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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 didn't want to this weekend... but we gave it a go. Despite the awful, cold,
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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 of their school because they exceeded their fundraising goal. We also squeezed in some time at the
throwback thursday (october 10, 2018)
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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 some daddy time. They had a blast shopping at Target, eating pizza, going to Crayola and riding
throwback thursday (october 3, 2018)
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book character day
This might be my favorite thing that Emma's school does. Today is the last day of a 2 week reading fundraiser. To celebrate the kids and teachers dress up as book characters. Last year Emma chose Fancy Nancy. This year she went with Pete the Cat. I loved
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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 a feeling they're going to be looking for this snow plow on the road once
throwback thursday (september 26, 2018)
throwback thursday (september 19, 2018)
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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. 😂
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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 first day and she didn't even say goodbye to me! 😫😂✌🏼 After