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Today Emma had a meeting with her librarian, art teacher, music teacher and PE teacher. They did some stretching, fun games and singing. At some point today Olivia decided she wanted to "get funky". I wasn't sure what that meant, but apparently this is it. This
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Monday was the last day the teachers gave them a bunch of assignments. For the rest of the week they only have a couple fun assignments to complete. This was the first day since distance learning started that there weren't tears over her assignments (from Emma or me)
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It's the last week of school! Emma had some assignments to complete Monday morning, and in the afternoon we went up to the school to say goodbye to her teacher. Her teacher gave each kid in her class a custom clipboard with memories from 1st grade. I have
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
