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Emma didn't have school today, which meant it was the perfect day for a tea party. This was our 3rd year hosting a tea party for her friends. I made some favorite snacks from other tea parties, and added a couple new things. We can't have
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Last week we skipped Olivia's gymnastics class because Emma was home and I didn't want to drive in the snow. I scheduled her make up class for Tuesday afternoon, but first it was dance in the morning. I didn't realize when I scheduled the
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In 4 days we had a 92 degree temperature change (-53 on Wednesday to 39 on Saturday). There are several pros and cons with this dramatic change in temperature. Pros: it was warm enough to get the smoker out to make a brisket and 3 racks of ribs Cons: the
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While Emma got to dress up for jersey day on Friday, Olivia got to dress up for pajama day at her school. She insisted on a skirt with her pajamas. After school Olivia and I met one of her friends at Chick-fil-A. Lunch at Chick-fil-A is
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Today was the first day of school this week after 4 snow days in a row. It happened to be jersey day. Emma doesn't have her own, so I had her try on my FSU jersey. My Preston Parker jersey has been with me for a really long
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Today was a long one. We met a bunch of friends at the indoor playground this morning. It's tough to get a good picture here because the girls are constantly moving. Afterward our friends joined us for lunch at the noodle restaurant. Olivia loves to eat her mac
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Today was the coldest it's been since 1996. I thought about taking the girls somewhere, but a lot of places were closed today because of the cold. We stayed home in the morning and then bundled up and drove to our neighbors house for the afternoon. After a
Wednesday is supposed to be cold. It will be the coldest it's been since we moved here almost 5 years ago, so our best chance to get out of the house was today. We were prepared. With all our choices for today we all agreed on the children&
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In case you're wondering... that is not a typo. Today Emma had her first snow day. We've barely had enough snow to cover the ground all winter, until last night. They also cancelled school tomorrow and Wednesday because of extremely cold temperatures (the high on Wednesday
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A couple weeks ago Emma's school got a presentation from the Minneapolis Institute of Art about their Egypt's Sunken Cities special exhibit. Since then she's talked non-stop about going to see it. She was very excited to show us the things they talked
