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Our monarch caterpillar finding got off to slow start this summer. Our first one hatched this week. I tried to get a picture of Olivia releasing it, but it took off before I could get the photo. We have 6 chrysalis, and 2 caterpillars left.
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Emma has been very interested in snakes lately. A couple weeks ago I was Googling places you could hold or touch snakes and came across a place called Snake Discovery 30 minutes from our house. She saw me looking at their page and told me they have a YouTube channel
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I can't believe how fast this summer went by. Monday the girls have open house and get to meet their teachers. Next Tuesday they start school. We certainly packed a whole lot of fun into our last camping trip of the summer. I love this waterpark campground, but
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There won't be much to post the next couple days because this is all we will be doing. Plus some time at the petting zoo, ice cream, arcade, candy bar bingo and maybe even a little paddle boarding.
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Our last camping trip of the summer is at one of the girls favorite campgrounds. I'm pretty sure it is Braden's least favorite of all time, but I agree with the girls... I love it here. The donkeys next to the goats started making a ton
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Before we left for Texas both Emma's fish and Olivia's fish got a vacation feeder. The feeders said they were only good for 7 days, so on day 6 my friend came over to check on the fish and drop another feeder in there. That was
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We snuck in an extra day in Texas and started heading home this morning. This time we took a different route through Dallas. We had a lot of places we wanted to visit on this trip. Usually we can't get to all the places on our list, but
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It wouldn't really be a summer roadtrip if we weren't traveling with monarch caterpillars. I looked all summer and couldn't find a single one. The night before we were leaving for Texas Olivia and I found three at the barn. Turns out the three
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We got there right after it opened. Stayed all day in a cabana. We left after it closed. We were all too busy riding waterslides to get very many photos. Grabbed dinner at Buc-ees on the way back. Both girls fell asleep for most of the 2 hour car ride.
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