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Spring Break

April 19th, 2014 by Mommy

This year we spent our spring break at home playing.

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Our first day was spent just getting chores done so we could play the rest of the week. This involved a trip to the grocery. Lately the kids have been making trips in the car-cart a lot of trouble, but after lots of pleading and promising Mama gave them another try. They were angels and despite not fitting well together we finished the shopping with peace. Hurray!

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The next day we met some friends at the zoo and braved a cold morning. By the time we make it to the playground area it warmed up and all the jackets were off. The highlight for the day was playing playing with our friends and the second highlight was playing together at the playground. Never fear, we did walk past a few animals.

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All the girls can fit on the lion, kind-of.

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The next day we had big plans … then we threw them out and just played at our friends’ house. The mamas sewed these Elsa dresses while the girls played. Once they got the dresses on they sang almost every song from Frozen while watching videos of the songs.

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What is a week of play without ice cream? Of course we had to go! We sat at the soda fountain counter and enjoyed milkshakes. Emily had a pineapple/strawberry shake. Julia had a strawberry shake. And mama had a cookie shake. While we ate them we discussed a movie we recently saw that had a scene where the girl did exactly what we were doing.

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Our last day of break was spent with an evening at Frozen Head State Park. We picked daddy up from work and took sandwiches with us.

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We made it to a stream on our hike and played around the bridge. We also looked for animals in the stream. There was a frog we found waiting for a bug to float by. When the hike was over we enjoyed our dinner and then an hour at the playground.

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While we love to travel we enjoyed our stay at home too. It was nice for Emily to see friends she misses while she is at school. Julia enjoyed having Emily home to play with, at least most of the time.

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Friend

April 18th, 2014 by Mommy

We are just adding up years of friendship between these two. Here are some shots from the past! Oh my, the mama’s had no idea that those cute little ones would grow so big.

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2014 – spring day at a friends house

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2012 – spring day at the park; 2010 – fall day at the botanical garden

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2008 – church picnic

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