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Hi everyone! I just wanted to let y'all know, due to the site being worked on, difficulties getting in, etc... I'm extending all badges to the end of the month. So, if working on the monthly badge, Princess week, Day badges, etc... you have until April 30th. After that, we'll play it by ear come May. I hope this helps everyone not stress about getting stuff done on time etc... Also, the monthly badge is the only one you would really have to try and do. But if you can't for whatever reason, no worries! I promise, no one is going to get kicked out, a bad grade or anything like that. lol We're here to have fun! Not added stress and anxiety. Have fun! Juju💚🐛

@RoseyLittle @SarBear55 @Fox H @littlegala @Baby.M @DaddysCosmicBunny @SquirtleSquad @MissNMTX @innerchildtml @Emberella Hello all! Thank you again for being patient with our tech difficulties. I have help off on an official check in this week because of it but feel free to pop into general chat and tell me you are still participating. Questions are coming I just dont want to get cut off mid post. That being said feel free to read chapters 10-12!!!

So I shared my answers before reading everyone else’s and I gotta say… Everyone’s answer for #2 is so meaningful/thoughtful. 😭 While mine is just like “idk, maybe he likes them? 🤷🏽‍♀️🐦” 🤣🤣🤣

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let y'all know there are going to be a few changes, such as how we do the badges, links to the badges for physical purchases if you want (No, I'm not affiliated with any of them in anyway), some organizational stuff going on hopefully to make our stuff run smoother and a few other things. Outside of our monthly virtual meeting, (which you do not have to use the video part by the way), I think we should have a monthly meeting at the beginning of the month also, here. Just a thought. I was able to get my computer so hopefully this will be allot easier to do lol. Have a happy Easter. Juju💚🐛

@RoseyLittle @SarBear55 @Fox H @littlegala @Baby.M @DaddysCosmicBunny @SquirtleSquad @MissNMTX @innerchildtml @Emberella Alright yall thanks for being patient!!! Here are your questions from chapters 4-6. Per usual remember to spoil and post in the topic linked below. Questions for chapters 7-9 will be up shortly. Questions: Post here: https://www.ddlgforum.com/topic/65741-beautiful-disaster-question-answers-spoilers/#comment-376550

@RoseyLittle @Ricky H @SarBear55 @littlegala @Baby.M @DaddysCosmicBunny @SquirtleSquad @MissNMTX @innerchildtml @Emberella Alright yall I know the site has been down but just keep doing your reading and as soon as its stable I will post questions. I have been amazed and impressed with participation so far so thank you guys! Now go enjoy chapters 7-9 friends!!!!

I've been thinking about how I wanted to label stuff and make it easier for us all to find, post, etc... I've about got that figured out so look for that to be up and posted by this weekend. Also, there will be differently things with the badge requirements, length of badges, etc... for example, * Day Badges will be up a week before they're actually due. So that you have that week before to work on them, and then the actual due date will be the day of the badge. * There will be different requirements given for little's and middles. But, not set in stone. If you are a little bit want to do middle you can. It'll mostly just be giving activity ideas for both. Anyway, this is just a few things coming up. ☺️ I hope y'all had a great Easter. I don't remember if i even told y'all that! Lol Juju💚🐛

@RoseyLittle @Ricky H @SarBear55 @littlegala @Baby.M @DaddysCosmicBunny @SquirtleSquad @MissNMTX @innerchildtml @Emberella Alright all I know you have been chomping at the bit for new chapters so feel free to now read chapters 4-6! Questions will be up in a few days. If you haven't checked in please do so!!! Once a week check ins are mandatory. Thanks all!

I finish my recycled cloth project. I have painted my rocks and I colored a picture of earth running out of time. @InspireDaddy did I do enough to get my Earth day badge?

Here is my cloud project

Yeah the suncatchers were sooo much fun! I want to do that one again for sure and make all kinds of shadows.

This month we are going to take a outing the zoo!!! Please let me know all of your favorite zoo animals so I make sure we visit those animals and pack for adventure!!! This will start our Zoo badge. I will even throw in a petting zoo animals so that can go towards our petting zoo part of the season challenge for everyone working on the spring challenges. We cant really touch them but I'm sure there are others like me unable to actually go to a petting zoo right now. Im planning a fun snack to tie into it just haven't figured out what I want to do yet once I do Ill post it so everyone who wants a snack can enjoy it. If you cant attend u still can earn the badge by going to the zoo in person or virtually to fulfil this part of the badge. Im so excited see everyone there!!!!

I had grand plans for this week, but it did not happen. My life got the better of me. I hope what I did is still enough to get the badge. If not its okay, I enjoyed all the movies, singing, and other stuff I did. @InspireDaddy will you review this one too.

Here are my things for our Easter badge. I hope everyone had a lovely holiday! 💕🐣 @Daddy Bear 77 can you sign off on my badge please? I think I did all the pieces for the holiday weekend. 1. In our family we celebrate both Ostara and Easter at this time of year. We have certain traditions we do each year: we always paint eggs and bury them in our garden, I make Easter baking together with my girls, and we have a big Easter dinner with all of my siblings and their kiddos. It’s also a tradition to go to the experimental farm and agricultural museum up here. We get to see all the spring baby animals, make crafts, learn all about cocoa and eggs, and just generally have a hoot! 2. Here are the eggs my girls and I coloured: 3. As part of Easter Day the girls woke up to baskets from the Easter bunny and an egg hunt around the house. I played with them and their new toys and then made Easter cookies. Unfortunately my two year old threw her toy unicorn while we were playing and it landed on my foot and dislocated a toe - darn ehlers joints! But that couldn’t stop the day! (Just meant I had to wear slippers to dinner lol) After nap we went to the big family dinner with my family. It was both a wonderful day because of all the fun with my girls, and a hard one as the first Easter since separation but still going together as family. One of the best parts of my day was my Easter surprise Daddy made for me so I could have a little holiday magic too, something I haven’t had in a long time. So at the end of my day I got to do a virtual egg hunt with Daddy. 4. I coloured a picture for the season: 5. For the free activity I made sugar cookies and bird nest cookies with the girls:

OMG! Bit late to the reading, just finished chapter 1, but fun fact I'm currently studying the same thing as Travis! What are the chances😆

Daisy research! I found the best background for the info! It was so pretty!

Here is my Autism Awareness Day submission. 1. Wear Blue/Puzzle Pieces- Work gave us bracelets and a pin for our lanyard to wear today. 2. Colored a drawing for the day 🙂 3. Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition which affects the way a person perceives the world, communicates and interacts with others. There are varying degrees of the condition, which is why it is a spectrum, with high functioning on one end and low functioning on the other. Every individual is different, with differing needs and supports, but masking is a common theme among people with ASD. Masking is often a tool used by people with ASD to interact with others socially. It often looks like mirroring or the mimicry of one’s peers when one is unsure of how to act in a social situation. It can be driven by fear or a perceived lack of acceptance for being how one naturally is. Females mask more than males due to the perceived judgment for being “weird” and wanting to fit in. Females also face a societal expectation to be more mature and often internalize difficulties, which leads to masking how they are truly feeling. As a neurodivergent myself, which a brother who has Asperger Syndrome, I am glad there has been a shift towards understanding and acceptance for all on the spectrum. 💜 @beanbean or @Daddy Bear 77, could one of you sign off on this for me? 🙂

Hi Glowworms! Juju here! I hope y'all are doing well and all of you are coming along on your projects easily and it's enjoyable. So, just a few things I need to touch base on and a few new things to announce. First, If you are a Leader but you are also a Daddy/ Mommy and have a little in the Guild, you cannot sign off on their projects and badges. Specifically to make this fair for those that do not have a CG type. Hence the need of leaders in our Group. You can help with their projects to earn their badges but they have to have another leader sign off. If anyone is not in agreement with this, no matter the reason, I can put up a poll and we can vote on it. No problem!☺️ Secondly, Extentions are mostly given for health issues (physical or mental), technical difficulties, emergencies in your rl, that sort of things. I understand that the way i had it set up, has been difficult for some because of work, family, etc... so as of May, this will be the new norm. At least for now: 1. Monthly badges will remain the same as far as duration. It starts the 1st and ends the last day of the month. If the month has 31 days, then it would be the 31st. Or the 30th and/or the 28th for February. 2. One day badges: will be given at least a week ahead. And due before midnight on the day it is for. For example, St. Patrick's Day is the 17th, so i would post the day badge on the 10th. So you would have the 7 Days before to finish. If the badge happens to be, let's say for the 4th of July, that day badge would start the 28th of June and due on the 4th by midnight. 3. Special Badges: "Special Badges" are for those badges earned for things in everyday life that gives us issues or difficulties. Such as the cleaning room one or the Going out one me. These really don't have a due date and it can be done at your own pace. If any one has something they would like to try earning a badge for, more or less on your own, please let me know! I can set it up for you. 4. If you ever have an idea for the group, please let me know and I can see if it would be a thing we can do. 5. New rules will be posted soon. 6. There will be 2 meetings a month starting in May. The fun Virtual meeting toward the end of the month with @lillizzie24 and one towards the beginning of the month for those that can't make the virtual meeting for whatever reason. It would be just texting (like a chat room) . I've not decided where this group chat will be yet, but not Discord. Simply because I'm not allowed to be on discord. I'm sorry if this seems longer then some but i just wanted to make sure you were all informed of changes and such. Juju💚🐛

go a physical zoo or virtual zoo via the cam links I share or any other u find, write what your favorite animal was and why. Research zoos animals and how zoos use enrichments with the animals. finally a zoo craft. In June I plan on going over facts about different zoo animals and enrichment along with a craft. I had a few more cams to do this month that we didn't get to because we were having so much fun with it and I wanted to share all the other fun zoos I was a little over prepared lol

Here are my activities for this month’s badge. It was so much fun crafting with my girls 💕 @Daddy Bear 77 * Make a sun-catcher, and display it in your windows: We made butterfly wing suncatchers and played with them outside! I saw a dinosaur one and wanna make it this summer. Rawwwr 🦖 * Create a cloud out of materials you have at home, e.g. - cotton balls, beads, yarn, pipe cleaners, tissue paper, etc.. use your imagination: We decided to make a rainy cloud science experiment and learn about precipitation! It was such messy fun! * Plant A Fairy Garden: The weather isn’t quite ready to plant everything yet but we got our fairy gardens ready!

Little one you and your littlerens did such inventive and fun looking crafts for this badge! Sun catcher butterfly wings (my next band's name) look so cute and fun to make*hugs you* and they created such cool colors and shapes on the ground. The cloud looks like a mix between a fancy drink and a fancier milkshake. It looks like you learned about dissolution too love watching colors mix together that way. It reminds me of an experiment where due is dropped in a tube that can be rotated and upon rotating it in the reverse it reverts back to it unmixed state. What a lovely fairy village you have there complete with a department of transportation and water utility. It looks like a tight knit community where everyone is welcome as they are and all the days activities include dancing and merrymaking. Daddy is so proud of you for completing your badge despite all the hardships and pain this month. Excellent job little one. I hereby certify that @RoseyLittle has met the requirements for the April Showers Bring May Flower Badge. Congratulations 🎉 you deserve it.

I need to know who the MAY leaders will be for that month. If you can still be one or need to take a break, let me know. Please comment below if you can. @Daddy Bear 77✓ @beanbean✓ @InspireDaddyInspireDaddy✓ @MissAnnaMissAnna Those that are substitutes, I would still like to make sure you're still set to be one or if you would like to become a regular leader. @Very Proud and Happy Daddy✓ @shadowrider If you would like to be a leader or sub leader, please let me know. We'd be glad to have you in our @DaddyUmbreon Or anyone else that would enjoy participating! Thank you, Juju💚🐛

@RoseyLittle @SarBear55 @Fox H @Baby.M @DaddysCosmicBunny @SquirtleSquad @MissNMTX @innerchildtml @Emberella Thanks for being patient guys, the site has been a mess so questions have been tricky but here are questions from chapters 7-9. Those were some gooooood chapters but I kinda hate Abby right now and feel like its gonna get worse in chapter 10. Per usual post in the topic linked below and remember to spoil. Questions: Post here: https://www.ddlgforum.com/topic/65741-beautiful-disaster-question-answers-spoilers/#comment-376550

great job!! love your sun catchers that was such a neat idea!! I was looking at the rain cloud in a jar but haven't had a chance to get more food coloring

I was pretty sick today, so I listened to my audiobook instead of watching movies. I'll try to catch up on the movies tomorrow! My Jasmin costume is waiting for me! Here are some more Princess pictures I colored today!

😊 but you know how strict I can be... hmmmm, lets see. Your princess drawing is beautiful and I love the jewels, stars, and purple colour of the dress. I really like your movie choices and the descriptions you write. Beauty and the Beast Your words are very thoughtful and true. I would say the Beast may get a small reprieve in terms of aggression. His original flaw was being cruel/unkind. He grew up spoiled and rich, and had not learned to care about anyone else. When the sorceress cursed him and he lost everything I think it is understandable he was a bit frustrated. He was angry, but I think in time he learned he was mostly angry at himself. I think the Beast did find it impressive that Bell stood up to him, but I think it was something else that changed him. Everyone else either saw the Prince, or the Beast. Bell saw a person in pain and struggling with the demons of him past. Bell showed him gentleness and kindness and made him believe he was worthy of being loved. Also I love the library idea and book festival. Brave Its a good film... do you think it could of had a better ending? 😄 (I like my ending better) Snuggle Party 👑 Bonus Points Awarded 👑 for dog based snuggle party. I know you were feeling sad, but at the same time, that does look amazing and I know all your dogs love you so much. Mulan Dishonour! Why was this not number 1? 😁 Do I need to take points of for this... You have done so much amazing work, but will it all be enough to earn a badge... Is there enough here... this is where it gets serious. So I'll cover my bunny slippers eyes so you can show me your war face.

I love to work with plants and be in nature. This year I am starting my own garden. I would love to learn and share with you all. Is this club still running this year?

Sunday, April 19 The Princess Bride I love this movie coz it's got everything... humor, swords, pirates, kings, queens, peasants, giants, and a bit of magic. It also shows that true love wins! I was traveling to Mayo, so finding an activity was tricky, but the theme of the movie was adventures! I was on an adventure at the hotel! Here's pictures of me and my bed! (I even slept without my paci! I forgot to pack it!) I also went up and chatted with the hotel attendant and watched the workers drain the pool to clean it! They asked me not to take pictures of the pool, or staff.

I have completed my badge activities. @InspireDaddy can you check them please????? Make a Cloud: I used scrap fabric. Sewed it together and then sewed special cloud like stitches and then cut it out. Now its a puffy cloud that can be hung on a wall or used in applique. I hope this counts as its a bit different

cleaning and organizing my house. something ive been trying to work on and just keep stopping

Thank you for being vulnerable here. That is very hard to do. I have some understanding of what this might be like. My daughter has CPTSD from before her time with me. Its like shes always fighting her brains responses. Its go to is the sky is falling, everything is bad, and no one likes us. First huge hugs to you. Like big sully from monsters inc hugs. Second and this is hard, you have to give yourself grace. My kiddo said the DBT therapy was the best and she uses those skills all the time. Every day is work though and thats hard. We are your friends and you can always message me and if the forum is working I got you. Your also welcome to another method if that would help. I have gad and our brains struggle a lot and we second guess everything. Girl all I can say is I got you. Im sure there are others who would say the same. Its hard these days not to feel lonely and touch starved. Im with you. Know you are loved and there are people rooting for you.

I understand that, I was just meaning as a back up, not as the main place, it would not work as the main place.

@Juju I’ve been thinking with the site being so up and down right did now we want to have a look at closed discord group for the troop? then even if the site is down the troop can still talk & reach each other.

I loved reading all this! You did such an amazing job on this badge! Daisies are my favourite flower! 💕

I took pictures of some real clouds today! They were puffy and pretty and looked like a cloud kingdom in the sky just down the street from my house! I wonder if that's where all the fae folk live? Or maybe the dragons?

@InspireDaddy I am gonna do the cloud paragraph, spring bird feeder (gonna try and make my own suet for them!) and unsure of the last one. Our household got hit with the funk, so Daddy and me were both out of commission this weekend. But I am back on nights which means I’ll have a little more free time at work to do some activities! Thanks for checking in!

Hello, This is a little progress and motivation check in for my Glow Worms: - @Juju - @Aikko - @Emberella I hope you are all having an amazing April so far, and have been thinking about or working on your badge work. A good first step if you have not started yet is just to pick your favourite task from the list. You can let me know what it is and make any kind of start on it you like. Remember if you are stuck you can always ask for help. Here are the chosen tasks I know about so far: @Juju - Paragraph about the birth month flower- Daisies - Cardboard cloud - Making something out of dry clay - Plan a Summer Bucket List, and - Paper plate Rainbow craft @Aikko - ? (Let me know if I have missed any posts) @Emberella - ? (Let me know if I have missed any posts) We are now 1/3 through April, so try to make your best start if you haven't already. Activity List Reminder: Activities: ( Choose 3-4) - Make a sun-catcher, and display it in your windows - Write a paragraph about the types of clouds there are, and what, if anything they do. - Create a cloud out of materials you have at home, e.g. - cotton balls, beads, yarn, pipe cleaners, tissue paper, etc.. use your imagination! - Create a Spring Bird Feeder - Plant A Container Fairy Garden - Cardboard cloud - Paper plate rainbow craft - Learn about April's Birth Flower- Daisy - Fly a Kite - Start to plan a Summer Bucket List - Make a flower, ladybug or butterfly, out of air dry clay. (Can purchase at Walmart, Craft stores, Amazon, etc) Looking forward to seeing all the fun you have with your creations. ID

April 25 at 4 and I have found some great live feeds of all 3 of these animals when I was looking!!!

I found 2 videos of the butterfly house at Melbourne zoo this one is under 2 minutes but isn’t really a walk through. It also has someone talking about it after it reopened after they did a refurbishment (but could be muted?) this one is over 12 but is a walk through. My Favourite animals to see at the zoo are Meerkats Elephants Reptile house . all the attached videos are keepers talking about the exhibits I also have this video of a zoo safari. It is highly likely I spend a lot of time watching this type video and have a lot of links saved. Haha.

your easter eggs are sooo cute!!! and I really like the picture you drew is really good too!

I'm sorry it seems I've just disappeared, but I haven't. I'm feeling better but still a bit in recovery mode. I've had a sinus infection and it finally cleared up i think. Anyway... I'm working on stuff for us here and hopefully I'll be in full energy mode in another day or so. I do check in here and there so if you have a question, go ahead and send me a DM and I will answer as soon as I can. Y'all have been really great! Thank you for understanding. Thank you @InspireDaddyfor your patience. I'm not ignoring anyone just haven't felt like being here for very long. I do, however, have the autism and Easter patches done, I'll get pictures up soon. I'm hoping to be back tomorrow or the next day. I miss y'all! Juju💚🐛

Okay, so I love both! 😅 But, I do feel like Abby’s hiding a difficult past that I can’t wait to uncover!

1. Otay here we go! Easter is a lot and for my family it doesn't start on Easter Sunday, but 40 days before.... sorry everyone, but skip this part if it offends you, I'm letting my Christian out to breath.... We celebrate Ash Wednesday 40 days before Easter. It's a day when we remember that our bodies came from nothing and will one day return to nothing but our spirit lives eternally. We spend 40 days preparing our spirit, hearts, minds, and bodies to celebrate Easter. It is the biggest celebration of the Christian calendar! During these 40 days we dedicate something to help ourselves stay focused on bettering ourselves. Some people fast, some give something up, some commit to new healthier habits. Everyone is different and it's about personal growth, not ritualistic habits. This year I committed to resting and listening to praise music daily. It was beautiful! The week before Easter we celebrate Palm Sunday, or the Triumphal Entry which goes back to Bible times when Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey and is celebrated. At church the kids do a special parade in with palm fronds and singing and dancing to start worship. This year my daughter learned a special dance at another church so we did 2 services for Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday begins Holy Week... as the week goes, we remember the sacrifices Jesus made for us. Different churches in town set up The Stations of the Cross where we can walk through and see the journey of Christ as he was crucified for our sins... it is very solemn experience. Thursday is Maundy Thursday where we celebrate a Passover meal at church, just as Jesus did and Friday is called Good Friday. Early in the morning, the men in tiwn are invited to a men's breakfast, as they are the leaders in our community and held to a higher standard. Then at noon, many business close, at least for the hour and several churches have community services. Noon is the time it is said that Jesus died. We have an hour of silence. Usually we do traditional egg hunts on Saturday morning... just in case you were wondering... I don't live in a complete cult-like community... but it's pretty close... Sunday morning is celebration! Full out party time... many churches off sunrise services in addition to regular worship... our offered breakfast of pastries and coffee before worship then they acted out the stone being rolled away! And singing... dancing... praising... at least 30 - 45 minutes of this before the greeting and offering! Many churches do baptisms, too... we did not this year... we did communion after a sermon and more singing and dancing... (I go to that church in town... the outreach church... we're different)... Then it's lunch and usually I cook, but this year was with my friend and mentor and we do an egg hunt... if you ever wanna hear about resurrection eggs, I'll tell you... Somewhere in there I usually give my kids Easter baskets, but this year it was just some pink peeps candy... 2. I hid eggs for the egg hunt and helped my kiddo find the ones she missed! 3. About the day... we went to church, I made green bean casserole and cranberry Jello to take along for lunch. My daughter had never had a formal family meal before and didn't know to wait for the hostess to begin eating... 🙃 great teachable moment! 4. My coloring pictures 5. Something else.... Well I wanna share how I really messed up the cranberries... it was my own recipe and I know how to make them, but kinda forgot coz I haven't cooked a big meal in a few years... so I waited til Sunday morning to start... you just boil the cranberries and add Jello instead if sugar then let it set and it kinda looks like the yelled stuff in a can, but a little bit healthier... ofc I add cool whip so not healthier... anyways... I made a double batch and popped it in the fridge and of course that thing was not set by lunch time! It needed overnight to mold... 🤦‍♀️ Poppy! Oh well it tasted good! It was just runny... 😆 no one knew but me that it was supposed to be solid and not watery... hehe!

Alright yall first set of questions are up!!! Also for a check in please tell me if you prefere Abby or Travis as a character below so I know yall are following along!

Hello Glow Worm Guild, I have a rough plan to check in on my Glow Worms at the weekend, just to make sure everything is ok: - @Juju - @Aikko - @Emberella Remember that I am here to help if you get stuck or need a little check in or motivation. It's all about having fun, enjoying your work, making friends, and earning those badges! 😊 I hope you have an amazing week.

I loved this little fact, too because

I'll have to think about it are my head is a bit clearer. Right now i can't really think to clearly. If it's okay, I'll try and give you an answer by tonight. But for the Easter one, they can have a week instead of just that day. So from April 5th to April 12th.

@Juju your always so lenient and understanding with us, I think that you should show yourself the same leniency and understanding! We can’t help if we are unwell or our allergies knock us on our butts. Take your time to get it done, I don’t think a single one of us is going to be upset that it’s after the deadline that you finish it!

Chapter three Ultra minor character fact Just lightly humored about how Some fun timing going on here ✨

That's really fascinating @lillizzie24, I didn't know what the the criteria to be categorized as Au but I learned from Generic Art Dad and some others that everyone with it is different and one of the kindest/most helpful things you can do is ask them how it presents in them instead of assuming they're a monolith. I also have had a few autistic friends and the tag thing is real! They also couldn't walk across carpet barefoot due to sensory issues but they were an incredible poet and wrote a really sweet poem about me a while back. I have ADHD and I used to attempt to mask a lot but I try not to anymore but I still mirror automatically without realizing it. It really sucks that this is another area where women get the short end of the stick because of societal/patriarchal bs. I love you sensory bottle and that it's connected to your littlern. It looks and sounds like it's very pretty. Thank you for sharing all of this. I hereby certify that you have met the requirements for the Autism Awareness Badge, congratulations!