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sunday funday
At the end of last year this guy was in the news. He drives 4 hours one way from Minnesota to Iowa to pick up Krispy Kreme since we don't have any in Minnesota. Krispy Kreme is my favorite. Its the only donut I've ever seen
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dance recital day
Today was day 1 (of 2) dance recital days. Their dance studio is recording all of them doing their dances at home and is going to put together a video since they can't do their recital on the big stage this year. Preparation started last night. Under normal
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10 years
I had always imagined we'd have a huge party at PGA National to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. Instead we let the girls eat dinner in our bed so we could have a quiet fondue dinner at home. 😂 A look back at the last 10 years... We may
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distance learning: days 38, 39 and 40
Emma's school is winding down. Only 7 days left! On Tuesday (day 38) Emma submitted her entry for the virtual variety show. Her talent... gymnastics. She choreographed a whole routine to Girl on Fire (Olivia's favorite song right now). I've learned a lot about
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throwback thursday (may 28, 2019)
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sunday in duluth
We've been coming to Duluth for Memorial Day weekend for 3 years. This has... by far... been the best (warmest) weather we've ever had. The girls were very excited this morning about a beach day. This morning we headed to Black Beach. Its named for the
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saturday in duluth
Emma and I made a deal that she didn't have to do all her writing assignment on Friday if she agreed to write a couple each day between Friday and Tuesday. I didn't even say a word to Emma this morning and she finished her 3
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distance learning: day 37
Since today was a flex Friday Emma didn't have any new assignments. Instead she started working on her special writing assignment. She is answering 10 letters from kindergartners, and she has to send them a video telling them all about 1st grade. Braden had some work calls, so
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distance learning: day 36
Today was Superhero Thursday for virtual spirit week. Emma's teacher hosted a virtual scavenger hunt with the whole class. From what I could hear from the kitchen it sounds like they all had a blast. Emma had another meeting with her teacher and a couple other kids from
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throwback thursday (may 21, 2019)
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distance learning: day 35
This week Emma's school is having a virtual spirit week. We didn't participate Monday or Tuesday, but we did today for Whatcha' Reading Wednesday. Our birthday parade schedule is picking up. We had one yesterday, one today and two next Thursday. I love when the
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distance learning: day 34
Not much excitement going on with Emma's farm. Today she bought pigs. After school we took advantage of the nice weather and went to 3 parks. It's not even summer and we've already crossed off over half of our city parks. We're