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here comes the snow
I knew we were supposed to get snow this weekend, but all the snow today was a surprise. It was tough to get the girls to stop playing and come inside. Emma was very proud of her snow castles.
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creative movement
I’ve been looking for a dance class for Olivia. It’s been hard to find one for kids under 3 or one that doesn’t have a ridiculous recital at the end. I finally found a “creative movement” class at a dance studio and today was her first class.
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happy thanksgiving
We’ve spent all our Minnesota Thanksgivings, except one, with friends and their family. This year there is going to be 21 people to feed. Our turkey preparations started yesterday with brining three turkeys! This morning the smokers were going by 7 AM. Emma has been asking when the turkey
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throwback thursday (november 22, 2017)
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ymca
Emma and I spent a lot of Monday mornings swimming at the YMCA last winter. When our neighborhood pool opened I cancelled my membership since we wouldn’t be using the indoor pool over the summer. I wasn’t sure a membership would get as much use this time since
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tree lighting
Third year in a row we went to our city’s Christmas tree lighting. The girls could really care less about the tree. They’d rather see Santa and eat a cookie. When we got back to the car Emma said “that was a fake Santa”. 😂
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randomness
We had a lot of random things going on this week. Emma has western day at school. We had friends over for dinner and made homemade pizzas, including homemade fruit pizzas for dessert. I took Olivia to do an obstacle course at the library. Olivia thought that was the perfect
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throwback thursday (november 15, 2017)
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it’s the most wonderful time
I’ve been wanting to put up or Christmas tree since November 1st. Today I couldn’t wait any longer! The girls drove me nuts hanging the ornaments, but they loved every minute. Olivia thought it was funny to act silly while I was trying to get photos of their
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throwback thursday (november 8, 2017)
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surprise
My day started off with taking Olivia to vote. We followed it up with some fun at the library. Braden worked from home today, so I left Olivia with him and surprised Emma at school for lunch. ❤️
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sunday funday
We got out of the house for a little fun at the mall. The girls requested to go to Crayola again. When we went on Thursday we missed the crayon show, but we got to see it today. On Thursday they also really wanted to ride some rides, but we