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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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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 in
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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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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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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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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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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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Last week was fire prevention week. On Friday the firefighters visited Emma’s school. The fire station is having a drawing contest. This was Emma’s entry. Today the fire station had an open house. We’ve gone to one every year, mainly because they love climbing in and out
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I know I’ll probably regret saying this in a couple months... but I’d rather it just snow than get any more rain! It’s been days and days of rain and gloom. To try to beat the rainy day blues, Olivia and I spent a couple hours at
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This may be one of my favorite places to visit in the fall. There is a little bit of something for everyone here... corn pits, the most amazing petting zoo, pony rides, camel rides, zip line, hay bale maze, super slide, pumpkin cannons, jumping pillows, wooden train, and food! Mini