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Emma has had a ridiculous amount of days off school. She was off last Wednesday and Thursday for student assessments, Friday was a teacher planning day and Monday was President's Day. I had to do a lot of planning to make sure I reserved time slots and tickets
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The girls were very excited about Valentine's Day this year, so we celebrated all weekend. First up... heart shaped pizza for dinner on Saturday night. Sunday morning it was pink waffles with whipped cream and heart shaped sprinkles. Sunday afternoon we baked heart shaped sprinkle cookies. We had
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We've only been to the St. Paul Winter Carnival once in the almost 7 years we've lived here. It was cold and not that fun, which is why we haven't been back. This year they did a drive through version. This is the way
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This week we're dealing with the lowest temperatures we've had so far this winter. Every day is forecast below 10 degrees with most under 5 or in the negatives. That means no sledding, no ice skating, no outdoor anything. To keep from going completely crazy we&
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We've only had these girls a week and they are already adopted! Luckily they have to stay with us until the second week of March. They are going to live together with an older couple who I think will absolutely love them. Every time one of our foster
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Thursday was the first day back to in person learning for Emma! This was an after school picture since I forgot to get one in the morning.
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These girls have settled right in. They've also apparently taken quite a liking to Braden.
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I've never been skiing because I was pretty sure it wouldn't be my thing. But Emma has been begging to try skiing for the last 2 years. Emma had 3 days off this week before school starts back up in person on Thursday, so we took
