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Yesterday we got lots of snow. The pretty, powdery, sparkly stuff. But today... no blizzard. It was a very, very cold, sunny day. How cold...? It was make icicles on your eyebrow cold. Since I thought there was a blizzard coming we had play dates and baking planned for today.
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Schools out a day early for winter break! Winter break was supposed to start on Friday, but with blizzard weather and very low negative temperatures forecast tomorrow they decided to give them an extra day. Looks like it's going to be the perfect day for making cookies and
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Last week Pancake (formerly Peanut Butter) shed. Our resident snake expert (Emma) has been keeping an eye on her because sometimes snakes need a little help getting all the shed off if it doesn't come off on its own, especially on its tail (who knew?). The way to
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What do you do after the crazy day we had yesterday? You have a spa day. The Snowtopia Spa treatments included manicures, pedicures, make up, massages and tattoos. Even Braden got some spa time with the girls...
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I've been mentally preparing for this day for weeks. It started with Olivia's last basketball game of the season. I'm so glad she tried basketball. She really had fun doing it... and she's pretty good. We had to leave the basketball game
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Found this cute little snowman at Walmart on Wednesday, so I hung it on our front door. Thursday we woke up to this... We also really slacked this year on Christmas lights and missed all the nice weather days to hang them. I started laughing when I saw this at
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Olivia's birthday celebrations started at school on Friday. Her teacher sent me this photo - 7 things for 7 year olds! This is what the birthday girl's classmates love about her. ❤ She also had a surprise lunch date at school! Olivia has only had one birthday
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A long time ago I decided I really wanted to spruce up our laundry room. It started by removing the drawers under the washer and dryer so I could use them for folding clothes. I also purchased peel and stick wallpaper for the back wall. It's taken me
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Emma started following this local place's YouTube channel over a year ago, and since then has been asking for a snake. Surprisingly she knows a lot about them - all the different kinds, what they eat, how to set up their habitat. I've been against it.