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surprise!
A couple weeks ago I booked a night at Great Wolf Lodge. We didn't tell the girls and wanted to surprise them when we got there. That was much harder than I thought it would be! I've been dying to tell them. This time we got
throwback thursday (december 19, 2018)
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spreading christmas cheer
Emma's school asked for volunteers to bring cookies to the teachers. Emma I spent our Sunday morning baking, sprinkling and taste testing. Emma wrote this sweet note to the teachers. Her teachers favorite color is orange, so she always uses orange paper when she does notes to the
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a minnesota nutcracker
I've been wanting to take Emma to a ballet so she can see real ballerinas. One of the local dance studios does a Minnesota themed nutcracker. While we were enjoying watching sugarplum fairies, Braden and Olivia were riding rides at the mall. After the ballet, Emma and I
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birthday party day
I've thrown a good amount of parties for the girls - birthday parties, tea parties, cookie parties. This was the first time one of them requested a party somewhere other than the house. I do love all the decorating and planning that goes in to parties at the
throwback thursday (december 12, 2018)
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happy 4th birthday!
Happy birthday to this goofball! She might be 4 now, but she's still going to only eat the icing off her cake.... 🤷🏼♀️
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princess ball
When I mentioned getting tickets for the princess ball this year, Olivia was excited. Emma and Braden didn't want to go. So... Emma spent the day with a friend, Braden did his own thing and Olivia and I went to see some princesses. She was very excited to
throwback thursday (december 5, 2018)
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home sweet winter wonderland
We really lucked out with our travel plans this holiday. We made it home last night with only a 45 minute delay. There's quite a bit more snow that when we left.
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duck pond fail
The second requested activity from the girls was to go to a duck pond. We went to one, but apparently the ducks have been relocated and there are signs everywhere saying not to feed the waterfowl. 🤷🏼♀️ The girls took it pretty well, and ended up playing at the park instead.
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beach day
Two things the girls wanted to do while we were in Florida (1) beach, (2) duck pond. Today it was the beach. Emma was very excited to try riding some waves on a boogie board.