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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 to get one photo with both eyes open (above). Also... she was very determined to wear this outfit
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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.
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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 and Friday she'll be doing in person learning at school. Emma's desk at home.
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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 Olivia! Emma asked if we could go to some parks we've never been to on their
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Olivia's first day of 3s preschool!
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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 fast, so the girls don't always get to hold them. This one took its sweet time.
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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.
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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 in a row that meant we had one more park to go to this summer. The
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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.
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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 we can. Emma's school is starting later this year to prepare for all the new changes.
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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. I forgot how tall they get! We have a lot, so every couple days I cut some and bring them