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Braden had to work this week, so it’s just us girls at the bus until Friday. We started off the morning with breakfast and tv. After breakfast was a walk to the park. Emma said she had to change out of her dress because “a shirt and shorts is
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I told them no ice cream today, but we’re kind of on vacation and how can I say no to that face. ❤️
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The pool at the campground has two diving boards. I knew it would go one of two ways when Emma asked to try it - (1) she would hate it, or (2) she wouldn’t stop jumping. She also loves the blue and green water slide. This morning we took
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We had a long day at the campground. Coloring contest (that they didn’t win 😔). Playground. Petting zoo. Swimming. Jumping. Catching lightning bugs. S’mores. Whew!
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We’re spending the week at my favorite Minnesota campground. We had an hour drive to get there. The girls rode in the backseat. Their dolls Ella and Marabelle rode shotgun. We didn’t waste any time getting to the pool. Followed by dinner with friends and catching lightning bugs.
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Happiness is stopping for Italian Ice on the way home from picking up our CSA box. Emma loves to sample a couple flavors before making a decision. Olivia makes her decision based on color. Today Emma went with watermelon, and Olivia wanted the yellow one (mango).
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Today was Emma's last day of soccer. Since it was the last day they played a game against the other class. As you can tell from these action shots, games weren't really Emma's thing. Notice all the other kids are in motion. This was
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Today we made our annual visit to ValleyFair. 50% amusement park + 50% water park = 100% fun. Poor Olivia. There were a bunch of rides that she couldn’t ride because she’s not 36 inches tall. If this was Emma at 2 and a half she’d be plenty tall
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As part of our busy Saturday, before our trip to the art park, we spent some time in nature at the Fawn-Doe-Rosa animal experience? place? park? Whatever it is, we all had a good time feeding the animals... Olivia wants to take a picture at any and all of these
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Busy and hot day today at the art park... Emma was so excited going up this hot roof.... but not so sure about getting down. The pitch was pretty steep.
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It was a gloomy, rainy day. The best way to spend those days is at the mall riding rides and playing games.
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The forecast said rain all afternoon. Good thing we didn’t believe it! Today was a beautiful day for the waterpark.