but not all!

We are all together now but we still need things to do.  Our calendar will give you some events online and some in the real world for all ages and stage (even us adults!) 

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