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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 been cut in a long time.
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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 girls have pretty impressive cookie decorating skills. Yum!
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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 amazing fall day today... AND there was no school! The girls and I (plus some friends) made it
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new zip line park
Yesterday was probably the last nice day for a while, so we made the most of it by riding bikes to school and visiting her principal. Last night he slept on the roof of their school because they exceeded their fundraising goal. We also squeezed in some time at the
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book character day
This might be my favorite thing that Emma's school does. Today is the last day of a 2 week reading fundraiser. To celebrate the kids and teachers dress up as book characters. Last year Emma chose Fancy Nancy. This year she went with Pete the Cat. I loved
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olivia's turn
It's amazing how different Emma and Olivia are. For the first month (maybe 2) of preschool Emma cried every morning at drop off and sometimes had to be pried from my arms. Olivia's first day and she didn't even say goodbye to me! 😫😂✌🏼 After
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last pool day of the summer
Our neighborhood decided to keep the pool open a week later than usual. When school was dismissed early on the first day we headed to the pool because I thought that would be our last chance to swim. Then on Friday while Emma and Braden were spending the night at
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first day of dance
Last night was the first night of dance. This is Emma's third year. She's doing ballet, tap and jazz again. Olivia was super excited to start dance too! She is doing ballet and tap. Olivia also started a new session of gymnastics. She had a busy
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overnight at the zoo
Our zoo has sleepovers. Braden and Emma have always wanted to go to one, but I always remember too late and they're full. Not this time! They have 3 different sleepovers - with the bears, in the aquarium or at the farm. This one was at the farm.
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first half day of school
Well... that was an eventful 1st day of school. I got a call around noon asking me to come pick Emma up at school. There was a sewage leak on the first floor and they had to send all the kids home. 🤢 Luckily our HOA decided to keep the pool
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