same old, same old
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We haven't been up to anything all that exciting lately, but we've been up to a lot. The weather hasn't been very good since last Thursday. That was the last time Olivia got to ride her bike.
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That was also the same day Emma had track pictures. I told her I wanted to take a picture of her in her track uniform... and I got all these poses.
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Since it was a nice day I told them I would take them to the park after pictures. I planned to take them to our neighborhood park, but Emma asked if we could go to the zip line park instead.
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Olivia loved that she can do the zip line all by herself now.
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Emma had crazy hair day at school. She came up with this fun idea.
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She also brought home the bean plant she had been growing at school. She really wants it to get flowers so she can take a picture to her teacher. I'm determined to make it happen, so we replanted it in a bigger pot.
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The weather turned pretty crappy after that. Emma's second track meet had to be rescheduled from Saturday to Sunday, and even Sunday's weather wasn't much better. She came home with 2 ribbons - 3rd place in the 70 meter and 2nd place in the 8 x 70 meter shuttle.
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That weekend we also brought the bus by the house so we could do some cleaning and organizing before our first camping trip (this weekend!). I love when the girls call it "my bus".
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When I switched gyms the girls got a month of free swim lessons. The first week we had a crazy snowstorm that I wasn't going to drive in, so they missed that one. The next week Olivia was sick. Well... the third week is the charm and we finally made it.
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Olivia's creative movement class is over, so we have a free morning. I can't remember the last time we've been to the zoo. When I suggested it to Olivia she was super excited. It was a little chilly, but not too chilly that we couldn't make the walk out to the carousel and the farm to feed the goats.
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Olivia and I had Chick-fil-A for lunch 3 times in one week. It's Olivia's favorite place to eat (if that wasn't obvious).
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This week Olivia and I headed back to the zoo a second time, but this time it was too cold to go outside so we did only the indoor stuff.
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Today Olivia asked if we could go to Crayola Experience.
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We didn't end up spending too much time there, but we did do some rides after lunch.... at Chick-fil-A.
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They have a huge monarch butterfly art exhibit right below the food court. I saw it on the news and told Olivia after lunch she could go pull the rope that makes the huge butterfly's wings flap.
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Spring means Rita's Italian Ice is open again!
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