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barn life
We recently bought a barn... on 5 acres. Every winter we move our bus to some guys barn and pay him a lot of money to store it for the winter. Now we have our own barn all year round. It's in need of a lot of work,
fall fall fall
Today we squeezed in 3 fall activities all into one day. First up... Server's. We visit every year for the corn pit and amazing petting zoo. Practicing for snow angels. This petting zoo... 💕 Somehow Olivia always ends up with animals on her head. I really wanted to bring
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spa day
Emma really wanted to get her nails painted on her second day off from school... so that's what we did. Emma wanted to grow her nails long, so they haven't been cut in a long time.
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halloween
There is no school today and tomorrow for a statewide teacher conference. We spent the afternoon park hopping (see previous post), but we spent the morning baking Halloween cookies. The girls have pretty impressive cookie decorating skills. Yum!
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we did it!
I've been trying for 3 years to visit all 20 parks in our city. Despite my best efforts this summer we were 5 short. Then we were given the most amazing fall day today... AND there was no school! The girls and I (plus some friends) made it
throwback thursday (october 17, 2018)
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208 days until camping season
A couple months ago some friends of ours asked if we wanted to do a fall camping trip. We tried to camp in September last year, but cancelled both those trips. We really didn't want to this weekend... but we gave it a go. Despite the awful, cold,
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new zip line park
Yesterday was probably the last nice day for a while, so we made the most of it by riding bikes to school and visiting her principal. Last night he slept on the roof of their school because they exceeded their fundraising goal. We also squeezed in some time at the
throwback thursday (october 10, 2018)
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daddy time
A friend of mine invited me and another one of our friends to celebrate her birthday with a spa day and a night out in downtown Minneapolis. The girls were looking forward to some daddy time. They had a blast shopping at Target, eating pizza, going to Crayola and riding
throwback thursday (october 3, 2018)
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book character day
This might be my favorite thing that Emma's school does. Today is the last day of a 2 week reading fundraiser. To celebrate the kids and teachers dress up as book characters. Last year Emma chose Fancy Nancy. This year she went with Pete the Cat. I loved