family 208 days until camping season A couple months ago some friends of ours asked if we wanted to do a fall camping trip. We tried to camp in September last year, but cancelled both those trips. We really
kids new zip line park Yesterday was probably the last nice day for a while, so we made the most of it by riding bikes to school and visiting her principal. Last night he slept on the roof
family daddy time A friend of mine invited me and another one of our friends to celebrate her birthday with a spa day and a night out in downtown Minneapolis. The girls were looking forward to
kids book character day This might be my favorite thing that Emma's school does. Today is the last day of a 2 week reading fundraiser. To celebrate the kids and teachers dress up as book characters. Last
family paint a plow Tonight our city invited kids to come put a hand print on one of their snow plows. It took the girls 30 seconds to do, but they had a good time. I have
family apple picking This is probably my favorite fall activity... plus all the baking that comes after it. Today's baking was 2 batches of apple cookies. 5 apples down... 45 to go. 😂
kids olivia's turn It's amazing how different Emma and Olivia are. For the first month (maybe 2) of preschool Emma cried every morning at drop off and sometimes had to be pried from my arms. Olivia's
kids last pool day of the summer Our neighborhood decided to keep the pool open a week later than usual. When school was dismissed early on the first day we headed to the pool because I thought that would be
kids first day of dance Last night was the first night of dance. This is Emma's third year. She's doing ballet, tap and jazz again. Olivia was super excited to start dance too! She is doing ballet and
kids overnight at the zoo Our zoo has sleepovers. Braden and Emma have always wanted to go to one, but I always remember too late and they're full. Not this time! They have 3 different sleepovers - with
kids first half day of school Well... that was an eventful 1st day of school. I got a call around noon asking me to come pick Emma up at school. There was a sewage leak on the first floor
family farewell to summer We spent the last week of summer vacation with family in town. We took them to some of our favorite places. First up was the state fair... We followed that up with a
family the great minnesota get together We have family in town this week, so of course the first stop on our busy week is the Minnesota State Fair. There are so many foods that we look forward to every
family lake elmo park reserve Another weekend of camping is over. I can't believe this was our final camping trip of the summer. It went by too fast! We spent the weekend fishing and playing in the sand.
family more kayaking the cannon river We had so much fun the first time we had to do it again. Last time Emma really wanted to do the rope swing, but it was so crowded. Today it was just
kids boating on prior lake We got invited last minute to go out on a boat with a friend this afternoon. I'm not the biggest fan of lakes, but these Minnesota girls absolutely love it. This was their
kids end of summer do I've been begging Emma all summer to cut her hair short again. She looked so cute with short hair, and it's perfect for summer. Next week they're going to take her school pictures,
