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happy st. patrick's day

Today was St. Patricks' Day, and also spirit day at school. Last night the girls set out some goodies for the leprechaun. The leprechaun left some treats for them, and he was also a bit naughty. Emma was very excited she got to help with this...

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throwback thursday (march 16, 2022)

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tea party

It has been a looooong time since I've done one of these. This time it was Olivia's turn. I did plenty of tea parties for Emma, but Olivia has never had one of her own... until today. I pulled out all the tea party decorations! Throwback tea party photos. Look

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throwback thursday (march 9, 2022)

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tooth fairy?

Every one of Emma's adult bottom teeth have come in behind her baby tooth. This one was no different. Usually it doesn't take long for her tooth to get loose once the new tooth starts coming in, but this one is all the way in and her tooth still wasn't

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byyyyeeee

Friday we said goodbye to the biggest trouble maker foster kitten we've ever had. Fingers crossed he is better behaved in his new home.

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one gone, one to go

I feel bad saying it... but man... I have never wanted foster kittens to get adopted as badly as I wanted these two to find a home. Even the girls are over their shenanigans. I already told Braden if for some reason either one of them gets returned (which does

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throwback thursday (february 23, 2022)

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100 days of school

Well... almost. It isn't quite 100 days of school yet, but the girls school was celebrating with spirit day today. Unfortuntely Olivia couldn't go to school. Fortunately she seems to almost be back to normal. Yesterday was rough.

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happy valentines day

Braden and I celebrated Valentine's Day a day early with a fancy wine dinner with some friends. Some of these dishes sounded kind of gross, but everything was delicious. Our favorites were the 3rd and 4th courses. It was a good thing we did because after that everything went downhill.

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throwback thursday (february 16, 2022)

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good news

Hershey and Oreo are ringworm free! Whew. I love these cats, but man... I am ready for them to get adopted. They have been by far the most mischevious kittens we've had. They are into EVERYTHING - the toilet, the trash, the fridge, Olivia's Legos. It is time for them

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throwback thursday (february 2, 2022)

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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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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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jersey day

The girls had jersey day at school today. Luckily I have 2 jerseys because I lost one for a couple years and ended up buying a new one... and then found the one I lost.

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e-learning day

I knew that there was freezing rain forecast last night. What I didn't know was that I would get a text at 5:00 AM saying school was delayed 2 hours followed by a text at 7:00 AM saying school was cancelled. After the school district invested all this

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sledding

We got a lot of snow yesterday, but at least it was warm enough for us to get outside and enjoy it... and by warm I mean over 30 degrees! It was perfect sledding weather. Our neighbor friends have the neighborhood sledding hill in their backyard, so we headed over

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throwback thursday (january 5, 2022)

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snow day

The girls were finally back to school on Tuesday! Emma ended up coming home early because she threw up a school. Good times. I've researched everything from acid reflux to thyroid issues to celiacs disease trying to figure out what could be going on with her. We were supposed to

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winter break: day 12

Clean up day. It was time for Olivia's birthday decorations to come down. They were winter themed and she begged to keep them up until the New Years party, but after almost a month of being up it was time. Christmas decorations also came down.

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winter break: day 10

New Years Eve! Last year we had two other families over to ring in 2022. The girls had the best time staying up until 2 AM, so they've been begging for us to do it again. We made arrangements with our friends a month ago, but with the way our

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winter break: day 9

I can't remember the last time Emma took a nap. She's taken at least one a day since the day after Christmas. Since we're still just hanging around the house I decided today was the day to take the lint catcher off the dryer. I've been wanting to clean that

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throwback thursday (december 29, 2021)

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winter break: day 7

Fingers crossed we're on the other side of this fun stomach virus. Emma and Olivia were the only ones to actually get sick, but both Braden and I weren't feeling all that great yesterday. That meant today was a rest day. Olivia built Legos all day. Emma binge watched her