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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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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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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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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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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
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Hard to believe the summer is over already! 😢
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We spent the last week of summer vacation with family in town. We took them to some of our favorite places. First up was the state fair... We followed that up with a visit to the aquarium and the Mall of America. We hadn't been to Crayola Experience
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We have family in town this week, so of course the first stop on our busy week is the Minnesota State Fair. There are so many foods that we look forward to every year... We managed to hit most of our favorites on the first day, but that won'
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Another weekend of camping is over. I can't believe this was our final camping trip of the summer. It went by too fast! We spent the weekend fishing and playing in the sand. The girls fished right off the dock. The water was so clear you could see
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We had so much fun the first time we had to do it again. Last time Emma really wanted to do the rope swing, but it was so crowded. Today it was just us and our friends. The water is so cold, but they don't care. I can&