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merry christmas (winter break: day 4)
Last night before bed Emma told me she was getting me up at 7:30 AM. Sure enough... both girls came running into our room right at 7:30 AM ready to start the day.
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winter break: day 3
Today was a lay around the house holding a snake kind of day. Emma put a climbing branch on her Christmas list. When Olivia was helping me wrap gifts she said it really should go to Pancake... not Emma. On Christmas Eve we each open one gift. The girls felt
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winter break: day 2
I can't remember the last time we've been to the zoo (I feel like I say that every time we visit). With the girls in school and so many fun no school day places to go we really don't get to the zoo that
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winter break: day 1
Yesterday we got lots of snow. The pretty, powdery, sparkly stuff. But today... no blizzard. It was a very, very cold, sunny day. How cold...? It was make icicles on your eyebrow cold. Since I thought there was a blizzard coming we had play dates and baking planned for today.
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throwback thursday (december 22, 2021)
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winter break!
Schools out a day early for winter break! Winter break was supposed to start on Friday, but with blizzard weather and very low negative temperatures forecast tomorrow they decided to give them an extra day. Looks like it's going to be the perfect day for making cookies and
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splish splash
Last week Pancake (formerly Peanut Butter) shed. Our resident snake expert (Emma) has been keeping an eye on her because sometimes snakes need a little help getting all the shed off if it doesn't come off on its own, especially on its tail (who knew?). The way to
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spa day
What do you do after the crazy day we had yesterday? You have a spa day. The Snowtopia Spa treatments included manicures, pedicures, make up, massages and tattoos. Even Braden got some spa time with the girls...
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what a day
I've been mentally preparing for this day for weeks. It started with Olivia's last basketball game of the season. I'm so glad she tried basketball. She really had fun doing it... and she's pretty good. We had to leave the basketball game
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let it snow
Found this cute little snowman at Walmart on Wednesday, so I hung it on our front door. Thursday we woke up to this... We also really slacked this year on Christmas lights and missed all the nice weather days to hang them. I started laughing when I saw this at
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throwback thursday (december 15, 2021)
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happy 7th birthday
Olivia's birthday celebrations started at school on Friday. Her teacher sent me this photo - 7 things for 7 year olds! This is what the birthday girl's classmates love about her. ❤ She also had a surprise lunch date at school! Olivia has only had one birthday