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beach day
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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off to their new home
Shiva and Samantha are off to their new home... We're really going to miss their cuddles, meows, purrs and fetching.
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throwback thursday (march 4, 2020)
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throwback thursday (february 25, 2020)
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olivia's turn
Olivia really wanted to go to the aquarium after hearing about Emma's visit. There is one thing I know about Olivia... 1 hour max and we would be out of there. I don't know why... but animals always end up on Olivia's head (and
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throwback thursday (february 18, 2020)
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week off
Emma has had a ridiculous amount of days off school. She was off last Wednesday and Thursday for student assessments, Friday was a teacher planning day and Monday was President's Day. I had to do a lot of planning to make sure I reserved time slots and tickets
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happy valentine's day
The girls were very excited about Valentine's Day this year, so we celebrated all weekend. First up... heart shaped pizza for dinner on Saturday night. Sunday morning it was pink waffles with whipped cream and heart shaped sprinkles. Sunday afternoon we baked heart shaped sprinkle cookies. We had
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throwback thursday (february 11, 2020)
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st. paul winter carnival
We've only been to the St. Paul Winter Carnival once in the almost 7 years we've lived here. It was cold and not that fun, which is why we haven't been back. This year they did a drive through version. This is the way
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cold!
This week we're dealing with the lowest temperatures we've had so far this winter. Every day is forecast below 10 degrees with most under 5 or in the negatives. That means no sledding, no ice skating, no outdoor anything. To keep from going completely crazy we&