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This year we hosted a BBQ instead of a pig roast. There was lots of food, lots of swimming and lots of fireworks. 🇺🇸 That also means there was a lot to clean up this morning. 2 signs it was a great day... (1) I totally forgot to get pictures of
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I love seeing all this milkweed growing at the barn. I think the girls are a little less impressed with raising monarchs this summer. We found one tiny caterpillar, but they didn't seem interested in finding any more. Yesterday morning they checked and the chrysalis was black, which
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This morning Emma asked if we could go to the mall and ride rides. We didn't have anything else planned... so why not? I talked Olivia into trying to Pepsi roller coaster since she is finally tall enough. Did it one time. Hated it. 🤷🏼♀️ I didn't
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The day I pulled Emma's tooth out at the pool... 😂
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This may be my favorite place to go in the summer... There were so many baby animals. This baby goat really wanted to eat Olivia's skirt. On the way home we stopped for lunch and ice cream.
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Our city hosted a Safety in the Park tonight. I don't know what I was expecting... but it wasn't this. It was pretty awesome!
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I have a hard time going to indoor places in the summer. We only get so many nice, hot days and I want to spend them all outside. We hadn't been to the aquarium in a long time though, so it was time. This guy was really cool.
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Friday we checked another place we missed in 2020 off the list... the water park! Olivia is not very adventurous. It takes a lot of convincing to get her to try anything. She was only tall enough to do 2 water slides, so I told her she should try one
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With all the crazy hot weather the strawberry picking season was cut a little short this summer. Luckily we made it in on the very last day.... After the strawberries it was time to visit the animals. I think the girls like this part more than actually picking strawberries. I&
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I've made it my summer mission to do all the things we missed out on last summer. Today it was music in the park and the splash pad. The splash pad is at the same park where the music is, so Olivia wore her swimsuit under her dress.
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Olivia got invited to celebrate her friend's birthday at the princess spa at the Mall of America. This place was fancy... right down to the kids champagne during their pedicures. Afterward we joined them for lunch at the Sugar Factory. These milkshakes were insane! Surprisingly the food was