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book character day
Every September the girls school does a reading fundraiser. Today is the last day, which is also always dress like a book character day. Emma is Bad Kitty. Olivia is Princess in Black.
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throwback thursday (september 30, 2020)
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jack-o-lantern spectacular
Our zoo has a jack-o-lantern spectacular every year (except last year of course). This year we donated some money to the zoo and we got to go for free before it opened to the public. It is pretty incredible what people can carve into pumpkins.
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volleyball
This fall Emma wanted to try volleyball. I wasn't sure a bunch of 3rd graders would be able to even hit the ball over the net, but most of them can. Emma is absolutely loving it. This weekend she had her very first game. At her age it
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throwback thursday (september 23, 2020)
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busy start to fall
I've never been a fan of too many evening activities... so I really over did it this month. 😬 It started Monday with Olivia at dance and Emma at volleyball practice. Olivia has been wanting to get back into dance, so she is taking a ballet/tap class with
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throwback thursday (september 16, 2020)
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off to kindergarten
Just like that... we have a kindergartener!
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throwback thursday (september 9, 2020)
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first day of 3rd grade
Today Emma started 3rd grade! She is a little nervous because she doesn't know her teacher yet and all her close friends are in different classes.... but I know after the first day jitters she will do great this year.
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first time for everything
For the first time ever we left a campground early. We were supposed to stay until Monday, but between the run down water park, loud music, barking dogs and just insane crowds we decided it was time to go. Before we left we did spend Friday at the indoor water
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last camping trip
This week is our last camping trip of the summer... and we saved the best for last (or so we thought). The girls absolute favorite campground is Kamp Dels. The girls love it for the petting zoo, playgrounds, water park, ice cream and arcade. Wisconsin has a comparable campground that