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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

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merry christmas (winter break: day 4)

Last night before bed Emma told me she was getting me up at 7:30 AM. Sure enough... both girls came running into our room right at 7:30 AM ready to start the day.

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winter break: day 3

Today was a lay around the house holding a snake kind of day. Emma put a climbing branch on her Christmas list. When Olivia was helping me wrap gifts she said it really should go to Pancake... not Emma. On Christmas Eve we each open one gift. The girls felt

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winter break: day 1

Yesterday we got lots of snow. The pretty, powdery, sparkly stuff. But today... no blizzard. It was a very, very cold, sunny day. How cold...? It was make icicles on your eyebrow cold. Since I thought there was a blizzard coming we had play dates and baking planned for today.

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throwback thursday (december 22, 2021)

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winter break!

Schools out a day early for winter break! Winter break was supposed to start on Friday, but with blizzard weather and very low negative temperatures forecast tomorrow they decided to give them an extra day. Looks like it's going to be the perfect day for making cookies and pie! 😋

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splish splash

Last week Pancake (formerly Peanut Butter) shed. Our resident snake expert (Emma) has been keeping an eye on her because sometimes snakes need a little help getting all the shed off if it doesn't come off on its own, especially on its tail (who knew?). The way to get it

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spa day

What do you do after the crazy day we had yesterday? You have a spa day. The Snowtopia Spa treatments included manicures, pedicures, make up, massages and tattoos. Even Braden got some spa time with the girls...

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let it snow

Found this cute little snowman at Walmart on Wednesday, so I hung it on our front door. Thursday we woke up to this... We also really slacked this year on Christmas lights and missed all the nice weather days to hang them. I started laughing when I saw this at

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throwback thursday (december 15, 2021)

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happy 7th birthday

Olivia's birthday celebrations started at school on Friday. Her teacher sent me this photo - 7 things for 7 year olds! This is what the birthday girl's classmates love about her. ❤ She also had a surprise lunch date at school! Olivia has only had one birthday party, and it was

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throwback thursday (december 8, 2021)

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laundry room makeover

A long time ago I decided I really wanted to spruce up our laundry room. It started by removing the drawers under the washer and dryer so I could use them for folding clothes. I also purchased peel and stick wallpaper for the back wall. It's taken me over a

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throwback thursday (december 1, 2021)

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throwback thursday (november 17, 2021)

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snow

It's not even Thanksgiving yet and we already have a good amount of snow on the ground. Emma keeps singing "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...." and Olivia will only go outside with her umbrella.

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throwback thursday (november 10, 2021)

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candle fail

Well... that was a big fat fail. Emma and I missed a critical step in the candle making process. Ope. We were able to redo that step and still get half a candle out of it. She's pretty happy with the candle she did get, and can't wait to do

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beeswax candles

Last weekend Braden brought home 10 frames of honey, so this week I got all the honey into bottles. There is always so much honeycomb and beeswax left over that we've talked about making candles with it for a long time. I just never wanted to deal with the mess.