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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
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distance learning: day 33
Today was Olivia's last day of preschool. Her teachers had a farewell celebration in the school parking lot. They sang songs. They danced. They blew bubbles. Emma bought cows for her farm today. This afternoon we turned one of our windows into a stained glass window. I didn&
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rainy weekend
We've had rain pretty much all weekend. I'm glad that all our trees and plants are getting watered at the barn. I just planted 2 honeycrisp apple trees before the rain rolled in. Since we haven't been able to play outside we introduced the
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distance learning: day 32
It was Emma's second flex Friday. She checked in and we did the gym assignment for this week. They would have had their spring field day, so her gym teacher gave them a bunch of activities they could do from home. This afternoon we turned our sprinklers back
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distance learning: day 31
It was a fun morning of class meetings. First up... Olivia. I've been a little disappointed that Emma has only had 1 with 3 kids from her class and Olivia has had at least 5 with her whole class. Today Emma finally got her turn. It was sharing