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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. They got to go behind the scenes with an aquarist. Emma said this one was better than the farm one.
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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 headed into St. Paul to visit the Children's Museum. It's been a while since we'
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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 up Olivia from school we spent the afternoon having tea at a mansion. The place was
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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 to stick around for the party. Tonight was a chilly one. We started early and the girls managed
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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! The girls did tons of exploring and playing. There is a lot to see on 5 acres. The property hasn&
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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! 💕
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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 winter. Now we have our own barn all year round. It's in need of a lot of work,
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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 been cut in a long time.
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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 girls have pretty impressive cookie decorating skills. Yum!
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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 amazing fall day today... AND there was no school! The girls and I (plus some friends) made it