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Saturday morning Emma put her cooking class skills in action. She pretty much made this all by herself. She learned this recipe from the rainbow themed class she did with Olivia. Another favorite from the class is rainbow waffles. We've been making those a lot lately.
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The past week feels like it's dragged on for a year. I travelled solo to Florida for the weekend. Olivia had a couple healthy days, then ended up with a 4 day fever. We celebrated a birthday at our house. But maybe the most exciting thing... Emma has
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Yesterday did not go as planned.... I started my day doing laundry at 4:30 AM. My clothes, Olivia's clothes, sheets, towels, unidentifiable food chunks (that I think were pineapple 🤷🏼♀️). Olivia didn't get much sleep all night. She didn't eat a single bite of
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Olivia's preschool did a little kindness program at church this morning. The kids sang 2 kindness songs they learned at school (Olivia is the 3rd one on the back row. You can barely see her. 😂), then they went to the classroom for Sunday school. Olivia said they listened
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The girls always ask why there is a daddy daughter dance and not a mommy daughter dance. It turns out our gym does a family dance, and Braden happened to be out of town this weekend. So.... that made it a mommy daughter dance. The gym has a salon, so
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A couple weeks ago I signed up for a family class to learn about stars through a telescope. Emma has always been interested in telescopes and stars, so I thought she'd think it was really cool. We got to look at Venus and a bunch of different stars
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It's February, and that means tea party. Today Emma hosted her 3rd annual tea party. This year Olivia invited some of her friends too. Most of the decorations and food have stayed the same year after year. I made this table skirt 2 years ago for Olivia'
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The girls really wanted to take daddy and show him their ice skating skills.... It was way more crowded than on a weekday, but the girls managed to weave their way in and out of all the people. On our way out we stopped to watch the high school boys
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I found out this year that between November and January if you spend $250 at the Mall of America you get 2 wristbands for unlimited rides. By the time I bought a couple Christmas presents, renewed my Crayola membership and we ate dinner there a couple times I easily spent
