kids spreading christmas cheer Emma's school asked for volunteers to bring cookies to the teachers. Emma I spent our Sunday morning baking, sprinkling and taste testing. Emma wrote this sweet note to the teachers.
family a minnesota nutcracker I've been wanting to take Emma to a ballet so she can see real ballerinas. One of the local dance studios does a Minnesota themed nutcracker. While we were enjoying
family birthday party day I've thrown a good amount of parties for the girls - birthday parties, tea parties, cookie parties. This was the first time one of them requested a party somewhere other
family happy 4th birthday! Happy birthday to this goofball! She might be 4 now, but she's still going to only eat the icing off her cake.... 🤷🏼♀️
kids princess ball When I mentioned getting tickets for the princess ball this year, Olivia was excited. Emma and Braden didn't want to go. So... Emma spent the day with a friend, Braden
family home sweet winter wonderland We really lucked out with our travel plans this holiday. We made it home last night with only a 45 minute delay. There's quite a bit more snow that when
family duck pond fail The second requested activity from the girls was to go to a duck pond. We went to one, but apparently the ducks have been relocated and there are signs everywhere
family beach day Two things the girls wanted to do while we were in Florida (1) beach, (2) duck pond. Today it was the beach. Emma was very excited to try riding some
family it will be ok Since Braden is working in Florida, and Emma has 3 days off school we decided to spend Thanksgiving in Florida this year. Sounded like a great plan... until we were
family sunday funday I love eating breakfast at a restaurant, but we rarely do it. I had a brilliant idea to go out and made reservations for Sunday brunch. After brunch and a
family packed saturday Today was a packed day. We started the morning at the children's Christmas store that Olivia's preschool does. Emma loves coming and shopping for the family every year, and this
kids overnight at the zoo In September Braden and Emma got to spend the night at the farm at the zoo. Last night they got to spend the night in the aquarium at the zoo.
kids children's museum Olivia had a day off of school today. If I let her pick we would have ended up at Crayola, but I wanted to do something different today. So we
kids afternoon tea It's been a very girly day. Emma had the day off, but Olivia didn't. While Olivia was at school I took Emma to get our nails done. After we picked
family happy halloween! This morning started off with a parade and Halloween party at Olivia's school. She really wanted this Queen Bee LOL Doll costume. I signed up to volunteer, so I got
family coming together Braden had to be in Florida this weekend and I was worried what we were going to do all weekend without him. Good thing we have lots of barn projects!
family fall fun Our trees are almost completely bare. I came outside to find the girls trying to make a leaf pile, so I grabbed a rake and helped them out. Those smiles!
family barn life We recently bought a barn... on 5 acres. Every winter we move our bus to some guys barn and pay him a lot of money to store it for the
kids spa day Emma really wanted to get her nails painted on her second day off from school... so that's what we did. Emma wanted to grow her nails long, so they haven't
kids halloween There is no school today and tomorrow for a statewide teacher conference. We spent the afternoon park hopping (see previous post), but we spent the morning baking Halloween cookies. The
kids we did it! I've been trying for 3 years to visit all 20 parks in our city. Despite my best efforts this summer we were 5 short. Then we were given the most
