kids tooth fairy We had a visit from the tooth fairy last night! This tooth has been loose for months. I thought for sure Emma would have lost it before school ended at
kids that's a wrap... This morning Emma had her last dance recital recording for ballet. We are officially all done with dance for this year. Afterward we headed out to the barn for the
kids last day of 1st grade! This has been a crazy school year... the first day of school ended early because of a sewage leak at the school. The last day of school ended with distance
kids funky I just found 87 photos of Olivia from the day when she was "funky". Clearly she has having a lot of fun taking selfies...
kids distance learning: day 43 Today Emma had a meeting with her librarian, art teacher, music teacher and PE teacher. They did some stretching, fun games and singing. At some point today Olivia decided she
kids sunday funday At the end of last year this guy was in the news. He drives 4 hours one way from Minnesota to Iowa to pick up Krispy Kreme since we don't
kids dance recital day Today was day 1 (of 2) dance recital days. Their dance studio is recording all of them doing their dances at home and is going to put together a video
kids distance learning: days 38, 39 and 40 Emma's school is winding down. Only 7 days left! On Tuesday (day 38) Emma submitted her entry for the virtual variety show. Her talent... gymnastics. She choreographed a whole routine
family distance learning: day 36 Today was Superhero Thursday for virtual spirit week. Emma's teacher hosted a virtual scavenger hunt with the whole class. From what I could hear from the kitchen it sounds like
kids distance learning: day 35 This week Emma's school is having a virtual spirit week. We didn't participate Monday or Tuesday, but we did today for Whatcha' Reading Wednesday. Our birthday parade schedule is picking
kids distance learning: day 33 Today was Olivia's last day of preschool. Her teachers had a farewell celebration in the school parking lot. They sang songs. They danced. They blew bubbles. Emma bought cows for
family rainy weekend We've had rain pretty much all weekend. I'm glad that all our trees and plants are getting watered at the barn. I just planted 2 honeycrisp apple trees before the
kids distance learning: day 32 It was Emma's second flex Friday. She checked in and we did the gym assignment for this week. They would have had their spring field day, so her gym teacher
kids distance learning: day 31 It was a fun morning of class meetings. First up... Olivia. I've been a little disappointed that Emma has only had 1 with 3 kids from her class and Olivia
kids distance learning: day 30 It was this kind of day... I did learn an interesting new fact about goats though. This afternoon we went to the dance studio to pick up their recital costumes.
family distance learning: day 29 Emma has been working hard on buying and building her farm. We also hosted wrestlemania in our living room this morning. This afternoon it was time for a couple playgrounds.
kids distance learning: day 28 Today Emma started learning about farms. She bought land, made a road and built her house. After school we released our 5 butterflies. Monday nights are for dancing. They have
family distance learning: day 27 This week Emma's school district switched to flex Fridays. Teachers aren't supposed to give any new assignments to allow students to finish anything they didn't earlier in the week... but
kids distance learning: day 26 Physical Education day today. Emma's assignment was fitness bingo. When we woke up this morning there were 2 butterflies. By the afternoon there were 4! We're just waiting on one
family distance learning: day 24 I don't have any pictures from distance learning today. Maybe that's a sign that its getting a little easier since Emma is able to do a lot of it on
kids day off monday No distance learning for Emma on Monday. We enjoyed the last day of our 4 day weekend with some exciting events. Our ladybugs started hatching. Our cilantro started sprouting. We
