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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
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throwback thursday (march 4, 2020)
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olivia's turn
Olivia really wanted to go to the aquarium after hearing about Emma's visit. There is one thing I know about Olivia... 1 hour max and we would be out of there. I don't know why... but animals always end up on Olivia's head (and
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throwback thursday (february 18, 2020)
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week off
Emma has had a ridiculous amount of days off school. She was off last Wednesday and Thursday for student assessments, Friday was a teacher planning day and Monday was President's Day. I had to do a lot of planning to make sure I reserved time slots and tickets
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throwback thursday (february 11, 2020)
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st. paul winter carnival
We've only been to the St. Paul Winter Carnival once in the almost 7 years we've lived here. It was cold and not that fun, which is why we haven't been back. This year they did a drive through version. This is the way