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 did his own
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 we left.
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 saying not to
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 waves on a
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 forecast to get
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 trip to Home
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 year Olivia was
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. They got to
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 headed into St.
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 up Olivia from
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! The girls did
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 winter. Now we
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 amazing fall day
family 208 days until camping season A couple months ago some friends of ours asked if we wanted to do a fall camping trip. We tried to camp in September last year, but cancelled both those trips. We really
kids 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
family daddy time A friend of mine invited me and another one of our friends to celebrate her birthday with a spa day and a night out in downtown Minneapolis. The girls were looking forward to
family paint a plow Tonight our city invited kids to come put a hand print on one of their snow plows. It took the girls 30 seconds to do, but they had a good time. I have
family apple picking This is probably my favorite fall activity... plus all the baking that comes after it. Today's baking was 2 batches of apple cookies. 5 apples down... 45 to go. 😂
kids 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
kids 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
kids 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
kids 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
kids 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
family farewell to summer We spent the last week of summer vacation with family in town. We took them to some of our favorite places. First up was the state fair... We followed that up with a
