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kindness
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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dazzle dance
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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exploring the cosmos
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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throwback thusday (february 20, 2019)
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tea party
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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more ice skating
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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happy valentine's day
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
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ice skating round 2
Emma has 5 days off school. Yes.... 5! I have no idea why I did not plan for that better. We should have gone to Florida, but instead we're enjoying 0 (feels like -16) weather. 🥶 Emma has been asking to go ice skating since I took Olivia on
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throwback thursday (february 13, 2019)
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ice skating
I realized the other day that I've never taken Olivia ice skating. Mondays are our free day, so I figured we'd give ice skating a try. You never know how these things will go. She'd either hate it and we'd leave after
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daddy daughter dance
Lots of fun things happen in February - tea party, Valentine's Day and the Daddy Daughter dance. Olivia was so excited to go. She talked about it all day long. 💕 Lately Emma hasn't been interested in princesses or little kid activities. I was just going to