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tubing
Remember when I said Olivia has become fearless? Last year she wouldn't tube at all. Today she went the full 2 hours... and didn't want to leave when our time was up.
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great wolf lodge
The girls didn't have school Thursday and Friday, so when our friends asked if we wanted to spend a night at Great Wolf Lodge we figured why not. This is one of those places that every time we go we say we're never going again... but
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throwback thursday (february 9, 2022)
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daddy daughter dance
Olivia has been looking forward to tonight for weeks. The daddy daughter dance! The dance was fairy themed, so she wore her wings... and a crown, of course. Braden said Olivia usually does a little dancing, but she really just likes to do the crafts.
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throwback thursday (february 2, 2022)
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reptile show
Who knew we would be the people attending a reptile show? But here we are... I was expecting this to be like any other expo. We'd walk around, look at stuff and that was it. I didn't realize just about every vendor booth would be offering
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chinese new year
In 1st grade the kids learn about Chinese New Year. They end their lesson by making a dragon for the Chinese New Year parade through the school. They all got to pick 3 jobs they would like to do for the parade - head, body, dragon tamer, banner holder (Emma
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proud of this girl
The girls school gives out character awards each month. The teachers nominat kids for demonstrating whatever the theme is that month - gratitude, empathy, acceptance, etc. Yesterday when Emma got off the bus she said she had to tell me about something that happened at school. When we got home
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throwback thursday (january 26, 2022)
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hershey and oreo
Have I mentioned we have foster kittens....? We got them right after Thanksgiving. These were pictures of them when we got them in November. They were 8 weeks old and tiny. I was pretty positive as soon as I saw them that they both had ringworm. My worst nightmare with
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lots of snakes
The girls didn't have school on Friday. A few days ago I saw that the place with the YouTube channel where Emma got her snake was going to be doing a program at our library. So... of course we had to be there! He brought a lot of
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