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barn life
We recently bought a barn... on 5 acres. Every winter we move our bus to some guys barn and pay him a lot of money to store it for the winter. Now we have our own barn all year round. It's in need of a lot of work,
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we did it!
I've been trying for 3 years to visit all 20 parks in our city. Despite my best efforts this summer we were 5 short. Then we were given the most amazing fall day today... AND there was no school! The girls and I (plus some friends) made it
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208 days until camping season
A couple months ago some friends of ours asked if we wanted to do a fall camping trip. We tried to camp in September last year, but cancelled both those trips. We really didn't want to this weekend... but we gave it a go. Despite the awful, cold,
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new zip line park
Yesterday was probably the last nice day for a while, so we made the most of it by riding bikes to school and visiting her principal. Last night he slept on the roof of their school because they exceeded their fundraising goal. We also squeezed in some time at the
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daddy time
A friend of mine invited me and another one of our friends to celebrate her birthday with a spa day and a night out in downtown Minneapolis. The girls were looking forward to some daddy time. They had a blast shopping at Target, eating pizza, going to Crayola and riding
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paint a plow
Tonight our city invited kids to come put a hand print on one of their snow plows. It took the girls 30 seconds to do, but they had a good time. I have a feeling they're going to be looking for this snow plow on the road once
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apple picking
This is probably my favorite fall activity... plus all the baking that comes after it. Today's baking was 2 batches of apple cookies. 5 apples down... 45 to go. 😂
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olivia's turn
It's amazing how different Emma and Olivia are. For the first month (maybe 2) of preschool Emma cried every morning at drop off and sometimes had to be pried from my arms. Olivia's first day and she didn't even say goodbye to me! 😫😂✌🏼 After
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last pool day of the summer
Our neighborhood decided to keep the pool open a week later than usual. When school was dismissed early on the first day we headed to the pool because I thought that would be our last chance to swim. Then on Friday while Emma and Braden were spending the night at
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first day of dance
Last night was the first night of dance. This is Emma's third year. She's doing ballet, tap and jazz again. Olivia was super excited to start dance too! She is doing ballet and tap. Olivia also started a new session of gymnastics. She had a busy
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overnight at the zoo
Our zoo has sleepovers. Braden and Emma have always wanted to go to one, but I always remember too late and they're full. Not this time! They have 3 different sleepovers - with the bears, in the aquarium or at the farm. This one was at the farm.
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first half day of school
Well... that was an eventful 1st day of school. I got a call around noon asking me to come pick Emma up at school. There was a sewage leak on the first floor and they had to send all the kids home. 🤢 Luckily our HOA decided to keep the pool