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barn days
Spring is here!... which means camping season is right around the corner... which means lots of barn and bus projects are starting.
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beach day
Each week Olivia's class learns a letter of the alphabet. If they come up with 100+ words they get a special celebration day. Last week they came up with 133 P words and celebrated this week with a beach day. I was super excited about the beach day
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off to their new home
Shiva and Samantha are off to their new home... We're really going to miss their cuddles, meows, purrs and fetching.
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olivia's turn
Olivia really wanted to go to the aquarium after hearing about Emma's visit. There is one thing I know about Olivia... 1 hour max and we would be out of there. I don't know why... but animals always end up on Olivia's head (and
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week off
Emma has had a ridiculous amount of days off school. She was off last Wednesday and Thursday for student assessments, Friday was a teacher planning day and Monday was President's Day. I had to do a lot of planning to make sure I reserved time slots and tickets
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happy valentine's day
The girls were very excited about Valentine's Day this year, so we celebrated all weekend. First up... heart shaped pizza for dinner on Saturday night. Sunday morning it was pink waffles with whipped cream and heart shaped sprinkles. Sunday afternoon we baked heart shaped sprinkle cookies. We had
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st. paul winter carnival
We've only been to the St. Paul Winter Carnival once in the almost 7 years we've lived here. It was cold and not that fun, which is why we haven't been back. This year they did a drive through version. This is the way
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cold!
This week we're dealing with the lowest temperatures we've had so far this winter. Every day is forecast below 10 degrees with most under 5 or in the negatives. That means no sledding, no ice skating, no outdoor anything. To keep from going completely crazy we&
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already adopted
We've only had these girls a week and they are already adopted! Luckily they have to stay with us until the second week of March. They are going to live together with an older couple who I think will absolutely love them. Every time one of our foster
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back to school
Thursday was the first day back to in person learning for Emma! This was an after school picture since I forgot to get one in the morning.
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settled in
These girls have settled right in. They've also apparently taken quite a liking to Braden.
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skiing
I've never been skiing because I was pretty sure it wouldn't be my thing. But Emma has been begging to try skiing for the last 2 years. Emma had 3 days off this week before school starts back up in person on Thursday, so we took