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It was nice to have some normal Easter events this year. Our city had to cancel their spring egg hunt last year. But it was back this year!.... and it was the first year that there wasn't snow on the ground. Olivia was ready to go in her
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Our city's art council hosts an art show every year at the city library. Each local school picks a couple kids from each grade to have their art work on display. Right now it is Emma's school... and her art teacher picked one of Emma'
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Thursday's fun activity... a restaurant! It has been over a year since we've eaten in a restaurant. It was time....
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Wednesday's fun activity.... indoor playground time. At bedtime they got a bubble bath in the huge tub.
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Tuesday's fun activity.... a movie at the movie theater! We saw Raya and The Last Dragon. Even Emma who isn't a huge fan of movies loved it. I didn't realize how much I missed movie popcorn. The three of us easily finished off a
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Monday's fun activity was manicures and pedicures. Olivia had never been to get her nails done, and she loved every minute of it. After our nails we stopped for ice cream at Dairy Queen. Emma got a $5 gift card from her teacher for getting a blackout on
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We went back and forth for months on what to do for spring break this year. Should we go to Florida? Should we go to Texas? Should we go to the Bahamas? Should we take the bus somewhere? In the end... we decided to stay home. I've planned
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Once upon a time, long long ago, Emma's preschool told them they needed to try to catch a leprechaun. Neither of the girls actually care about making a trap, but they do still expect a leprechaun to visit. This leprechaun was naughty and left silly string everywhere (including
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Spring is here!... which means camping season is right around the corner... which means lots of barn and bus projects are starting.
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Each week Olivia's class learns a letter of the alphabet. If they come up with 100+ words they get a special celebration day. Last week they came up with 133 P words and celebrated this week with a beach day. I was super excited about the beach day
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At the end of last year this guy was in the news. He drives 4 hours one way from Minnesota to Iowa to pick up Krispy Kreme since we don't have any in Minnesota. Krispy Kreme is my favorite. Its the only donut I've ever seen