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happy halloween
These two unicorns made it to a lot of houses tonight! Emma was super excited that her bucket was almost filled to the top.
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jack o’lantern spectacular
Our zoo has a special Halloween event going on every night during the month of October. The zoo is closed, but the carousel is open. There is no way we could walk by without taking a spin. The event lived up to its name and the 5,000+ carved pumpkins
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fall days
We’re getting the most out of our 50 degree fall days. Today we got our pumpkins and had fun in the corn pit and pallet maze. Making corn angels. After we got home we took a bike ride. Emma really wanted to go to the park across the street.
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party day
It was party day all around! Olivia got to dress up for a party day at school. Emma got to dress up for her fall party today too. She wore last years costume since it was more comfortable than her unicorn costume. Emma’s school did a parade for all
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boo blast
One of my favorite Halloween traditions - trick or treating at the grocery store. All of the grocery stores here do it, but this one is always the best. It’s never crowded. They give out lots of treats. They let the kids decorate cookies... which was a bad idea
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throwback thursday (october 25, 2017)
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gymnastics x 3
This is the last week of the fall 1 session at gymnastics. Olivia had 2 make ups to do plus her regular class, so that’s what we did Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. It was a lot of gymnastics in one week, but she loved every minute!
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welcome to minnesota
This morning we said our goodbyes to daddy (who is staying in Florida for the week) and headed home. We had a total of 4 flights (2 there and 2 home) and the girls did amazing on every one of them! On our last flight today I let them get
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wedding day
We had planned to make a Florida trip during Emma’s fall break. As a bonus, one of our college friends was getting married the same weekend and all our other college friends were traveling from all over the state to go. We couldn’t pass that up! Luckily my
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fun in the sun
This morning Braden had to go into work for a little while. Before dropping him off we had breakfast at our favorite breakfast restaurant. Emma said they were the best eggs she’s ever had! The girls and I came back to the hotel for lots of swimming and playing
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hello florida
Emma has fall break this week, so we hopped on a plane and flew to Florida for the long weekend. It was a late night. Our flight landed in West Palm Beach after midnight. Emma fell asleep 10 minutes into the flight. Olivia fought sleep the entire flight. She finally
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