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last day of school
Wow! There were times I wasn't sure they were going to make it to the end of the year in person, but they did. Olivia really loved going to kindergarten and Emma learned a lot of new things in 3rd grade.
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throwback thursday (june 2, 2021)
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home again home again
This was a first... we woke up to a cruise ship anchored right outside our bus. This year Viking Cruises started a Lake Superior cruise that goes from Canada through Duluth to Michigan and ends in Wisconsin. Today we had to head home again, but this time in the bus.
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o say can you see...
This year Emma joined her school choir. Last week they did a performance for parents. The last week of school they are performing for the whole school. Today they sang the national anthem at the MN Twins game. We had to be at the stadium really early. We've
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fog
We woke up Saturday morning to so much fog we couldn't even see the top of the bridge. Luckily it only rained early in the morning, so we were able to get some shopping done in the cute little shops in Canal Park. After shopping we toured the
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duluth
Our annual trip to Duluth for Memorial Day weekend was looking a little iffy - our bus was a mess, none of the outdoor things had been loaded after our trip to Georgia, we have to go back home for a day (more on that later!), one of the barn
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painted ladies
I lost count on how many years we've been getting Painted Lady butterflies. The girls aren't as interested in the caterpillar stage as they used to be. Now they just look forward to releasing the butterflies. They've been checking these chrysalis every day to
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throwback thursday (may 26, 2021)
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firsts this week
While some activities ended this week we also had a couple firsts. On Friday the girls had 80s day at school. On Friday night we had the first s'mores of 2022. Later this week will finally be our first camping trip of the summer! It has taken many,
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end of a season and session
This week the girls had a couple spring activities ending. Thursday was their final gymnastics class of the session. We always take a break for the summer, but they will be doing summer came at the beginning of August. On Saturday both girls had their final track meet of the
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throwback thursday (may 19, 2021)
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track meet...finally!
Finally the weather cooperated for Olivia's track meet! It was a beautiful 70 degrees and sunny.