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barn, bees and bb guns
The weather wasn't that great, but that didn't stop us from spending the weekend on the bus at the barn. The barn is where we do all sorts of fun things... On our way home we stopped at a cute little ice cream shop in town.
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hot hot hot
We enjoyed a couple very warm days in the last week. We spent the weekend getting some barn and bus projects done. On Monday Olivia and I went to a couple parks. At the bus stop on Monday morning Emma was bummed we didn't ride bikes to school.
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happy easter!
It was nice to have some normal Easter events this year. Our city had to cancel their spring egg hunt last year. But it was back this year!.... and it was the first year that there wasn't snow on the ground. Olivia was ready to go in her
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art show
Our city's art council hosts an art show every year at the city library. Each local school picks a couple kids from each grade to have their art work on display. Right now it is Emma's school... and her art teacher picked one of Emma'
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spring break: day 4
Thursday's fun activity... a restaurant! It has been over a year since we've eaten in a restaurant. It was time....
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spring break: day 3
Wednesday's fun activity.... indoor playground time. At bedtime they got a bubble bath in the huge tub.
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spring break: day 2
Tuesday's fun activity.... a movie at the movie theater! We saw Raya and The Last Dragon. Even Emma who isn't a huge fan of movies loved it. I didn't realize how much I missed movie popcorn. The three of us easily finished off a
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spring break: day 1
Monday's fun activity was manicures and pedicures. Olivia had never been to get her nails done, and she loved every minute of it. After our nails we stopped for ice cream at Dairy Queen. Emma got a $5 gift card from her teacher for getting a blackout on
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happy st. patrick's day
Once upon a time, long long ago, Emma's preschool told them they needed to try to catch a leprechaun. Neither of the girls actually care about making a trap, but they do still expect a leprechaun to visit. This leprechaun was naughty and left silly string everywhere (including
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barn days
Spring is here!... which means camping season is right around the corner... which means lots of barn and bus projects are starting.
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beach day
Each week Olivia's class learns a letter of the alphabet. If they come up with 100+ words they get a special celebration day. Last week they came up with 133 P words and celebrated this week with a beach day. I was super excited about the beach day