kids cross country meet #4 Emma finished her final week of cross country practices this week. The cross country season wrapped up on Friday night with the final meet. Braden and I are both very
kids soaking up another week of summer? No... seriously. This week it has been in the 80s almost every day. The weather has been so amazing that our neighborhood decided to keep the pool open one more
kids cross country meet #3 Only one more meet to go after this one! Emma didn't do as good this time and she did the other two meets. I think she kind of knew it
kids park time Emma and I snuck in a little time at the park today after Emma was done distance learning and Olivia was still at school... and yes, Emma is in her
kids off she goes First day of in person learning for Emma since March. She was so excited to get on the bus, go to school, see her friends and get to know her
kids first day of school - round 2 Today was Olivia's turn! It is her last year of preschool. I have no idea why she still insists on doing the pirate smile. I had to trick her just
kids last of the pool days We don't have too many pool days left... seriously, I think tomorrow may be the last one. After tomorrow its chilly weather in the forecast.
kids first day of 2nd grade Here we go! Today is Emma's first day of second grade. Her school is doing hybrid learning, so Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays she is doing distance learning at home. Tuesday
kids last day of summer That's it for summer... fall weather is officially here, both girls had their meet and greets with their new teachers and school starts on Monday for Emma and Tuesday for
kids final flight Our last monarch hatched today. This one we got by accident from an egg on the milkweed plant we picked to feed our other caterpillars. Monarchs usually fly away pretty
kids throwback thursday (september 3, 2019) Emma's first day of 1st grade... also the day there was a sewage leak at school and they called all the parents to pick up the kids by noon.
kids one more park? I found out yesterday that apparently our city has a new park that isn't listed on the city website. Since we've been to every park in our city 2 years
kids park weather We're almost past the pool weather days of summer and into the park weather days of summer. Today was a perfect park weather day.
kids wrapping up summer I hate that summer is coming to an end already. Its getting darker earlier... Our last two caterpillars are turning into butterflies... We're squeezing in every last part of summer
kids sunflowers Emma loves sunflowers. For years she has asked if we could plant some in our yard. Finally this year we got around to planting three different kinds of sunflower seeds.
kids cross country Emma loves running track. The track season is in the spring (April and May), and like most things it got cancelled this year. I got an email from the same
kids brave girl When Olivia got her molars two of them looked like a whole layer of enamel was chipped off. I thought maybe she was grinding her teeth so bad that she
kids more monarchs We've been waiting for this monarch to make an appearance. Its the first one we've had all they way from an egg to a butterfly. Yesterday morning I told the
kids happy birthday emma! One day you're in labor for 28 hours... 2013201420152016 - this was also the year she had strep and we had to go to the doctor on her birthday201720182019The next
