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park time
Emma and I snuck in a little time at the park today after Emma was done distance learning and Olivia was still at school... and yes, Emma is in her pajamas. Emma has been asking just about every day if I can take them to a new park. After we
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off she goes
First day of in person learning for Emma since March. She was so excited to get on the bus, go to school, see her friends and get to know her new teacher. I can't wait to hear how her first day back went.
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first day of school - round 2
Today was Olivia's turn! It is her last year of preschool. I have no idea why she still insists on doing the pirate smile. I had to trick her just to get one photo with both eyes open (above). Also... she was very determined to wear this outfit
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cross country meet #2
Emma had her second (of 4) cross country meets this morning. It was chilly and wet, but the race must go on.
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last day of summer
That's it for summer... fall weather is officially here, both girls had their meet and greets with their new teachers and school starts on Monday for Emma and Tuesday for Olivia! Emma asked if we could go to some parks we've never been to on their
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throwback thursday (september 10, 2019)
Olivia's first day of 3s preschool!
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throwback thursday (september 3, 2019)
Emma's first day of 1st grade... also the day there was a sewage leak at school and they called all the parents to pick up the kids by noon.
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first cross country meet
If someone would have told me Emma would love cross country I would have never believed it. I had to basically twist her arm to even sign up and try it this year... but she LOVES it. For the last month she's been running 1.2 miles twice
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one more park?
I found out yesterday that apparently our city has a new park that isn't listed on the city website. Since we've been to every park in our city 2 years in a row that meant we had one more park to go to this summer. The
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park weather
We're almost past the pool weather days of summer and into the park weather days of summer. Today was a perfect park weather day.
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mn state fair food parade
A couple months ago the MN State Fair announced they were going to do a food parade since there couldn't be a fair this year. It took me 45 minutes to buy tickets online the moment they went on sale. Luckily I got some, and in 2.5