tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66262855345044289802024-03-13T00:05:41.029-05:00KidspertThe creative resource for parents, day care providers, and care givers. Sensory activities, pretend play, games, crafts, and more for children of all ages!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203852588002407950noreply@blogger.comBlogger1938125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-84716375114117961412024-01-17T10:41:00.004-06:002024-01-17T10:42:11.590-06:00July<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm pretty sure July was a lifetime ago, so enjoy it in pictures and small recaps.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1n_jgT-sUJaFhDPTnGlPRpBwkRS6quXDUrQWxVU1HFMkO7E0ql3ETfKAn-nLSmm6QZaDM3zGLRlP-3t8ML9V6Lv036WUhKuaBAqo4l0l202G4aegwLKl-ZFyXRIB76el6TD3rGd8qC4R8bxDGJ8VEPqv1nSZk5ExaIIDnaH4UqVlCs2n2W1Crd0Vg1U/s4032/PXL_20230709_153834959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1n_jgT-sUJaFhDPTnGlPRpBwkRS6quXDUrQWxVU1HFMkO7E0ql3ETfKAn-nLSmm6QZaDM3zGLRlP-3t8ML9V6Lv036WUhKuaBAqo4l0l202G4aegwLKl-ZFyXRIB76el6TD3rGd8qC4R8bxDGJ8VEPqv1nSZk5ExaIIDnaH4UqVlCs2n2W1Crd0Vg1U/w300-h400/PXL_20230709_153834959.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My foodies insisted on trying blueberry sausages. We put pancake mix around them and dipped them in syrup at the suggestion of the meat counter we got the sausages at. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1P9-eck53o65n2YO05VA6gQKhFy49MlCTwGIe0aLk33vUI6n0YF5QVFRrCTPVnzCVgoCF1TaWeeW8D6yTPASWYTHoJzdQSUtIatCk5cECCT41fp3lXorozXaBPu41r9fRxItpWnmDUrZuQcxjuUyDIzOghQch6-37Hg6nvJ6EFAH2Xr3oEqHKZl4XNPw/s4032/PXL_20230709_145241431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1P9-eck53o65n2YO05VA6gQKhFy49MlCTwGIe0aLk33vUI6n0YF5QVFRrCTPVnzCVgoCF1TaWeeW8D6yTPASWYTHoJzdQSUtIatCk5cECCT41fp3lXorozXaBPu41r9fRxItpWnmDUrZuQcxjuUyDIzOghQch6-37Hg6nvJ6EFAH2Xr3oEqHKZl4XNPw/w300-h400/PXL_20230709_145241431.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTW5xSg1c1fgXRCej3rz-2IuBcZoWCBkJ8315tBb25zP-gGXlt6_UJ4ZnkNFf7uKeN2lYwiw02jjKGlokdtFleRRxWdSE9oSTNhpwsL-Z3DLZdJyx_9SQ6KTyrI8T0MgEImTHdnuiXfNbcS4hrYwMBejZxisoHwjrh0Tyy9oiNXyBd4RcMZJxR8Bz0YkA/s3264/PXL_20230708_211157730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTW5xSg1c1fgXRCej3rz-2IuBcZoWCBkJ8315tBb25zP-gGXlt6_UJ4ZnkNFf7uKeN2lYwiw02jjKGlokdtFleRRxWdSE9oSTNhpwsL-Z3DLZdJyx_9SQ6KTyrI8T0MgEImTHdnuiXfNbcS4hrYwMBejZxisoHwjrh0Tyy9oiNXyBd4RcMZJxR8Bz0YkA/w400-h225/PXL_20230708_211157730.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Adventureland</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSb6J7U7qYcpCEep0y9_HGAdhiPcGmeHx2R-kDEtIl1D_ytthVvIHCcWLMZfZnf2hbiZbNGTpZQR4xTaSF1ZUVCfk6JkPOg5OWEFay1PSTWdoSdCVv6josLRd7r2kN6DhRWsqWoOnGcYAiPnVDTWNQ91gPOKKLs0yEeTnvLhg9QS2_9pv1R5rWi4LuHY/s4032/PXL_20230707_145010181.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSb6J7U7qYcpCEep0y9_HGAdhiPcGmeHx2R-kDEtIl1D_ytthVvIHCcWLMZfZnf2hbiZbNGTpZQR4xTaSF1ZUVCfk6JkPOg5OWEFay1PSTWdoSdCVv6josLRd7r2kN6DhRWsqWoOnGcYAiPnVDTWNQ91gPOKKLs0yEeTnvLhg9QS2_9pv1R5rWi4LuHY/w300-h400/PXL_20230707_145010181.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daycare Olympics were hilarious this year. We had a slithering race, water bottle ducking, and more that I'm not remembering at the moment.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtr3XzN3e0rTCTYXD1PmWQVJvbz5kX2VyWh5kG4_mxMa_VtYkEA7N99mnSuAa_uhKQ79tk7x5N0v-lqJqXbUPc42-WOYeFSa-u2M4C47ZUyX9nlekGFB0YRgJthd0DiGRbaHIhmO-x8riXRculmZdfi793MTWRvmk0gWd8MmauJalhlfpwu5eomaMxaXU/s4032/PXL_20230707_144824515.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtr3XzN3e0rTCTYXD1PmWQVJvbz5kX2VyWh5kG4_mxMa_VtYkEA7N99mnSuAa_uhKQ79tk7x5N0v-lqJqXbUPc42-WOYeFSa-u2M4C47ZUyX9nlekGFB0YRgJthd0DiGRbaHIhmO-x8riXRculmZdfi793MTWRvmk0gWd8MmauJalhlfpwu5eomaMxaXU/w300-h400/PXL_20230707_144824515.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGApshlSBb5JJuaaETAx0oIHxvnk1uGflN97r75PEtLnkkbpSFl_z7Z7E_CeKP7bJCjGQBCHom8cvoNV2t3Xb6vGQ0zyA1V1t1UvQvkVMCoMkw9ptdS9jePXRnJkGdBLOKBA9UTtI_1o7WovIRhUhlifR-LqMnScbuEjmkFPkp780vre6tSEkIowpe6-A/s4032/PXL_20230707_143917628.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some kind of hot chip challenge. I did not partake.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkCpSUrnWl9fP73IRTc9Nacz0zqZt0ZnIXUgLq4-FNhKpQ4kS1jJ_PHyC49ek5MRtaw715Be7LCWZfXhJ2IQGgQmIPc35JXQzk4HOQWFXaz9eW01NcLxEYfXwq5Sbm0JrgvGBwkY8tOfBaqF3gSRlflrGFbwpX0vO7QzoFUTonVCuzTkGC8gyhcwg5-U/s4032/PXL_20230702_204232830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkCpSUrnWl9fP73IRTc9Nacz0zqZt0ZnIXUgLq4-FNhKpQ4kS1jJ_PHyC49ek5MRtaw715Be7LCWZfXhJ2IQGgQmIPc35JXQzk4HOQWFXaz9eW01NcLxEYfXwq5Sbm0JrgvGBwkY8tOfBaqF3gSRlflrGFbwpX0vO7QzoFUTonVCuzTkGC8gyhcwg5-U/w300-h400/PXL_20230702_204232830.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7n1-NhQ0mqwUKCXPz1nj4Xq3ohVC-RultZQr2ITYS0czar83ygki_H7l_lwkTY0HLgwQIvUJBi6hjM27jrnbFqLn2XR0Q3bpkUvc-cJ50bIqz6TmHRjQ1F1EvQ9D6ef5UZOOcWNOkuA7SMQoAi0uu_dDkgTelfppS9lonOYPatjNwoBCBCBQf3sV-bw/s4032/PXL_20230702_204226943.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7n1-NhQ0mqwUKCXPz1nj4Xq3ohVC-RultZQr2ITYS0czar83ygki_H7l_lwkTY0HLgwQIvUJBi6hjM27jrnbFqLn2XR0Q3bpkUvc-cJ50bIqz6TmHRjQ1F1EvQ9D6ef5UZOOcWNOkuA7SMQoAi0uu_dDkgTelfppS9lonOYPatjNwoBCBCBQf3sV-bw/w300-h400/PXL_20230702_204226943.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01d1WYiGqxD0qMVSoj1xUsbnd2VeIbYvBBOVQbb1-nZE1PCA0MYixkO3KhATh26UGNhUcDYBPphUqaQrRXX4lvM5qh6vAbsE9Otp5Sly4s23FHM6fpSVJtMiFuVYTFhXlJSNWYrFkVk7F1d0FQsSp2FpvRSUkJTDQJNyEZoiEjQD8D2cpM3tU8t3hvlc/s4032/PXL_20230702_202958473.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01d1WYiGqxD0qMVSoj1xUsbnd2VeIbYvBBOVQbb1-nZE1PCA0MYixkO3KhATh26UGNhUcDYBPphUqaQrRXX4lvM5qh6vAbsE9Otp5Sly4s23FHM6fpSVJtMiFuVYTFhXlJSNWYrFkVk7F1d0FQsSp2FpvRSUkJTDQJNyEZoiEjQD8D2cpM3tU8t3hvlc/w300-h400/PXL_20230702_202958473.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We discovered Dolliver Memorial State Park during the pandemic and it's been a favorite ever since. I had had to hike in the creek on a hot day, but failed to take into account that we're in a drought. So the creek wasn't as much fun as it usually is. We gave up hiking it after about a half of a mile.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zM7cU2R6CoQu4aSE7lELWie3F3deZ9HilK8ZTfjj73E9Ln_A635FPsIVcdQ7aO9IO0uMrCv0XsKnHyMmIWg61_ET6BtVYaU5r7UA0Fta3jfe1p4VhmYppH7twvNmUrxp1MnUB0wyX6pOwxlyZ69rmkLG6zwFc2YNTigjoY2PGfO92hJTAovAVtmKxK0/s4032/PXL_20230702_202950078.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zM7cU2R6CoQu4aSE7lELWie3F3deZ9HilK8ZTfjj73E9Ln_A635FPsIVcdQ7aO9IO0uMrCv0XsKnHyMmIWg61_ET6BtVYaU5r7UA0Fta3jfe1p4VhmYppH7twvNmUrxp1MnUB0wyX6pOwxlyZ69rmkLG6zwFc2YNTigjoY2PGfO92hJTAovAVtmKxK0/w300-h400/PXL_20230702_202950078.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JEB6mhsitFd4fbvay0zV75uhe9FTMpzuton5kiJQ6f-O_Id5UUprai9mE9wVdW4Gik-mI6ES6j1J8OWTinGEnS0DBDpqMhHH4XRXynHM33jezo93Z0N7XTy9UaxdVDgi9FKr1PEGUjKOtgUHphF7jYxwWKeHz3HWVIeuEAr7AeO7oMCBFHx4OQMM5jQ/s3280/PXL_20230702_202944527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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These were all for summer camps I had planned (but didn't execute) and I'm told they were a hit.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEL-K6UUNmG38mEnavd3DbXDAiUll6VmVdTUg3_HEtLfqqqn7duKYgVwRb70CuMtyPb4VTOeBKhau_22KCTzob8VKBkfk50rPkwBcF6PHzbSEpOvfDpgtk6ZnkNSWFipEw6sgAD_MsQUW2QJoKzDB7rcoRyro7xfmRUqLX3-Qg29HzbzyPVqifW1Oo7ak/s4032/PXL_20230719_021134594.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEL-K6UUNmG38mEnavd3DbXDAiUll6VmVdTUg3_HEtLfqqqn7duKYgVwRb70CuMtyPb4VTOeBKhau_22KCTzob8VKBkfk50rPkwBcF6PHzbSEpOvfDpgtk6ZnkNSWFipEw6sgAD_MsQUW2QJoKzDB7rcoRyro7xfmRUqLX3-Qg29HzbzyPVqifW1Oo7ak/w300-h400/PXL_20230719_021134594.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMPKi-5sGuqIAJnWXHjfHCLbCRoVpTNY275qeUXirOSw5KdF3HmjdvdLyHJM2Xj2xMtu0uFP_pBXrSwsgOP-rWg7SV7NYbstK5xIg8iqWtM0jfBUYL9omdJsajpBTslE6HjKlYKjgffI0rD73fkhhh2HZ1_Ms2aJckmywxPIaMZvPToI9qFPaQcq0jHg/s4032/PXL_20230719_023016596.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Hint: shaving cream stains cement, so five months later I'm still enjoying the faint remnants of their art work. It makes me smile every time.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClgMUxgE82-QnG5ODUXFGpj7xlu4_iFqWAwpP8qddKTHCGbvjVkUf0v_hlYO8kF8aldJLDM4RTkBxzT1bIZFHDiBVaT2TeXIfc0eWQyc6mq1SHWZycVkbdnBiifAkrejDcQ8wrFzzXOX8aFBMq525ncLZdAwHVqS8kbdwCH6FB5jmas5WYpSpa5AU7HA/s4032/PXL_20230721_153411134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClgMUxgE82-QnG5ODUXFGpj7xlu4_iFqWAwpP8qddKTHCGbvjVkUf0v_hlYO8kF8aldJLDM4RTkBxzT1bIZFHDiBVaT2TeXIfc0eWQyc6mq1SHWZycVkbdnBiifAkrejDcQ8wrFzzXOX8aFBMq525ncLZdAwHVqS8kbdwCH6FB5jmas5WYpSpa5AU7HA/w400-h300/PXL_20230721_153411134.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTYHQZ5nlQw5p_-vc0torET7gzefhXZstkQm5lwR9MJc2U2ubZabV2caY4WTADp4HWLEy2E8vECsqcBePzZi6T3JYvUH7XWsEb0UvMwVJjkpG22bGoBze4q4g2ZaklkbLHu1tnLwSGrKBNbUeDBHnF5tkcSbk04fMjkUgH3OhK9i1vZSt99uWN9i0D80/s4032/PXL_20230721_154104484.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Therefore, no big vacations thrilled our summer, but the minis, Zeus (dog), and myself broke away for a long weekend to North Shore, MN. After looking at hotel and cabin rates, we decided to go Saturday - Tuesday, with a night's stop in Banning Campgrounds to hike one of our favorite state parks, Banning State Park. We made a stop in St. Paul for <a href="https://www.ichiddo.com/" target="_blank">Ichiddo Ramen</a>, hit our favorite rest areas (because yes, we have our favorite rest areas along I-35), before arriving at Banning State Park.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMyDBT6LqMIGMPxPwt2lirsCntat6aN6iGxgpIFHac8Y2LLY3V-gHeXjXoXruPgEUw_E8TAEPpdJlPNvSRcHim_Cc7wPK-rsWKUU0xfNyUWFb2KAPmT3R8paS49QV3sEVHTC2XL_9O1udi4m7vShuDtIu0bwU8y5Mcj4DJiHNSEdADCv104q8UxwNn8U/s1705/PXL_20230715_172240418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1705" data-original-width="1061" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMyDBT6LqMIGMPxPwt2lirsCntat6aN6iGxgpIFHac8Y2LLY3V-gHeXjXoXruPgEUw_E8TAEPpdJlPNvSRcHim_Cc7wPK-rsWKUU0xfNyUWFb2KAPmT3R8paS49QV3sEVHTC2XL_9O1udi4m7vShuDtIu0bwU8y5Mcj4DJiHNSEdADCv104q8UxwNn8U/w249-h400/PXL_20230715_172240418.jpg" width="249" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjyi70qwSeeaLs3Z6cNdPJuCmtuY5DS4vxuiNtvZcf28FsQyp1bK4vkcmN5kRDmYqDC1MDgfnQKTWoQCHyyBsBvR5AOTYSDnLyAIhQVRJQz5lwMdZhRHJkTzX5sGjKf2GWX9sj_GUmdtgwqPhqtp9K2WL0iGl2u2y8UAXUrr75aEPnu3GZSD-M8EcPis/s4032/20230715_141030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjyi70qwSeeaLs3Z6cNdPJuCmtuY5DS4vxuiNtvZcf28FsQyp1bK4vkcmN5kRDmYqDC1MDgfnQKTWoQCHyyBsBvR5AOTYSDnLyAIhQVRJQz5lwMdZhRHJkTzX5sGjKf2GWX9sj_GUmdtgwqPhqtp9K2WL0iGl2u2y8UAXUrr75aEPnu3GZSD-M8EcPis/w225-h400/20230715_141030.jpg" width="225" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjXR3Uw1_YKStbhD2kfj2uWzYVZDlfNLKETOXFGEAPU5rhl2WrNw4ML6KEkzqql5PanerVNZUPquTX9BrAvMtimsC62llQorr14iHhsCPl820Z7yjioG0Y8hz20KfwdpJloxgMBP8GQ2fcEo8OxRtcqqUDUUnlO3mZpog7Sn2GyErK5RL5dxllK_bW90/s4032/PXL_20230715_194507443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjXR3Uw1_YKStbhD2kfj2uWzYVZDlfNLKETOXFGEAPU5rhl2WrNw4ML6KEkzqql5PanerVNZUPquTX9BrAvMtimsC62llQorr14iHhsCPl820Z7yjioG0Y8hz20KfwdpJloxgMBP8GQ2fcEo8OxRtcqqUDUUnlO3mZpog7Sn2GyErK5RL5dxllK_bW90/w300-h400/PXL_20230715_194507443.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkhjtqJ8h_LANCwssvTNnsCbcETuR_AeVg7oVRIt7ejbBSOUuI34UVxTfSUAB65LgkvVGTkb89hBL6BSGe47UCUpOb9mJQZZiMlpuaYuZoIe1TOGeVHF66YEntHbttSdEV_rnbPy4an9e1blzOxBpspg7sOvJypwWdcqx6kDHLpyNfoYukhQpPkPjxYc/s4032/PXL_20230715_195110801.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkhjtqJ8h_LANCwssvTNnsCbcETuR_AeVg7oVRIt7ejbBSOUuI34UVxTfSUAB65LgkvVGTkb89hBL6BSGe47UCUpOb9mJQZZiMlpuaYuZoIe1TOGeVHF66YEntHbttSdEV_rnbPy4an9e1blzOxBpspg7sOvJypwWdcqx6kDHLpyNfoYukhQpPkPjxYc/w300-h400/PXL_20230715_195110801.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BzaZky06IIdLFbJjik8yr6aNAuS6F0p-cs7k9X48W03dRsF_rR4bBrG26mHcDMlwePv5Wbrf5ffKl76RNbTisJbq6Gfud_Gj8MK1zqtebOzveBsa2ytqBhsdEzAjyYFDlmqTXT8ZtcZUK4kkXtj3qhFoUzThd3wh0ZyR5Xwhb5QyGEZIC0LC75fZlAo/s4032/PXL_20230715_195114709.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BzaZky06IIdLFbJjik8yr6aNAuS6F0p-cs7k9X48W03dRsF_rR4bBrG26mHcDMlwePv5Wbrf5ffKl76RNbTisJbq6Gfud_Gj8MK1zqtebOzveBsa2ytqBhsdEzAjyYFDlmqTXT8ZtcZUK4kkXtj3qhFoUzThd3wh0ZyR5Xwhb5QyGEZIC0LC75fZlAo/w300-h400/PXL_20230715_195114709.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0alxO6EnBMdCL7QcsJlIIWSzaxXMI81Mn27Z1DvpnSFvV02Rl-0W3R94KxJbkxzSYFQWvhIta91QvwhEq1nuT6nGTR8YVKCUwpSTTnme0XiLNwYw37Z3QSag6SBjOLSGMqAZKq32JUdNuR3SwTwdKPwAKSLcHX7UqWWDU9dlLlgwXhEih5pIWYuRadA/s4032/PXL_20230715_195118147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0alxO6EnBMdCL7QcsJlIIWSzaxXMI81Mn27Z1DvpnSFvV02Rl-0W3R94KxJbkxzSYFQWvhIta91QvwhEq1nuT6nGTR8YVKCUwpSTTnme0XiLNwYw37Z3QSag6SBjOLSGMqAZKq32JUdNuR3SwTwdKPwAKSLcHX7UqWWDU9dlLlgwXhEih5pIWYuRadA/w300-h400/PXL_20230715_195118147.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I managed to snag one of two little cabins that were ultra simple: bunk beds, table, minifridge, microwave, and electricity. We had an afternoon and evening of hiking, then an evening playing cards and eating snacks until bedtime. Without even trying, it was a highlight of our trip and was only booked because it was a super cheap place for us to stay for a night!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekjqSc2AETVcaSG_67XdZaRxA6dqwOUDuHPcnY_0GJqUD6EaZyke6tM540xEqDv32IEpg2fNGvnBAEiZ3kfKo2z08gUnEyaOySSog3D700SoSqNk3diGKT83GjwfySvrmXFW8r1VePlRnn1VddcGiVjum2Ldewq3dOtWa2hQfmRttbsKfyGVF1TQhdYw/s4032/PXL_20230716_134842015.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekjqSc2AETVcaSG_67XdZaRxA6dqwOUDuHPcnY_0GJqUD6EaZyke6tM540xEqDv32IEpg2fNGvnBAEiZ3kfKo2z08gUnEyaOySSog3D700SoSqNk3diGKT83GjwfySvrmXFW8r1VePlRnn1VddcGiVjum2Ldewq3dOtWa2hQfmRttbsKfyGVF1TQhdYw/w300-h400/PXL_20230716_134842015.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLXZi9JFFc4lfqaCx2rixDf1K1DZqOA1pbI70wl3qKUuvKsczOlIhyphenhyphenqXwd26vOviIPpE6NIAUERZNbAqS-0_x-DTyO3wCmpbRk8P8wFg9ndVNYj8kos1p67TrQFJTX7Az0-Kz-tm6Zg182bgzO_d26hjEtyW9mBIY23SO0McyROjLhSYRlgDppIt9uxE/s3280/PXL_20230716_002600229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We've been up to North Shore a handful of times now since we fell in love on our impromptu <a href="http://www.thekidsperts.com/2020/08/derecho-getaway.html" target="_blank">derecho trip in 2020</a> and have visited all of the spots. This time, we were intentional to hit places to haven't been. We woke up early in Banning, loaded up the car, drive right through Duluth, and made way for a late breakfast at Betty's Pies before moving onto Illigen Falls. There were still some showers in the sky, so when we pulled up the trailhead, we had to wait in the car for 5 minutes for a quick downpour, before we hiked.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFw8kPFoyuhibqylELBhIAB6FZoykB7G2fwOU9E3xsYmpC0FdevbFhLX7MWJiKHgtGwr5NVLHuIKffHTR8WzLN6jNsKcg21JH75keCRpoJDecRyqhf0i5QQU_nnDSBrI0je3SwNVaDqOY8yqOY_EE19w0F4W9CaOlZrh7Q-_kRWUzPA_hxUTb3uJ8UXg/s4032/PXL_20230716_162855723.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFw8kPFoyuhibqylELBhIAB6FZoykB7G2fwOU9E3xsYmpC0FdevbFhLX7MWJiKHgtGwr5NVLHuIKffHTR8WzLN6jNsKcg21JH75keCRpoJDecRyqhf0i5QQU_nnDSBrI0je3SwNVaDqOY8yqOY_EE19w0F4W9CaOlZrh7Q-_kRWUzPA_hxUTb3uJ8UXg/w300-h400/PXL_20230716_162855723.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The middle one asked to get close to the waterfall. The trail we were on only went up to the top of the falls. After scouting the best way to get down, I determined we could get down safely by way of a muddy cliffside. This wasn't an issue for the kid who can climb. It was an issue for uncoordinated me, who slid down the cliff. I wound up with mud in places you do not want mud, but it was so worth it. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8s6Z0iHT9VKxJvo5Cd3LBa0WTR9lW2YI7YJYTVChA-YCLjbItZHQdO6Ax00SQgCqrvHESjuFUN7aMOox8aI7zSCJYSGgNr7IP4AoyfOV8nEUD88vJWsZgleX-7tHA3KWInnnTd8FuxTSxTI6kG_3LIhP1JyXeLUACmRaTb6AYICE0rlWlJ8Hth2gVPSI/s4032/PXL_20230716_195756748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8s6Z0iHT9VKxJvo5Cd3LBa0WTR9lW2YI7YJYTVChA-YCLjbItZHQdO6Ax00SQgCqrvHESjuFUN7aMOox8aI7zSCJYSGgNr7IP4AoyfOV8nEUD88vJWsZgleX-7tHA3KWInnnTd8FuxTSxTI6kG_3LIhP1JyXeLUACmRaTb6AYICE0rlWlJ8Hth2gVPSI/w300-h400/PXL_20230716_195756748.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhME-dHSdR-aqIeDXvDcaTxEOvjwohPBzFAj-_dgFSuSwf9FF7lzx3fzqSWj4QQ0kabrdQDwJnDEmuKONrA9ZMTyoLK97XBlPtw2MkJbOGUBNbGjCfB3JHgKNps78owYwMadpK2bakww22X0b2-p-Sh4o2R4GKVCg5y45uW0J2Jzm2pajiDGT2sLZSC6I8/s4032/PXL_20230716_195840974.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhME-dHSdR-aqIeDXvDcaTxEOvjwohPBzFAj-_dgFSuSwf9FF7lzx3fzqSWj4QQ0kabrdQDwJnDEmuKONrA9ZMTyoLK97XBlPtw2MkJbOGUBNbGjCfB3JHgKNps78owYwMadpK2bakww22X0b2-p-Sh4o2R4GKVCg5y45uW0J2Jzm2pajiDGT2sLZSC6I8/w300-h400/PXL_20230716_195840974.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbp7QjDpY59yQvhyQVPYZ6opy-0moVIvI7vrb-OgaabguaJrkTkpivQBn_Pa2DQhVQWq19qYXmBNkD1QbZwbc9zdreLA4M-id2Xv2i4H0XxDNF3OSPu6HpVRu8olhxzysXTndIWRT24zkYTADdS0j9MCwyRNS0l_YaEE8r0jW1IiGiu3JekCcR2FlN5w/s4032/PXL_20230716_195854512.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbp7QjDpY59yQvhyQVPYZ6opy-0moVIvI7vrb-OgaabguaJrkTkpivQBn_Pa2DQhVQWq19qYXmBNkD1QbZwbc9zdreLA4M-id2Xv2i4H0XxDNF3OSPu6HpVRu8olhxzysXTndIWRT24zkYTADdS0j9MCwyRNS0l_YaEE8r0jW1IiGiu3JekCcR2FlN5w/w300-h400/PXL_20230716_195854512.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thankfully, we could check into our hotel room by then, so I was able to wash myself off. Our favorite place to stay along the North is the AmericInn in Silver Bay. A variety of rooms, pet friendly, breakfast, a microwave and minifridge in rooms, and a small water slide in the pool area makes it the best in my children's opinions. Plus, it's right by Black Sand Beach and is an easy walk from the hotel. 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Then we were onto Gooseberry Falls State Park. This one is always packed, but we had a blast with it and got their yearly picture in front of the falls.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zCbZeDoGHFpX6jOvw1xHFplOdRjSOTMi9LH4qNecSKg7hrRasyh4RWVLS8cMdR1o34f7WAPPm6dFl1pAIVLUcUvNxf_OWtV6a6CQB3Ktjy7RHC6ZKR9rKv-4u8HaJAPfiThJpxz5Ycr8vpRNxNgM6NBPSUrDl9SV89XR4AvbQ_i30mKHgRl_8-TgSn4/s4032/20230717_113447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zCbZeDoGHFpX6jOvw1xHFplOdRjSOTMi9LH4qNecSKg7hrRasyh4RWVLS8cMdR1o34f7WAPPm6dFl1pAIVLUcUvNxf_OWtV6a6CQB3Ktjy7RHC6ZKR9rKv-4u8HaJAPfiThJpxz5Ycr8vpRNxNgM6NBPSUrDl9SV89XR4AvbQ_i30mKHgRl_8-TgSn4/w225-h400/20230717_113447.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Down at the beach, the youngest and dog kept getting bit by giant flies. We took so pictures, enjoyed the rocks, waded into the water, and then made our way back to the car while the boys climbed a cliff. Not a big deal since it was just a short, wooded path from the beach back tot he parking lot. We got the car ready, and soon enough the oldest comes strolling down the path. The following conversation ensued:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>"Where's your brother?"</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>"I thought he was with you..."</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>"No! He was climbing with you. Did you leave him on the freaking cliff??"</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Spoiler: He did leave him on the freaking cliff.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We sprinted off, only to find the middle one wandering down the path back to the car. The boys argued about what happened, but from everyone's account, the oldest got done climbing, scanned for his brother, didn't see him at first glance, and assumed he left for the car. 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Or so I thought. We walked a small part of the Superior Hiking Trail (a goal of mine) and then played where the river and lake met as it was slightly warmer. After an hour of playing in this serene spot, we decided we were ready for a late lunch/early dinner and to get back on the road for home. As they got out of the water, we discovered leeches! Leeches on feet and in between toes. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhnBvMcqZTyvZfbrPTkdvyVqpgyEB8gQJBRyba4zdvsL8HH88Ls32AuN92iZ1dvCDVJlvGlEpGTXwIqGLiW-ScDyywPL_iL6AZJj-abrH1mzYDG3XsvQs-TuDzsZpeBcdb38ICXSav4cY9WWjdWvfQnfVoCQsPYxhbyb5ipdNIcLJPzV4LcmZnjtIcQQ/w400-h300/PXL_20230717_223146430.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was an excellent, quick trip to one of our favorite close by home vacations. I always strive to make our vacations affordable. North Shore can definitely be pricey, but knowing where to go and looking for deals definitely saved us money. We were gifted a Minnesota State Park pass in the spring, so all state parks were free (they usually cost $8+ per visit, while the park pass is only $30). Traveling at the beginning of the week vs. end or weekend saved us a ton on our hotel and glamping spots. Taking food/snacks vs. eating out for every meal also saves us and allows us to save money for future traveling and hiking trips. </span></div><p></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-43596226470537500142024-01-01T21:25:00.005-06:002024-01-01T21:25:55.662-06:00The 2024 List<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVCEs_EXRaLS02mIFzAG0jbtWKYh2N0HefMhcPFSSJ9z3pBj4SgMo7go1O8nGb_mYP9b5vpft_ws6hXAEdKKu6kRsBw5eIuiwYLZgAiFvYHKLlrDwbZkbqWUjmvMqbLTXQy5mHNY54D1t4cAuscFREh1jvi60hEd-4kf6j-kHKgeccjNXdAvO_IJs0MQ/s3280/PXL_20240101_060000160.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVCEs_EXRaLS02mIFzAG0jbtWKYh2N0HefMhcPFSSJ9z3pBj4SgMo7go1O8nGb_mYP9b5vpft_ws6hXAEdKKu6kRsBw5eIuiwYLZgAiFvYHKLlrDwbZkbqWUjmvMqbLTXQy5mHNY54D1t4cAuscFREh1jvi60hEd-4kf6j-kHKgeccjNXdAvO_IJs0MQ/s320/PXL_20240101_060000160.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ringing in NYE in sweats and with water. This is 2024.</span></i></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I searched high and low for my 2023 goals list before I realized it was still sitting in my unpublished posts. Unpublished, but very much accomplished. As 2023 drew to a close, I could not for the life of me remember what my specific goals were. When I came across my list, I patted myself on my back. I read 20+ books, we splatter painted, we skipped lumberjack games for a hiking trip to the North Shore, gardens were planted and grew, so much purging as daycare came to a close, a lot more cooking happened (I can't promise a new recipe was tried every month, but we ate out less and cooked at home more), and I submitted a piece of writing each month...in the form of grants, forms, and stories for the Des Moines Children's Museum. Selfie World and that hot air balloon ride never happened, but for the good reasons of other plans and life changes took precedence.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWvSxCE8Eq5WmUtzMQsPp3sj4Kkktibbv-lpXd_G2086NhPmvS92WnzohcIbx3cscKyt_J67Y-olQzGzjIaZnCLhgX10CD12XOPR4RS_kvcnXNwSwQkgcCed5wM6cvO_BeeM2O81P_RgX8YM0ovj8O8qEImwt2SACE0peMjG63szgVG2L4GSDx2wtbT0/s4032/PXL_20231230_191719176.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWvSxCE8Eq5WmUtzMQsPp3sj4Kkktibbv-lpXd_G2086NhPmvS92WnzohcIbx3cscKyt_J67Y-olQzGzjIaZnCLhgX10CD12XOPR4RS_kvcnXNwSwQkgcCed5wM6cvO_BeeM2O81P_RgX8YM0ovj8O8qEImwt2SACE0peMjG63szgVG2L4GSDx2wtbT0/w240-h320/PXL_20231230_191719176.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">More important than completing this list was knowing what we needed to concentrate on last year and we threw ourselves into it. As a result, a big life transition went as seamlessly as they come. Honestly, I kinda impressed myself with it, but it absolutely wouldn't be so if it weren't for the amazing support system we surround ourselves with.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before I could move forward with my 2024 list, I had to take a look back. I reflect, I identify where I'd like to better myself, and why. This helps me set new goals every single year. I thought long and hard. As sad as it makes me, we're past our day trips and long road trips phase. The minis each have their own lives they're forming and have activities, dances, projects, classes, jobs, and friends they need and want to be around for. It's been rather hard to leave the era of hoping in the car on a whim on the weekends and heading to a state park, festival, or another state for a getaway, but it has been one of the greatest gifts to watch my minis come into their own. As I made this year's list, I kept all of that in mind. I did have to really think about it, what would make me happy, what my children wanted to accomplish and how that fit in with my own goals.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>1.)</b><i> Get back into community events. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Sure, I go to a lot of events with my job, but I want to go to and enjoy community events in my free time. I still feel as though we're coming out of our Covid era cocoon, so I want to be mindful of being involved again. </span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>2.)</b> <i>See the Northern Lights. <span style="font-size: x-small;">This one keeps making the list year after year. There are no trips to Alaska or anywhere else, but I'm extremely hopeful we/I can make a quick trip up north whenever they're predicted. I imagine it to be a grand adventure.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>3.)</b> <i>Hike more. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Hiking took a back seat last year and I miss it. My mind and body are better when they're active. I'm focusing more on quick, local hikes or bike trails rather than hiking trips, much to my dismay. I'm not giving a number to the amount of hikes I'd like to do, but enough to make myself feel good and clear my mind.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>4.) </b><i>Concentrate on friendships. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Let's be real, when you have young kids, maintaining friendships is a lot of work. Luckily, I have some very patient and lifelong friends in my corner. As my kids grow and focus on their own relationships, I have much more time for my own again. I want to socialize more, go out again, and catch up with every single on of them.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>5.) </b><i>Finish that book. <span style="font-size: x-small;">That book that has been written for over a year, that's still waiting for the colors on all of the pages, before I self publish again. I thought hard about putting 'writing query letters' as one of my goals, but I do a lot of writing already in my day job that I don't want to burn myself out.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>6.)</b> <i>Show my backyard some love. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Lots and lots of love. For the past 6 years, our backyard has been a playground. It's beloved and well used. It needs A LOT of love and care, landscaping, weeding, seeding, and everything in between. I hope to come up with a good plan to set in motion in the spring.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>7.) </b><i>Say I love you more. <span style="font-size: x-small;">This needs no more explanation other than telling those around me that I love them and why.</span> </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>8.)</b> <i>Be gracious. <span style="font-size: x-small;">I want to be better about showing gratitude to those who make my daily life better and easier. I often forget to show my gratitude in the moment, whether I'm too busy or sometimes I'm overwhelmed with things. </span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>9.)</b> <i>Help my kids achieve their goals. <span style="font-size: x-small;">They all have their own goals now rather than a combined list as we have in the past. They have good, solid goals, some they need help achieving, others are a little silly. But I want them to accomplish them, so one of my goals is to be present as they achieve their own throughout the year.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>10.)</b> <i>Reduce the number of streaming services/monthly extras. <span style="font-size: x-small;">We are a family that currently subscribes to...well, a lot. Too many and we can easily get rid of some. I'm hopeful this will set aside extra money for a vacation/weekend home in the coming years.</span></i></span></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-92162976483533957542023-12-22T11:01:00.002-06:002023-12-22T11:01:58.525-06:00Happy Holidays<p> <br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuwVkKia0dPlXQfmwk527xrDMmKWkLUUYcWD1LXsThb5AnPWV1-ceHlutbCvoSdnujko4jLZWf_Heh5XzIhSvzU5IjsTa6gVYtDXQM6xL4pGd-z26hpqCBsZV51FH4oVOuyMHMupFyxC55qKRmUZlB4WbQWwaxQQXrvdwtw2Rbl2IwKaXn0PM9ToyFF9o/s1800/White%20And%20Blue%20Simple%20Happy%20Holidays%20Greeting%20Card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuwVkKia0dPlXQfmwk527xrDMmKWkLUUYcWD1LXsThb5AnPWV1-ceHlutbCvoSdnujko4jLZWf_Heh5XzIhSvzU5IjsTa6gVYtDXQM6xL4pGd-z26hpqCBsZV51FH4oVOuyMHMupFyxC55qKRmUZlB4WbQWwaxQQXrvdwtw2Rbl2IwKaXn0PM9ToyFF9o/w320-h213/White%20And%20Blue%20Simple%20Happy%20Holidays%20Greeting%20Card.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Here we are at the end of December. I have months of life to catch up on here, pictures to share, children's activities tell all about. Admittedly, life has been hectic. 2023 was quite a life changing year. We've been busy living in the moments, which hasn't left much time to go back and recap for my faithful followers. I'll get to it eventually, so I'll only apologize for my tardiness.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>We took a break from traveling this year and instead focused on building our life at home and in the community. We did fit in a couple of trips to Minnesota and a trip to St. Louis (where we totaled yet another Highlander, thus leading us back to minivan life. If you need any tips on handling insurance after an accident and navigating car buying in a terrible market, I'm your gal). It was a huge year of growth for all five of us. </i></span><i style="font-family: verdana;">Hiking weekends and day trips through Iowa took a backseat to work, community events, school activities, and friends.</i><i style="font-family: verdana;"> I went into this year expecting to take it easy, breathe, and fully immerse myself in every moment. I can say the last goal was the only one we successfully hit. </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUFPyZ9Jkki645MrYfnx2YA1b9U7M15UJiHi_YLs8_RA-m0vIEMhNv-NNAn22BJEWRdTknvfk_nwjhO2sr_E4FPOQoNzlB6p0eEDSIjxOxXVSHnunQM1UWPJMVcKaz8kVVdn6JpECsaXWfgwuAlsrklC8TIcbZJY4wTbT1VkFtZJAs1zDF8Iq-JHV0ro/s4032/PXL_20231210_014444733.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUFPyZ9Jkki645MrYfnx2YA1b9U7M15UJiHi_YLs8_RA-m0vIEMhNv-NNAn22BJEWRdTknvfk_nwjhO2sr_E4FPOQoNzlB6p0eEDSIjxOxXVSHnunQM1UWPJMVcKaz8kVVdn6JpECsaXWfgwuAlsrklC8TIcbZJY4wTbT1VkFtZJAs1zDF8Iq-JHV0ro/w240-h320/PXL_20231210_014444733.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Max, age 15.</b> At 6'2, he's now the tallest in the family. He became heavily involved in his school's art program and most recently, theater. He performed in the fall play of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crucible" target="_blank">The Crucible</a> and a stage reading of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Came_to_Dinner" target="_blank">The Man Who Came To Dinner</a>. His next feat will be competing in IHSSA this winter. He began a job at the <a href="https://dsmchildrensmuseum.com/">Des Moines Children's Museum</a> over the summer, where he occasionally has to work with mom. His days are quite busy between AP courses, work, theater, painting, and hanging out with friends. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Harrison, age 13.</b> The big news this week is that H finally hit 5'1. Yes, there's quite a height difference in our family! This fall Harrison made his way back into the dance studio and is enjoying his tap and jazz classes. He likes to gossip and spends a lot of time with friends or on the phone with them. No, actually video calls. He's in his last year of band playing the flute. The last few weeks have been busy with choosing high school courses for next year and career planning. Overall, he's ready to be done with middle school and move onto high school.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Elizabeth, age 11. </b>Middle school called her and she loves nearly every part of it. She's still heavily involved in dance and is currently in tap, ballet, jazz, and lyrical. When she's not dancing, you can find her watching YouTube shorts, playing her clarinet, trying new hairstyles, and putting on make up. She may be the most introverted of the minis and must have time to recharge in between socializing. She's also the most likely to get home from school, throw her back pack, and run out the door to hang out with her friends. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIL1A86uUChStaVMO2Lz-4VoCiGSZGU96rHRgf2jxxXzGC45gQoJUfqUDDfE7Xs-rHd1wfmRxAP6B5iAT1jbRE8N-hMryI6gqwfzddReksZoCX1GFu1QZl5Ef-HfuVuPh_Z7S_7VCrx1ezXBPxLAn52L0KDxJ0frSN2wBZOwVQJ43u9bATQUwJCNBq6g/s3668/PXL_20231127_020353260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3668" data-original-width="2192" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIL1A86uUChStaVMO2Lz-4VoCiGSZGU96rHRgf2jxxXzGC45gQoJUfqUDDfE7Xs-rHd1wfmRxAP6B5iAT1jbRE8N-hMryI6gqwfzddReksZoCX1GFu1QZl5Ef-HfuVuPh_Z7S_7VCrx1ezXBPxLAn52L0KDxJ0frSN2wBZOwVQJ43u9bATQUwJCNBq6g/w191-h320/PXL_20231127_020353260.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Matt, we're not mentioning age. Matt is still with Cintas and chose to go back on a route over the summer. He was over his unpredictable schedules. Now, he has most Fridays off and gets to take over carpool duties.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkl_7qbN9dR8BhitZZXCkOBqPkolJcgs_QK5OAV-_4UZjsfCREIoLaKuNBlDqD2z9HF6meVgbSGc80Q9MrikdOJXRvDS_XloZ5YkCLgQDBtIm5fkAzE-2YX4rVeFQb_SGiRtConMT8-wNwipIqlIWzZpMIdArQDwDvTb1vzyqNhhG3i35qJi0Rajjjn4w/s3280/PXL_20231210_021537982.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkl_7qbN9dR8BhitZZXCkOBqPkolJcgs_QK5OAV-_4UZjsfCREIoLaKuNBlDqD2z9HF6meVgbSGc80Q9MrikdOJXRvDS_XloZ5YkCLgQDBtIm5fkAzE-2YX4rVeFQb_SGiRtConMT8-wNwipIqlIWzZpMIdArQDwDvTb1vzyqNhhG3i35qJi0Rajjjn4w/s320/PXL_20231210_021537982.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ashlen, age 39. Ashlen wrote a book, learned to write query letters, decided not to publish and instead made the decision to close her daycare to start a new career path. She left the Board of Directors of the <a href="https://dsmchildrensmuseum.com/" target="_blank">Des Moines Children's Museum</a> after six years and took a job as their Programs and Events Director. It's a place near and dear to her, so the switch from small business owner/daycare provider to wear-all-the-hats person has been a surprisingly easy adjustment. Somewhere in the middle of all that, she started a podcast (Playfully Persistent) with Julie about the Children's Museum. For the first time in her adult life, she owns more dresses and business clothes than she does sweat pants. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Zeus, age 3; Thor, Athena, and Flora, age 1. This was a hard year for all four furry best friends. We've been battling depressed animals (Zeus) and separation anxiety (Thor and Flora) with all of the changes, but they're managing. Zeus gets extra cuddles and treats, but thoroughly misses his little friends and hiking adventures. Thor is a "mommy's boy" and follows her around everywhere. He also discovered his love for the outdoors and now cries to go outside. Athena is mischievous and Flora is forever the scaredy cat who loves her preferred people (Max, Ashlen, and sometimes Elizabeth). A few weeks ago, Ashlen was watching a video on her phone and a baby in the video started crying. All four animals woke up from their naps and ran to windows and doors, looking alarmed. Zeus and Thor went right to Ashlen and tried to alert her to the crying child. We think they will forever be "daycare animals." All of the changes have hit them the hardest.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>As the year draws to a close, I think about all that has happened: the good, the bad, the really bad, the challenging, the fears, the unknowns, and everything I can't remember. They've all been felt, they've all been conquered, and they've all made us better. Thank you to those who add to our lives, who have been in our lives the last year, who played a role in our story. We are lucky and feel the love from each one of you. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Happy Holidays to all!</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>The Sheaffers</i></span></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-83416176753103637252023-10-09T22:31:00.009-05:002023-10-09T22:32:06.544-05:00June<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifd15u_vA95aTwb2GWKIvLU3CHDxN0Lko7qGuOqVgl_dBh69stPk3_HHGD8DgjPTqdCnyiayzSAhWhTekdU4FfJqQR4la9MrQ2b_9Y7Nb-W1aqinK2PpYGwPGFWXjerFn9UqdVDQQLv2FZ90QeDwopJgR7aQI25DNqbFjJx3UhiipSQ6DCwhVlqMDp8js/s4032/PXL_20230610_161111132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifd15u_vA95aTwb2GWKIvLU3CHDxN0Lko7qGuOqVgl_dBh69stPk3_HHGD8DgjPTqdCnyiayzSAhWhTekdU4FfJqQR4la9MrQ2b_9Y7Nb-W1aqinK2PpYGwPGFWXjerFn9UqdVDQQLv2FZ90QeDwopJgR7aQI25DNqbFjJx3UhiipSQ6DCwhVlqMDp8js/w400-h300/PXL_20230610_161111132.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">June is on par with December for us. All three minis have birthdays, there's the big dance recital, and the start of summer vacation. This June was no different, except it marked the beginning of the last summer of daycare. I made sure to plan all of their favorite activities, so every day in June was something different. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Somehow, the pictures uploaded all out of order, but it seems to fit our lifestyle: a little special, a lot of crazy and fun, and the special moments documented as well as possible.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX9x1CFI0isjmhq4z5drXU-LkkkxXzqdrlDkrTdmCdJ-LLyqiOYS_UWsxxNhcvWb---GDUG_E2lCc20e09wVQnDXkmoRXsbg-08wa2MEbHJQtCIrNxZPQkDMKsLnTIInjnxOlnvwy392uEN1L_n8IQSVe-6QME-Nf3tiNy-hukcy9jCno9T8D21zAkvA/s4032/PXL_20230701_010025935.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX9x1CFI0isjmhq4z5drXU-LkkkxXzqdrlDkrTdmCdJ-LLyqiOYS_UWsxxNhcvWb---GDUG_E2lCc20e09wVQnDXkmoRXsbg-08wa2MEbHJQtCIrNxZPQkDMKsLnTIInjnxOlnvwy392uEN1L_n8IQSVe-6QME-Nf3tiNy-hukcy9jCno9T8D21zAkvA/w300-h400/PXL_20230701_010025935.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cuddles on the couch. I love that she still wants hugs, kisses, and cuddles from us.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYA1tF32KidzUDyPGVk5QOuXqU9lF4rLGyQAi5iXGtZGI1W71rzOxDVC0DFMpXtbhEUKXsQIT2SHiLbd3-D6BkHtdiGVyc-GvbkjpE9ISH2VDAdawV3gBsp_CwI1815ZvDyptEoDkQb-ho5lLrjChVUrUIUM-pqKhU8he2YuXTcIdP5nrSkhn0FwVojz0/s4032/PXL_20230630_133017126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYA1tF32KidzUDyPGVk5QOuXqU9lF4rLGyQAi5iXGtZGI1W71rzOxDVC0DFMpXtbhEUKXsQIT2SHiLbd3-D6BkHtdiGVyc-GvbkjpE9ISH2VDAdawV3gBsp_CwI1815ZvDyptEoDkQb-ho5lLrjChVUrUIUM-pqKhU8he2YuXTcIdP5nrSkhn0FwVojz0/w400-h300/PXL_20230630_133017126.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I took two days off to help with the summer camps I planned at the Museum. I laughed when I saw these papers spread all around the floor for body tracing.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_T6oD_XNiWjFWmNRGS5PP4RVaKqjABtCJGHCeSxC0-mvf2AlDrLymXWx0D0xuHrspLuvYV0gjS_zPlzZXWPj8NwStD-dEBV-j3PEJWfCN5LT1Mbz6nCqt8MFSrJd8mhpBZfNsEQ8NhzO5migO9bnlSvTCzyAatwuzHN918XSQDFtPxnxvzKLHkNIbiM/s4032/PXL_20230629_201350275.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_T6oD_XNiWjFWmNRGS5PP4RVaKqjABtCJGHCeSxC0-mvf2AlDrLymXWx0D0xuHrspLuvYV0gjS_zPlzZXWPj8NwStD-dEBV-j3PEJWfCN5LT1Mbz6nCqt8MFSrJd8mhpBZfNsEQ8NhzO5migO9bnlSvTCzyAatwuzHN918XSQDFtPxnxvzKLHkNIbiM/w300-h400/PXL_20230629_201350275.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have a variety of drinks going throughout the day: water and then I alternate between Body Armor, Coke, tea, and/or coffee.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqF6MQ7bQVMwjdKpCPGjMevzsVbzvn3I2Bj47jvjhQObVd-X-bMOtY95DhwQyW5fLzoav75-p3gAGqEYJAIZ0PIt1BeqeewpbwEDoC9RMUAG-VxuHEqAHpMZuW9bltc6bJwqir5ilg7lIzeAgwxEcj9EB2o0ji536Puav3TP9WTwhDW7zZZE20PdM9yE/s4032/PXL_20230627_152657047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqF6MQ7bQVMwjdKpCPGjMevzsVbzvn3I2Bj47jvjhQObVd-X-bMOtY95DhwQyW5fLzoav75-p3gAGqEYJAIZ0PIt1BeqeewpbwEDoC9RMUAG-VxuHEqAHpMZuW9bltc6bJwqir5ilg7lIzeAgwxEcj9EB2o0ji536Puav3TP9WTwhDW7zZZE20PdM9yE/w300-h400/PXL_20230627_152657047.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A few summers ago we did a Festivals Around The World theme. One of their favorites from that summer was Holi Festival (pronounced Holy, which I just found out this summer after pronouncing it Holly for years), so naturally, we had to have ourselves another Holi Festival. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYvMaP3UNj4HEXnvZtOobyznO28_bVqTlsVuEn8pQU8CwO6df5eUb3jcRIXYgIWseoZBXUSAZBA-Ee11ykB7s_NalDcB6PooF0nWJ8WPjXkaa-A_ceh0sdgDtBVhMV3cXOjBJRlmEJFhajIvdXpvf-wOciyPKkmNg3gJ-3zj1QDd6-JakYWVlS4Dvdeg/s4032/PXL_20230627_152331376.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYvMaP3UNj4HEXnvZtOobyznO28_bVqTlsVuEn8pQU8CwO6df5eUb3jcRIXYgIWseoZBXUSAZBA-Ee11ykB7s_NalDcB6PooF0nWJ8WPjXkaa-A_ceh0sdgDtBVhMV3cXOjBJRlmEJFhajIvdXpvf-wOciyPKkmNg3gJ-3zj1QDd6-JakYWVlS4Dvdeg/w300-h400/PXL_20230627_152331376.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFqkcu5Hkb3tao9IpzOnlL3wEjjivY44CzzL6DHjXuWZGOXGTtwwD5wX-WTMYnfJ7AjXSyYStWIoxxQCdyTq_8qP7M9Kb8R_duj6uPYfsVhIjabU4m3viggijjO6wM5jkksboQU_EpOaHi48goDH4tqUbMEgt4B0hCXCpSP07WTlSxQtFOP1iHaQPfHo/s4032/PXL_20230627_152327756.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFqkcu5Hkb3tao9IpzOnlL3wEjjivY44CzzL6DHjXuWZGOXGTtwwD5wX-WTMYnfJ7AjXSyYStWIoxxQCdyTq_8qP7M9Kb8R_duj6uPYfsVhIjabU4m3viggijjO6wM5jkksboQU_EpOaHi48goDH4tqUbMEgt4B0hCXCpSP07WTlSxQtFOP1iHaQPfHo/w300-h400/PXL_20230627_152327756.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h7RmXX_0XbUfxlkYFm0TSBOFWcV4b96GxCK16kwMctQaxxkbKOtFw8QjdJBI6yddRZOjzh0bVPHEIcb_L7UefhUb50jiYeNsVaCOJ__FyZKQmsZv-pFf2tMIuWmTl2t3Skp9P1dDgl0u1ff0Qo2wL-729TpEDNQI3gB3ZcjEv6v0QxSnB4V7RV6b0os/s3925/PXL_20230627_151919888~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="3925" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h7RmXX_0XbUfxlkYFm0TSBOFWcV4b96GxCK16kwMctQaxxkbKOtFw8QjdJBI6yddRZOjzh0bVPHEIcb_L7UefhUb50jiYeNsVaCOJ__FyZKQmsZv-pFf2tMIuWmTl2t3Skp9P1dDgl0u1ff0Qo2wL-729TpEDNQI3gB3ZcjEv6v0QxSnB4V7RV6b0os/w400-h261/PXL_20230627_151919888~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqs1iyBWLQ9zVc1rUc5ee-D4l34L6QFMJAciyLXqW-Ut7Ie0xwUh24a2nxBAWC5-ViEMj-ppc-FdZbr20GvjHAz8ONe2ZSkJp7qTljzfkN9rBHSe4kfyFzeN1eQqPdaTdT62tS8koJnqYRiyb5MNQv8DThZEBBgWglLy4qPrkIgmHX-B-PeiQ6bSHITio/s4032/PXL_20230627_150738742.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqs1iyBWLQ9zVc1rUc5ee-D4l34L6QFMJAciyLXqW-Ut7Ie0xwUh24a2nxBAWC5-ViEMj-ppc-FdZbr20GvjHAz8ONe2ZSkJp7qTljzfkN9rBHSe4kfyFzeN1eQqPdaTdT62tS8koJnqYRiyb5MNQv8DThZEBBgWglLy4qPrkIgmHX-B-PeiQ6bSHITio/w400-h300/PXL_20230627_150738742.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckJ6UgNld6edOBaOvaQGmsoV11KwwYUCT7q3RTuqCudhg46__zoNz4tyRUg7ji3s09LHJP7Si0nOvXhycG3tqmwR7Y4JmWuF9MKRhNIfuPMf-kwx35HriPJExZap-ADb3PG8vgihpc7eQw7XQrNeTuPsE9k8sv1fYme0JGCLqPG8ei1bsIb2oTIquWzY/s4032/PXL_20230626_163642709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckJ6UgNld6edOBaOvaQGmsoV11KwwYUCT7q3RTuqCudhg46__zoNz4tyRUg7ji3s09LHJP7Si0nOvXhycG3tqmwR7Y4JmWuF9MKRhNIfuPMf-kwx35HriPJExZap-ADb3PG8vgihpc7eQw7XQrNeTuPsE9k8sv1fYme0JGCLqPG8ei1bsIb2oTIquWzY/w300-h400/PXL_20230626_163642709.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Plenty of board games were played all summer long. Their favorites: <a href="https://amzn.to/44NcG1w" target="_blank">Sorry!</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3P8dgBk" target="_blank">Just One</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3PvpdSW" target="_blank">Ticket to Ride</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/44KPPE3" target="_blank">Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza</a>, and <a href="https://amzn.to/44NcPSC" target="_blank">Cards Against Humanity Family Edition</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShEVEy6gc94AlRGwipo5cjj8tWqR2H_6Hm9DF1v0h7aFEFVRU53ZWqdzmaUfeE5oWR1ZF25zDr15Jnh4WDNgdfxOY9onxWuFFkHso_6-ucZKMk8gOe6wOOVxRStmlt91nTSxKI_D5h4GBdbXqfjRd6-vYhwJu_cS0o-9GgpM-m0BuXRZjfJNEzr0NSck/s4032/PXL_20230626_135648439.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShEVEy6gc94AlRGwipo5cjj8tWqR2H_6Hm9DF1v0h7aFEFVRU53ZWqdzmaUfeE5oWR1ZF25zDr15Jnh4WDNgdfxOY9onxWuFFkHso_6-ucZKMk8gOe6wOOVxRStmlt91nTSxKI_D5h4GBdbXqfjRd6-vYhwJu_cS0o-9GgpM-m0BuXRZjfJNEzr0NSck/w400-h300/PXL_20230626_135648439.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We finally used up another bag of dirt from <a href="https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/crater-diamonds-state-park" target="_blank">Craters of Diamonds State Park</a> from our visit back in 2016. No diamonds were discovered, but the kids spent an entire day sifting through the dirt, cleaning small pebbles and asking if I thought it could be a diamond.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WzZ7y2bOlN5_jVhnPToDZQlsjDu823zjAAlXzPxaZNAtHMl55syaJkfmDrDnLkOBVu7H53JGGBM5x-3wzQpFPvxsQ_fuzL3WxTDHOxXOJDc43YtxbeYwAgPaQU07tg1cHIIh8Zb05ffGvhq0Uq4HA6xGduqtK4WG9UmYeE19mmHeEmHDhtnzzi6to04/s4032/PXL_20230625_214752385.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WzZ7y2bOlN5_jVhnPToDZQlsjDu823zjAAlXzPxaZNAtHMl55syaJkfmDrDnLkOBVu7H53JGGBM5x-3wzQpFPvxsQ_fuzL3WxTDHOxXOJDc43YtxbeYwAgPaQU07tg1cHIIh8Zb05ffGvhq0Uq4HA6xGduqtK4WG9UmYeE19mmHeEmHDhtnzzi6to04/w300-h400/PXL_20230625_214752385.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two cousins walking through grandma's yard.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKY_n8db_wZgexLPH6fKW0YzCFGPzSKfDarTrgliuWbgNYRXaPj0GCvdu32N5DdHYYRR-IeCjvwrj_WjjGJ_Bb-tmu19P_pLKALBgT5iD9IOJPvTrR9Sw_-gMAEIi-LDev9Kgb5k16h2KpBX1UXDTiRG6fJ3NcVIBe6p3gbtUgJrmccNsbrpbQtaFYx3U/s4032/PXL_20230625_183713140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKY_n8db_wZgexLPH6fKW0YzCFGPzSKfDarTrgliuWbgNYRXaPj0GCvdu32N5DdHYYRR-IeCjvwrj_WjjGJ_Bb-tmu19P_pLKALBgT5iD9IOJPvTrR9Sw_-gMAEIi-LDev9Kgb5k16h2KpBX1UXDTiRG6fJ3NcVIBe6p3gbtUgJrmccNsbrpbQtaFYx3U/w300-h400/PXL_20230625_183713140.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We took a hike around Purple Martin Lake. It was a very serene scene, minus the ticks and the gopher that tried to pop up out of the dirt on us! The dog was also not thrilled that this was not a swimming lake.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTYWew2W-N0PF46Zk3j2XQnwehZiyG9XpbC2HLN3k34G59ciFDF7wlzmDKeNy462FjMjUXUpa76mdaEhfI3GQB6NMcHEtJJTS7maNJN4F0cRu7XtiZy33HzwhKsWkEPjX2oi7uoCPFtWyg8JYVFBdOAQ4fG0AI5fB_0-1cj9wwn_AXoa1oPoCeWeq8cI/s4032/PXL_20230625_183621877.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTYWew2W-N0PF46Zk3j2XQnwehZiyG9XpbC2HLN3k34G59ciFDF7wlzmDKeNy462FjMjUXUpa76mdaEhfI3GQB6NMcHEtJJTS7maNJN4F0cRu7XtiZy33HzwhKsWkEPjX2oi7uoCPFtWyg8JYVFBdOAQ4fG0AI5fB_0-1cj9wwn_AXoa1oPoCeWeq8cI/w400-h300/PXL_20230625_183621877.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjozyothLVeiuPtfTFpSwWT6yXwQlEs3sZB101Li-uI5tFFgWZKqcwKL_nRcZAo-Vbh7QryyGEvNNrqYqpmu7oMViVqUBYKPHpBgpRH9Q-fFTJn1YH6kv0DRXHyLs_I-o1TXT0_sUU6KErVRgqchrPBKMnDCiQPnnpvBU22K3yAXDlItskHiGKu4vpL0Eo/s3280/PXL_20230625_183608209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I tried a Climbing Kites for the first time (delicious and did wonders to calm me down for the night), but not without controversy. The minis obviously saw me drinking this and the youngest judged me hard, telling me I'm probably going to be arrested for drinking this legal drink (that half of the other visitors of the festival were also drinking). 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It also started by summer love affair with Simply Spiked drinks.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_140Z1sNPhzjOEC0DCMoKq1QuMxGr3foVaeusV16o0Ng6H5p3e7rxKQ_phQqqFKcSP9t-Xdh3XCyEUUWmvOGhO91H42SE4QqD05KEyNTdzt98NioTQbZzq5k6Yl4b04tdFmuUnBOK7RM3bRNqO0NE-fqaRjw1Ny_ysqRSrcmhdxevW3WwnvWqpw2gNA/s4032/PXL_20230623_011753933.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_140Z1sNPhzjOEC0DCMoKq1QuMxGr3foVaeusV16o0Ng6H5p3e7rxKQ_phQqqFKcSP9t-Xdh3XCyEUUWmvOGhO91H42SE4QqD05KEyNTdzt98NioTQbZzq5k6Yl4b04tdFmuUnBOK7RM3bRNqO0NE-fqaRjw1Ny_ysqRSrcmhdxevW3WwnvWqpw2gNA/w300-h400/PXL_20230623_011753933.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjey2ZwxYamgis2iaS3iipYf48M7DH7IP90iJyBLmQMlOtp7uWO8FRalOsOerv8-XIsB7SIhrpuJfDWvJHcejKWKoEpnPAXtZlNNb_Q5kTzvSnxWjQyYYHjYG6y9kfJpu3rGrDLxAnfSy3VDIgigUcCTqzAaYHdRVyQ86xPweYiyj4L3sZUeez89WmRfug/s4032/PXL_20230623_001654756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjey2ZwxYamgis2iaS3iipYf48M7DH7IP90iJyBLmQMlOtp7uWO8FRalOsOerv8-XIsB7SIhrpuJfDWvJHcejKWKoEpnPAXtZlNNb_Q5kTzvSnxWjQyYYHjYG6y9kfJpu3rGrDLxAnfSy3VDIgigUcCTqzAaYHdRVyQ86xPweYiyj4L3sZUeez89WmRfug/w300-h400/PXL_20230623_001654756.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g4x709ZxSmYvSGZLm7mD8kfUiXZbRL5H30c1UUvgfyr6ZG0xMDbRUOflI5u9E8J9XU6iR762wNBuUfclG6xijbwgGdpMn7mJpHBm6IwIU1vEz6vLrEPfB76cdPHMtf_vBR-OfwKLafgnP2lTlujqyoPlqIdk6-lbGCQiHFDjzVgS4Bv-pkX2yFG5mBI/s4032/PXL_20230622_203957394.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g4x709ZxSmYvSGZLm7mD8kfUiXZbRL5H30c1UUvgfyr6ZG0xMDbRUOflI5u9E8J9XU6iR762wNBuUfclG6xijbwgGdpMn7mJpHBm6IwIU1vEz6vLrEPfB76cdPHMtf_vBR-OfwKLafgnP2lTlujqyoPlqIdk6-lbGCQiHFDjzVgS4Bv-pkX2yFG5mBI/w300-h400/PXL_20230622_203957394.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"We're just doing make up tutorials, please get out." I heard this all summer long, but it was so innocent and sweet, I couldn't get mad about it.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYN0PWLB3Du99MBqJHyx17LhBEm_Xs3M9sNT9Ot47X1Ob7PDdcEz1l51xVPNTWre2qQfBwWDs2brghNFa1igsaUHK6GO8EHXhD-nds8QyZQi0FL4PjlpVdNaLC4zc6AwgDEKl4QvwU2xu__jEcM9bDFMx1kHwRmNjmuoUxrEbPRvpORuBOaHx97H1KNY/s4032/PXL_20230622_202834777.jpg" style="clear: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYN0PWLB3Du99MBqJHyx17LhBEm_Xs3M9sNT9Ot47X1Ob7PDdcEz1l51xVPNTWre2qQfBwWDs2brghNFa1igsaUHK6GO8EHXhD-nds8QyZQi0FL4PjlpVdNaLC4zc6AwgDEKl4QvwU2xu__jEcM9bDFMx1kHwRmNjmuoUxrEbPRvpORuBOaHx97H1KNY/w300-h400/PXL_20230622_202834777.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bubbles Day.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vjMFQDMNrL3YSqr1WZJ2P8YeO5CC5sZQxOrITCL0y0DA29x5MPhlimOMl1-RantXQZfr-JKoaSexM7lprsMax7ifKm_dShSHXcK0RjQYtnC-xe6gsUMaQ2tgMcQEm5o7qowSYUgMt8ae1Egb7vo5Gm1hajpsMQqpZuDBBWAVRAALpO_B_U924RE8qu0/s4032/PXL_20230622_202758399.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vjMFQDMNrL3YSqr1WZJ2P8YeO5CC5sZQxOrITCL0y0DA29x5MPhlimOMl1-RantXQZfr-JKoaSexM7lprsMax7ifKm_dShSHXcK0RjQYtnC-xe6gsUMaQ2tgMcQEm5o7qowSYUgMt8ae1Egb7vo5Gm1hajpsMQqpZuDBBWAVRAALpO_B_U924RE8qu0/w400-h300/PXL_20230622_202758399.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvJz2n1pk6KUbDamFPGZJz0kGe8APRxG-WliB4fnYRtlHz0Bj8ZopyPjsBl_5XNLJtrn81CcRhDrjU8Uyd18nVHHD2PBUFQL5MbHtQLOtgY9mec_DM54YxbO4_tGvTC7iXwPR8dnhp7nXCi96tSijpa1Ut3QzWHv7YwcTxkbJlSIRHGuo6tZxZmHG4QQ/s4032/PXL_20230620_174922010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvJz2n1pk6KUbDamFPGZJz0kGe8APRxG-WliB4fnYRtlHz0Bj8ZopyPjsBl_5XNLJtrn81CcRhDrjU8Uyd18nVHHD2PBUFQL5MbHtQLOtgY9mec_DM54YxbO4_tGvTC7iXwPR8dnhp7nXCi96tSijpa1Ut3QzWHv7YwcTxkbJlSIRHGuo6tZxZmHG4QQ/w300-h400/PXL_20230620_174922010.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I told the oldest to get away from his phone and computer and to make something. I was more irritated than I should have been about it and then the joke was on me because he walked out of his room 20 minutes later and had made two paintings like this.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_bVVKPzY1_7g5qoz-V4wfsCM5M__Q2_H98VggqePDil_ukkwWplTrJ0JCwETzcS3ePOOiko4_sk9IdhsPAKi3za10ecWhzRtuYiqcQky1gHeW-Ui3h_g0-ulfsYJyEk97n-73VyFo8w4e4LV5PRsOu5J-kb0dRwY2Otfo6yVOmPzByHFdGKU_jUaUks/s4032/PXL_20230620_154252903.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_bVVKPzY1_7g5qoz-V4wfsCM5M__Q2_H98VggqePDil_ukkwWplTrJ0JCwETzcS3ePOOiko4_sk9IdhsPAKi3za10ecWhzRtuYiqcQky1gHeW-Ui3h_g0-ulfsYJyEk97n-73VyFo8w4e4LV5PRsOu5J-kb0dRwY2Otfo6yVOmPzByHFdGKU_jUaUks/w300-h400/PXL_20230620_154252903.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have no clue what they were making, but we baked a lot of cookies over the summer.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQgwCzE-xLnFS6_hrxWyHVqFAsQj6AKaRfdF0p6Rq5hD0aSqQFgZ8qYO24LZTve7woC98uMgASW7zM5DVN-d0h3PJfcRnU-ytehQllc_2ttXoNoDt-VFM_dvIwYwsU1XsOZfHrqG_ZVUxmulAPGJvyQrg3ktTNLs6e0z94g6P7xXnAtpsVwUtOMoffxQ/s4032/PXL_20230620_134350024.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQgwCzE-xLnFS6_hrxWyHVqFAsQj6AKaRfdF0p6Rq5hD0aSqQFgZ8qYO24LZTve7woC98uMgASW7zM5DVN-d0h3PJfcRnU-ytehQllc_2ttXoNoDt-VFM_dvIwYwsU1XsOZfHrqG_ZVUxmulAPGJvyQrg3ktTNLs6e0z94g6P7xXnAtpsVwUtOMoffxQ/w300-h400/PXL_20230620_134350024.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There were several late night pizza orders and on this night, a late night McDonald's drive thru after one of two dance recitals. The minis once again had me laughing when they showed me this "hack" for holding your food and being able to drink your soda.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuOv0ZiXX7uX-zNQiD-zX1PSMKJgZwXvEkZyrxmdj8HUM-m9tAI2adUhIXKR4NQwRi37ADJFPERBKK5xa4yadV05ZVbdpEvaqPLbW3e9TOBWYb6-LiSKZ6cAW6qpW1qj4_4qBazAotY1_YZ9fZZbIgQx8Gnlq7507dqTzLs-jruB00lCVoYf-O0--ksA/s4032/PXL_20230618_023543288.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuOv0ZiXX7uX-zNQiD-zX1PSMKJgZwXvEkZyrxmdj8HUM-m9tAI2adUhIXKR4NQwRi37ADJFPERBKK5xa4yadV05ZVbdpEvaqPLbW3e9TOBWYb6-LiSKZ6cAW6qpW1qj4_4qBazAotY1_YZ9fZZbIgQx8Gnlq7507dqTzLs-jruB00lCVoYf-O0--ksA/w400-h300/PXL_20230618_023543288.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBgLiA1WqgvZBNZNbfq9GSTj2YKyFu8kATiFoTdHociNlBrgVGWzvqAw4WS6V2R5oj5SEw8vn_pbaOkn9VZiNOEZW0G47WYQmWXHU7PfByZwAxmEmd9gu5L9f2f4NmtbB4RwUPgY0om0tyqdlvpTSTgxRNJawNs6SsLJNFXnD6xxzrRPh_cuPSZOJ0j0/s4032/PXL_20230618_023000894.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBgLiA1WqgvZBNZNbfq9GSTj2YKyFu8kATiFoTdHociNlBrgVGWzvqAw4WS6V2R5oj5SEw8vn_pbaOkn9VZiNOEZW0G47WYQmWXHU7PfByZwAxmEmd9gu5L9f2f4NmtbB4RwUPgY0om0tyqdlvpTSTgxRNJawNs6SsLJNFXnD6xxzrRPh_cuPSZOJ0j0/w300-h400/PXL_20230618_023000894.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-Ra_AdkQ2pP8xsW6H7mjqLB-aclmdY2ZEOfMp9TWs18obqZx1G_PXjcFUSwoWKuRNKtMszWKWjL0txpe4Rv2Mu83D_TNisFLRTGkIY0-fVgSjbPD-6PuCiPjOukWlfZ0OHXAA3ADs2g2Hm3L1eZCmBmFZpaRYV0QHy61CzAY91pj5yD2fx09KOeA78A/s4032/PXL_20230618_022943553.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-Ra_AdkQ2pP8xsW6H7mjqLB-aclmdY2ZEOfMp9TWs18obqZx1G_PXjcFUSwoWKuRNKtMszWKWjL0txpe4Rv2Mu83D_TNisFLRTGkIY0-fVgSjbPD-6PuCiPjOukWlfZ0OHXAA3ADs2g2Hm3L1eZCmBmFZpaRYV0QHy61CzAY91pj5yD2fx09KOeA78A/w300-h400/PXL_20230618_022943553.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The youngest did absolutely amazing at her recitals! We were beyond impressed with her abilities. On the second night, the middle mini decided he wanted to catch the show. By intermission, he had decided to return to dance in the fall to further his jazz and tap skills. Usually, when this kid makes up his mind about something, he sticks to it, so I was beyond proud of his ability to say yes to this again.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkdVKJQF3_CMC76jiJN-HScIi7b0S1v3dhS6ArAanRO3NH735gfrB808VLuekCofafV4v9hHJLv_u3dSU4gz_M2bueDh_JnAOH2nXg9hBrMtJG0844ZReJyUZwB3oSLPGnz6WNn3bckEownXcUyyTYePwriUB-3QS4SiCeDCmrgOypsx9iSLdWC6QPWM/s4032/PXL_20230617_022850366.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkdVKJQF3_CMC76jiJN-HScIi7b0S1v3dhS6ArAanRO3NH735gfrB808VLuekCofafV4v9hHJLv_u3dSU4gz_M2bueDh_JnAOH2nXg9hBrMtJG0844ZReJyUZwB3oSLPGnz6WNn3bckEownXcUyyTYePwriUB-3QS4SiCeDCmrgOypsx9iSLdWC6QPWM/w300-h400/PXL_20230617_022850366.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-BFQSeiffPXUR0O3gqJHIOVgrpn3Zz6AFChNbCdlFfBKH_oK-_nbC_TU_Iqjy_suXQktnjxXHXWx2MsN0TOsaTMSZ7e1QG5D1MmQeSkr_LBEYsOGFJ5VIgNJOP9zZ8wx7TKvwxZx4i6t4_YzffZgJsdbsVly2L2EgAuBFc5VLXZvY9cFkyt6JUEE_PU/s3572/PXL_20230617_022847689~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3572" data-original-width="2300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-BFQSeiffPXUR0O3gqJHIOVgrpn3Zz6AFChNbCdlFfBKH_oK-_nbC_TU_Iqjy_suXQktnjxXHXWx2MsN0TOsaTMSZ7e1QG5D1MmQeSkr_LBEYsOGFJ5VIgNJOP9zZ8wx7TKvwxZx4i6t4_YzffZgJsdbsVly2L2EgAuBFc5VLXZvY9cFkyt6JUEE_PU/w258-h400/PXL_20230617_022847689~2.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjbJHG_9dLN9rwG0GS3v4oVPd8TFmAp0L4txvmWmg7BUUYebSnnrjTkgn3-m08YX7t6_nG2J7HiBinWyHtC02Of1XwW3ikhi2y4uc35FGg2pFT8CZZAOu88KixzhakbiZDZ1g6D3CndWyQYgi-MNXgnhx0ae77euI6Z_HUBb9g-eD3RJqJSNLEwlFWzs/s4032/PXL_20230616_173631380.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjbJHG_9dLN9rwG0GS3v4oVPd8TFmAp0L4txvmWmg7BUUYebSnnrjTkgn3-m08YX7t6_nG2J7HiBinWyHtC02Of1XwW3ikhi2y4uc35FGg2pFT8CZZAOu88KixzhakbiZDZ1g6D3CndWyQYgi-MNXgnhx0ae77euI6Z_HUBb9g-eD3RJqJSNLEwlFWzs/w300-h400/PXL_20230616_173631380.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Due to the recital days and times, I had to take full days off for rehearsals and such. We've made it a tradition that the morning of rehearsal and recital days, the minis and I have a special Mom and Minis Morning Out. On this day, we sipped coffee flights at <a href="https://bluebean.studio/coffee/" target="_blank">Blue Bean</a>, ran through <a href="http://www.cityofjohnston.com/1183/Splash-Pad-at-the-Town-Center" target="_blank">fountains at Johnston splash pad</a>, and grabbed a Nashville Hot sandwich from <a href="https://charlotteskitchendsm.com/" target="_blank">Charlotte's Kitchen</a>. All super fun and all highly recommended.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLuk1IPuEsbQk74VxOAj9hfhNFjR8xPDS0F_93uE_lHF_EvgooC6-IIErpolZMewD-TzNgWYDJcmJ2roxgtFZCsNze9xBFFBJ8aYKu0Sga-UoDbhsR1ofrZafDowat4wXA8N0_BrWYWtpT9_o5wCFRzF00NImKL-McWZ4pNE7tbHHXbjuwFXufGuuKY8/s4032/PXL_20230616_172803970.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLuk1IPuEsbQk74VxOAj9hfhNFjR8xPDS0F_93uE_lHF_EvgooC6-IIErpolZMewD-TzNgWYDJcmJ2roxgtFZCsNze9xBFFBJ8aYKu0Sga-UoDbhsR1ofrZafDowat4wXA8N0_BrWYWtpT9_o5wCFRzF00NImKL-McWZ4pNE7tbHHXbjuwFXufGuuKY8/w300-h400/PXL_20230616_172803970.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4TJegroUqBwdhrb2EUQrPteEQfNF6oEfw1ZKbxA4d9yMtkv9SF9O0T_CkMNrgvoz7t3imxFdj5wYB_2DhgRl9z1vciLQ0px75H6OtswNNWANQ1iP9JYAbT91Fk9uyDqcDdNIHUdzObg6sh6f7eyzshS-MM5VVLT1jVbVDWVwnzTUNfJ2d3EStwokP0I/s4032/PXL_20230616_172753372.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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She also had me laughing when she walked through the skywalk in tights with not a care in the world. Love this girl of mine!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0sBngMoWmx3-Jj0aIzKAZEg4iuuHmEfWbteuQRmxlO0RljqE1sOiJBFAHA_qC4ffpxzaTmurbp8yljJsqih9IbdSMvYrxwB5g3onCriCZKLsgSZU8W7AvDSfjN5DyglYSAd0huX6gApiUu6uckvHG4Gujk4fXTx37393drFEvWOSwFdzWDPQyUkodTk/s4032/PXL_20230615_011735254.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0sBngMoWmx3-Jj0aIzKAZEg4iuuHmEfWbteuQRmxlO0RljqE1sOiJBFAHA_qC4ffpxzaTmurbp8yljJsqih9IbdSMvYrxwB5g3onCriCZKLsgSZU8W7AvDSfjN5DyglYSAd0huX6gApiUu6uckvHG4Gujk4fXTx37393drFEvWOSwFdzWDPQyUkodTk/w400-h225/PXL_20230615_011735254.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7X2U3rCFZmlGs6_EcS4-4nO3-2HU0bRkd7FUQvIyDlYoC6PXroG_NyJXWPDQriKE7hEJvA8zJR8w2micMb9M0sBUlaNZA0za96DNAKwguoRYthnmS0QuFGnVZqVnu669AIdOKaiPcc8kXQ1OGyhEPZ0_Yfo5MdL9d-ambvCqQBjraeOxdSK66MIJgWQ/s4032/PXL_20230614_194919535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7X2U3rCFZmlGs6_EcS4-4nO3-2HU0bRkd7FUQvIyDlYoC6PXroG_NyJXWPDQriKE7hEJvA8zJR8w2micMb9M0sBUlaNZA0za96DNAKwguoRYthnmS0QuFGnVZqVnu669AIdOKaiPcc8kXQ1OGyhEPZ0_Yfo5MdL9d-ambvCqQBjraeOxdSK66MIJgWQ/w300-h400/PXL_20230614_194919535.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4CsV67NETDnhfKThobvvG_HYp3OenP32DcyrVibw-QdnBDJLduV0OMpjiM9LbnpzsyQzl1ZaMLf-GP5TleTUPM8xu2i3IlnGVqa-O2Aw7M3fc1G_3HzLPYec0EmMfGb79jknosJy_Mw6x4nczTUuGlnxrvXL6Gn30cI9MjQinX4OSl3YFUY5KPm5FisM/s4032/PXL_20230614_143707441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4CsV67NETDnhfKThobvvG_HYp3OenP32DcyrVibw-QdnBDJLduV0OMpjiM9LbnpzsyQzl1ZaMLf-GP5TleTUPM8xu2i3IlnGVqa-O2Aw7M3fc1G_3HzLPYec0EmMfGb79jknosJy_Mw6x4nczTUuGlnxrvXL6Gn30cI9MjQinX4OSl3YFUY5KPm5FisM/w300-h400/PXL_20230614_143707441.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Everyone was thrilled to learn our <a href="https://www.universalyums.com/" target="_blank">Universal Yums</a> boxes were back for the summer!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ2HU4J5feEdajE1j9nbZX3UeqpQLfYE6caBI_Y7Kz1leit9WY9R_2qi01BzLPBCsfUmLIEXEHRM1f_l9uEgbW5OtFLIfMrk-50nQwA63WrC7oMhiuh7H5x1ONZF1HkLBEP1p5rCDmmVceIbtYIKjxpEyw_Ttx9xD7hBP8ELVZMTMCFak3jBpCcDEFZI/s4032/PXL_20230613_152128729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ2HU4J5feEdajE1j9nbZX3UeqpQLfYE6caBI_Y7Kz1leit9WY9R_2qi01BzLPBCsfUmLIEXEHRM1f_l9uEgbW5OtFLIfMrk-50nQwA63WrC7oMhiuh7H5x1ONZF1HkLBEP1p5rCDmmVceIbtYIKjxpEyw_Ttx9xD7hBP8ELVZMTMCFak3jBpCcDEFZI/w400-h300/PXL_20230613_152128729.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The new <a href="https://amzn.to/45orAM0" target="_blank">water slide</a> was a hit!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKxUWHaL5ATGnwEAKNZDgc2uh8WKYaf0gP6o78kWtr4B09a9ADmk90VtggHWy045p3W9O_6ydpzPs-xApFA_e_rHnlIH29DLUaKfbAA-INhWXhOnzG7AdQhHWruo3vItFTaIeUFXm2ceJVedk3xN72qdl4etOrhlqdK8W_lk2X8jUZFleeJpxkYMNYEg/s4032/PXL_20230613_115549275.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKxUWHaL5ATGnwEAKNZDgc2uh8WKYaf0gP6o78kWtr4B09a9ADmk90VtggHWy045p3W9O_6ydpzPs-xApFA_e_rHnlIH29DLUaKfbAA-INhWXhOnzG7AdQhHWruo3vItFTaIeUFXm2ceJVedk3xN72qdl4etOrhlqdK8W_lk2X8jUZFleeJpxkYMNYEg/w400-h300/PXL_20230613_115549275.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was gifted cacti for a belated Mother's Day. I've wanted cacti, but I did not plan on the kittens playing with them!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0cHWui7t6BOF-mNuAOKmI_-MjoWH0SacEmwJ0jIBgC9-gEL2xrsfbWBl1N6OkwpzBchnF97mrNDl3T7g0YR_KDshcMPH9Vg6Id_mMqjBk8Z420AWhjFZ-mfyyJ61YSKUOcZemgQnIfI_hbUdOxzYoKq_tZmJQXoqo1lifS7hkL7XkScR5IvA1yVf5z4/s4032/PXL_20230613_011729265.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0cHWui7t6BOF-mNuAOKmI_-MjoWH0SacEmwJ0jIBgC9-gEL2xrsfbWBl1N6OkwpzBchnF97mrNDl3T7g0YR_KDshcMPH9Vg6Id_mMqjBk8Z420AWhjFZ-mfyyJ61YSKUOcZemgQnIfI_hbUdOxzYoKq_tZmJQXoqo1lifS7hkL7XkScR5IvA1yVf5z4/w300-h400/PXL_20230613_011729265.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As seen on Tik Tok: seeing if you can eat a McDonald's cheeseburger in one bite. Only one of us could, but we all had fun trying. In case it wasn't evident, my summer was filled with weird Tik Tok challenges and "tries."</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0MYhjq1sXrfToGvQpd6e6Bx8I7pYg3amhKrBezoKHej3QfM630ZjK_0jm0lr5hJh5hPm7dBWZD2ilUjCRdfCg0Zn3SkEXf_4J_a4GgYhvfeeCuxafW_JlrwEVid1mX6QMsG9YorX3fGdYwbLdQDMwIGsHEmjz3wk8CxjWsHDwxGaMtbX373EyxDAjg0/s4032/PXL_20230613_011603513.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0MYhjq1sXrfToGvQpd6e6Bx8I7pYg3amhKrBezoKHej3QfM630ZjK_0jm0lr5hJh5hPm7dBWZD2ilUjCRdfCg0Zn3SkEXf_4J_a4GgYhvfeeCuxafW_JlrwEVid1mX6QMsG9YorX3fGdYwbLdQDMwIGsHEmjz3wk8CxjWsHDwxGaMtbX373EyxDAjg0/w300-h400/PXL_20230613_011603513.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCmSLW_I4lO32DyqD01Jv54-dq_E6EVNtLROCDYmw3JCsReKTdoLLoK5xwgcGVyVkwc-IdcLLOJi9pcWKK9HbKMiEJjnbrGjBGvFoZ_L-fjeRA5OJLfw_6-5T0huXgIMo43Bd9Lig8hhAh6eP2vmuJxQNUlWEiWB9dk7C2pTOtL2w4IARJtRTtd4w8Lo/s4032/PXL_20230613_011510984.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCmSLW_I4lO32DyqD01Jv54-dq_E6EVNtLROCDYmw3JCsReKTdoLLoK5xwgcGVyVkwc-IdcLLOJi9pcWKK9HbKMiEJjnbrGjBGvFoZ_L-fjeRA5OJLfw_6-5T0huXgIMo43Bd9Lig8hhAh6eP2vmuJxQNUlWEiWB9dk7C2pTOtL2w4IARJtRTtd4w8Lo/w300-h400/PXL_20230613_011510984.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidEBUWCpvyoqhjomSrDc2e6byTOYHEDM1MvZLWGhOCiMC8-vuVfVKTL9H7kJD33ieW4UOnlNVjjE0slM04XLkCACzgFL6wrCTCZ6gMZ8g2OVOJ3H3rZTSMjDejPNbp2cH50b6Yd2ZbtE6Pf0dGtE3Z4Qr-uZQ2gQDKU_OJ6EfWAnCMO4E1j8IYBVEFknQ/s4032/PXL_20230613_011455185.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidEBUWCpvyoqhjomSrDc2e6byTOYHEDM1MvZLWGhOCiMC8-vuVfVKTL9H7kJD33ieW4UOnlNVjjE0slM04XLkCACzgFL6wrCTCZ6gMZ8g2OVOJ3H3rZTSMjDejPNbp2cH50b6Yd2ZbtE6Pf0dGtE3Z4Qr-uZQ2gQDKU_OJ6EfWAnCMO4E1j8IYBVEFknQ/w300-h400/PXL_20230613_011455185.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxPwzbPh8gVzqVc_Y-Usfwf-Qmj7kpX7mo7AkdKln6iSChQgM50aNlMx-hkNGnHDt3vmv_NbnKkduwE8cG36hdapzYD_13-Pmpk2eRtJQEe15OMOQ3Ma-w79pes_6tlVnQ4BUBDadnXWhO_YQ7cJkmVv4YZOjPmIpODi7fiOt8OECfyMGnxxZ2tve8Ck/s4032/PXL_20230612_143055067.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxPwzbPh8gVzqVc_Y-Usfwf-Qmj7kpX7mo7AkdKln6iSChQgM50aNlMx-hkNGnHDt3vmv_NbnKkduwE8cG36hdapzYD_13-Pmpk2eRtJQEe15OMOQ3Ma-w79pes_6tlVnQ4BUBDadnXWhO_YQ7cJkmVv4YZOjPmIpODi7fiOt8OECfyMGnxxZ2tve8Ck/w400-h300/PXL_20230612_143055067.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tie dye pillowcases. They did not turn out and hold color, but we made use of these pillowcases later on in the summer.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeeN0bRiVG7tAPTZ1TamUUcoAvyLwNCswvGv_4uGxj4ln8zWZw6PPs5HEOvudBatUbHVpyr2981u4RFXePFA0S7GZLtJaawP6FghFxVDvrg8UwxUOaeXMQZ0SWlsTaKjw3tOI6FmHI_w01fBzvbB2ewatdB5nSIzcSRDSIIsjYCmaSUtfc2EYBCsmbkI/s4032/PXL_20230612_025852897.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeeN0bRiVG7tAPTZ1TamUUcoAvyLwNCswvGv_4uGxj4ln8zWZw6PPs5HEOvudBatUbHVpyr2981u4RFXePFA0S7GZLtJaawP6FghFxVDvrg8UwxUOaeXMQZ0SWlsTaKjw3tOI6FmHI_w01fBzvbB2ewatdB5nSIzcSRDSIIsjYCmaSUtfc2EYBCsmbkI/w300-h400/PXL_20230612_025852897.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My sweet kitten, Thor, discovered animal documentaries and now he watched them with me. So far, there have been no reported cat attacks on the TV.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbkRsn1Qhard3MgU5fuU0MANWs0zLiqMZg91r1-RMemsbDKbM5Jj0M6iH5HoAGiCDtWNCu7iiN2GkvFIQD9Zvhylr5ph0OS8ZxnZIqrmtuge9N6j3loPoKyCtJGKJciZMcNq4d7SAexbkE3d1qHuug-z0LLLZInyvW4mK8Q0PzhQ3Gtj_Lw082bfo3M0/s4032/PXL_20230611_191828685.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbkRsn1Qhard3MgU5fuU0MANWs0zLiqMZg91r1-RMemsbDKbM5Jj0M6iH5HoAGiCDtWNCu7iiN2GkvFIQD9Zvhylr5ph0OS8ZxnZIqrmtuge9N6j3loPoKyCtJGKJciZMcNq4d7SAexbkE3d1qHuug-z0LLLZInyvW4mK8Q0PzhQ3Gtj_Lw082bfo3M0/w225-h400/PXL_20230611_191828685.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A good game of mini golf for the minis (and Hubs) while the dog and I hiked. 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I helped them set it up, then I left them to it. After an hour, I looked in the backyard and noticed the neighbor friends had joined in on their fun. I finally had to call them in after three hours of nonstop water running and fun.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrZSR1SXwTB0z4BCIU6sNeKb_4PWY3zIEnZNkBG5Ln9O4S1ToT0ldwPFmrBc8AhTbmkv1g82G_pER4uOJPPR2akKRa4IM2R91OdJGcmm5FXnTncAenDtLamzeLxLkNXB3JTXGAgX8jdoiduvPNax3lcvUFnRBwTanlhsX0F2YOFo9gJpa7DmqoHtZw0c/s4032/PXL_20230605_221206707.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrZSR1SXwTB0z4BCIU6sNeKb_4PWY3zIEnZNkBG5Ln9O4S1ToT0ldwPFmrBc8AhTbmkv1g82G_pER4uOJPPR2akKRa4IM2R91OdJGcmm5FXnTncAenDtLamzeLxLkNXB3JTXGAgX8jdoiduvPNax3lcvUFnRBwTanlhsX0F2YOFo9gJpa7DmqoHtZw0c/w400-h300/PXL_20230605_221206707.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwnMStVF8utWgLOcxJwY7K6CBKovoOSF27yxR23sv_K3ZNd-N2QaFL46vAsZc78srX9QzdTptB4iqM4Wg4gAdLTg2UfXI2fLwEEbPEMu_CEWOobDJAxJ87ItNdFBlIZfUFccUiDOApX2S-an3wCgd51f9eukfWChidEl0f4Z_atLwpqb6t3Pfn4Zr4_s/s4032/PXL_20230605_145152835.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwnMStVF8utWgLOcxJwY7K6CBKovoOSF27yxR23sv_K3ZNd-N2QaFL46vAsZc78srX9QzdTptB4iqM4Wg4gAdLTg2UfXI2fLwEEbPEMu_CEWOobDJAxJ87ItNdFBlIZfUFccUiDOApX2S-an3wCgd51f9eukfWChidEl0f4Z_atLwpqb6t3Pfn4Zr4_s/w300-h400/PXL_20230605_145152835.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I let the kids throw water balloons at me and cover me in <a href="https://amzn.to/46MdZzr" target="_blank">Silly String</a>. I had just as much fun as the kids with it, minus the <a href="https://amzn.to/46MdZzr">Silly String</a> going inside of my ear!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1APumhZcXu3P2iPYPW7QDh26TJZrAifH99_2yeuVhcevZljhRD8cG91XnOoF9i95SAL7mieLWBHQhA79BY9vp-4siGkD0lKkjr7VCe7sPMfC_kj2YC8ENqMNbo6512q1xdjm5AqeZXhPgJHioHyPCVP2ppQWuF7rRQKviRAdg-LlT3Eg-KgQq7mU5h0/s4032/PXL_20230605_144804743.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1APumhZcXu3P2iPYPW7QDh26TJZrAifH99_2yeuVhcevZljhRD8cG91XnOoF9i95SAL7mieLWBHQhA79BY9vp-4siGkD0lKkjr7VCe7sPMfC_kj2YC8ENqMNbo6512q1xdjm5AqeZXhPgJHioHyPCVP2ppQWuF7rRQKviRAdg-LlT3Eg-KgQq7mU5h0/w300-h400/PXL_20230605_144804743.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The <a href="https://principalcharityclassic.com/" target="_blank">Principal Charity Classic</a> was a fun one!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjn5pAnAwuFfM3p7QCRpqC7gGJOsD0k8Ssod0wNC2oyCx-u32AkdriSIsLSwXyMrdm3LiObyvF8iTvaRhDtnzFFTbeVl69TGNEkSnbzCx8nC93yd_1R_BPj45v2G0eNAimoEiSECqE3rnUS5oesrQnj33-wysBWuoYMPFcyREO17u-8X3KfIwRP2nXWd0/s4032/PXL_20230602_155611275.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjn5pAnAwuFfM3p7QCRpqC7gGJOsD0k8Ssod0wNC2oyCx-u32AkdriSIsLSwXyMrdm3LiObyvF8iTvaRhDtnzFFTbeVl69TGNEkSnbzCx8nC93yd_1R_BPj45v2G0eNAimoEiSECqE3rnUS5oesrQnj33-wysBWuoYMPFcyREO17u-8X3KfIwRP2nXWd0/w300-h400/PXL_20230602_155611275.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The youngest graduated from elementary school.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGQN5i5OJ9WFkBqVsAHLphcwIeke1XGa0jJ4AGDxXc7nbprOygpybWEiM-5dwH8w35NEm6oSxT6ZlkpAormbyrCY6Y6DtsWxVe756qNv5Kgm3T93xFDHGNhwUkNvALoht3au37RZ4ozskP6NRQDXEyLjHEMI60uPoa3MPyGjEIYusUPxs2UVgdBMCbsA/s3524/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3524" data-original-width="2523" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGQN5i5OJ9WFkBqVsAHLphcwIeke1XGa0jJ4AGDxXc7nbprOygpybWEiM-5dwH8w35NEm6oSxT6ZlkpAormbyrCY6Y6DtsWxVe756qNv5Kgm3T93xFDHGNhwUkNvALoht3au37RZ4ozskP6NRQDXEyLjHEMI60uPoa3MPyGjEIYusUPxs2UVgdBMCbsA/w286-h400/image.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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With their birthdays being in June, they have gotten full day birthday celebrations with their friends each and every year (thanks to daycare). This year was the same, minus the oldest mini, who spent his birthday working at the Des Moines Children's Museum summer camp. We didn't do many gifts this year because the minis chose to have extra spending money for their shopping spree day on July 5th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> First up, we have Elizabeth's 11th birthday. She requested a waffle bar for breakfast, Oreo brownies for her birthday treat, a spa day (which was really just painting everyone's nails), Papa John's pizza for lunch, and Olive Garden for dinner. 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At 15, he had very few requests for his day since he was gone most of it working, but the requests he did make were pricey! He ordered $90 worth of cookies from his favorite cookie place, <a href="https://www.iowacookieco.com/" target="_blank">Iowa Cookie Co</a>., a $200 Lego set (he didn't get extra spending money for our shopping day), and <a href="https://lacheles.com/" target="_blank">Lachele's</a> for dinner. When he got home from working, he played board games and slept. 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at the end of the school year, I have zero fight left in me) lunch from Jenny Lee's Korean American Kitchen. The Korean corndog was so good! Admittedly, I'm just now getting into the Korean food scene, so the boys tell me what to order. They haven't steered me wrong yet!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIh3aeUuj5g90SxSxVjZV-AAB5BbaL2N0U5h-q7yM9bXEtI7DJdYNo3EXzI4lRugvBYPXoGbFEWctLoGasiNjEARExyA_iIP3ndKksmAnt2lJhAmH-G62TyjalShd5gxIq_f6nYCVZAPTiH2x7S6fCyOsM6-IDKF5KuFXSUIn6fGi_kMFH7JlkCrFUdDI/s4032/PXL_20230503_165145240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIh3aeUuj5g90SxSxVjZV-AAB5BbaL2N0U5h-q7yM9bXEtI7DJdYNo3EXzI4lRugvBYPXoGbFEWctLoGasiNjEARExyA_iIP3ndKksmAnt2lJhAmH-G62TyjalShd5gxIq_f6nYCVZAPTiH2x7S6fCyOsM6-IDKF5KuFXSUIn6fGi_kMFH7JlkCrFUdDI/w400-h300/PXL_20230503_165145240.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLsQQ-wIw_YZmbSRwAO6qBcywRFGr3rvIaN4idmRbZfNTORLtD1gRMqeHw1ekpAXputB0vBhbVm-z6NadyIf1NxRyR4WEmj5MM_MiWKCG_Kov7iFcnHXbcXlOdbF4sO_YMlboTLgE2pLPXyp4vPgV-uo_Ym2XA5kwBWiTuN76AUqM8zLxh3pZch45et8/s3311/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3311" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLsQQ-wIw_YZmbSRwAO6qBcywRFGr3rvIaN4idmRbZfNTORLtD1gRMqeHw1ekpAXputB0vBhbVm-z6NadyIf1NxRyR4WEmj5MM_MiWKCG_Kov7iFcnHXbcXlOdbF4sO_YMlboTLgE2pLPXyp4vPgV-uo_Ym2XA5kwBWiTuN76AUqM8zLxh3pZch45et8/w400-h365/image.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The best part of coming home from a conference focused on children is all of the new activity ideas I put to use! I've done a goop sensory table before, but this time I put a new spin on it with land vs. water animals. We first identified every animal on the table, then put it in the correct bin, and then the kids played. The kitten attempted to play in it too....and then I found little kitten prints all over the house all day long.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxhU8TVS_9xN6lSECli5iif0PX6NSwoJPWh4bRb8MlKsQoNoOMrz4IH18W8teAqGlsuRn9AFxNI_MR3XZ-g86ddB0S9MT7dj1NMasbwXvZ-xvKLaq85UgLghM_RD-SVAvfRdcxHVXwb8kP-66Bvx-of7oPWynBrL0IFpvMOgvtZxBMAmfNw-2sSUFKVA/s1795/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1553" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxhU8TVS_9xN6lSECli5iif0PX6NSwoJPWh4bRb8MlKsQoNoOMrz4IH18W8teAqGlsuRn9AFxNI_MR3XZ-g86ddB0S9MT7dj1NMasbwXvZ-xvKLaq85UgLghM_RD-SVAvfRdcxHVXwb8kP-66Bvx-of7oPWynBrL0IFpvMOgvtZxBMAmfNw-2sSUFKVA/w346-h400/image.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRjCsgPO9ZjAnDcjHYShNfW2DUYBRnifQptIyhc04vJjINxEVVWnGIzbuPM_2qIvxbnbyoHObTVnBd8JrURHagGjdoW0QCM4kXX9tN25deZ8JnIIVZXES1UJSupJN6RUrl54tqDFlzRIYfWPqCy15CAsFlYhjCOepxcW4Jp_f-2mZj1Ukj6U_NAiwIJo/s4032/PXL_20230505_154637740.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRjCsgPO9ZjAnDcjHYShNfW2DUYBRnifQptIyhc04vJjINxEVVWnGIzbuPM_2qIvxbnbyoHObTVnBd8JrURHagGjdoW0QCM4kXX9tN25deZ8JnIIVZXES1UJSupJN6RUrl54tqDFlzRIYfWPqCy15CAsFlYhjCOepxcW4Jp_f-2mZj1Ukj6U_NAiwIJo/w300-h400/PXL_20230505_154637740.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For Cinco de Mayo at daycare, the kids got to do a pinata. Meanwhile, my mom took care of our nighttime festivities with homemade Mexican food and drinks (that I said I wouldn't have and then I had four of).</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMBmyH-_qOX2qw7YHsMWm_ezP27AjsFjJSPUQmdg4EZQdHnoWvYkFnpZSDX-6TJrIuyDP0K1NmoEVASikX7Cn4tsTU4JIxW41U6xhOHH9-FzJJ-rdawhO4CDXz6mBi3TbXZV_ZO32k-PIelMS02-P8pOPav7L77Mwhy0Y8uWXEF-r0THml6Y4Nz0pFcU/s4032/PXL_20230505_230112681.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMBmyH-_qOX2qw7YHsMWm_ezP27AjsFjJSPUQmdg4EZQdHnoWvYkFnpZSDX-6TJrIuyDP0K1NmoEVASikX7Cn4tsTU4JIxW41U6xhOHH9-FzJJ-rdawhO4CDXz6mBi3TbXZV_ZO32k-PIelMS02-P8pOPav7L77Mwhy0Y8uWXEF-r0THml6Y4Nz0pFcU/w400-h300/PXL_20230505_230112681.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFwfVdclpbOwWREjris_9NiRrcZfYA1NyJ2v8Kx-mjX5qAOP2YuDq0FUtJMqHkHGEBd2LqsZripSCiVsBcdDwb1uPrmuqSHJxFz6RDyRe_RwfGvrTZHEIkubpDZo4Oqmvv2ZkC4Ftz-P0CEVSoWxOmYdS9NNJ1r_15WT-EEV3JCDgv77rLkRUOW3wViA/s3280/PXL_20230505_230217167.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFwfVdclpbOwWREjris_9NiRrcZfYA1NyJ2v8Kx-mjX5qAOP2YuDq0FUtJMqHkHGEBd2LqsZripSCiVsBcdDwb1uPrmuqSHJxFz6RDyRe_RwfGvrTZHEIkubpDZo4Oqmvv2ZkC4Ftz-P0CEVSoWxOmYdS9NNJ1r_15WT-EEV3JCDgv77rLkRUOW3wViA/w400-h300/PXL_20230505_230217167.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77u8ts4gUvZQAk7CHslMuiqc5UPeoPh_6vc77QGSU0YWUnk9yHcMRsguWTqrSFwsVKQaBxsUtzjsbgNIvrTWfmF7YIzA60Y1i2OkWELs1I5x6w1cHSp6qXTCCXjsSg3SZAebz-YjzMy9UJ6T2GWmTnUIOr9W873PlaclnaWNuuB_iEnaeBfDr3od1o9Q/s4032/PXL_20230505_230532643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77u8ts4gUvZQAk7CHslMuiqc5UPeoPh_6vc77QGSU0YWUnk9yHcMRsguWTqrSFwsVKQaBxsUtzjsbgNIvrTWfmF7YIzA60Y1i2OkWELs1I5x6w1cHSp6qXTCCXjsSg3SZAebz-YjzMy9UJ6T2GWmTnUIOr9W873PlaclnaWNuuB_iEnaeBfDr3od1o9Q/w300-h400/PXL_20230505_230532643.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDdBp-P1-HX45pxAKENKF_YYPKshzxD01BVzHiCzLdAiAwiXV4lrFmnf0VDOrkxrX5GnpBojeN1-vdd9lkZNpbqMFnvtXb4U_hwjwmMABDJAmxRIZt-kCoZn4PZ99sLZQ2DrP0cqViwi1szinWhnlCTU4DcjGIe8TKJvVQ0UheEvEsj2FyJE_QaKG-uQ/s4032/PXL_20230505_234125837.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDdBp-P1-HX45pxAKENKF_YYPKshzxD01BVzHiCzLdAiAwiXV4lrFmnf0VDOrkxrX5GnpBojeN1-vdd9lkZNpbqMFnvtXb4U_hwjwmMABDJAmxRIZt-kCoZn4PZ99sLZQ2DrP0cqViwi1szinWhnlCTU4DcjGIe8TKJvVQ0UheEvEsj2FyJE_QaKG-uQ/w300-h400/PXL_20230505_234125837.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NErVYnRkZBaLbfKv_5PAM2iTnUEJa1Rrx04-JqnV9bGVrjuxVc_sVJq1XrFk7dD63Qj9Ww14M9BEs8JQ7lTHVXUj7B_DAM686NuEKU_FYO7GraEr37TuJmAT0z6hgFJzJSKaWz0l-qa15U2AQxWoZTcf7s7K94snoNPDdCUYX-WInmpm4-xQTFdBa7k/s4032/PXL_20230506_174420306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NErVYnRkZBaLbfKv_5PAM2iTnUEJa1Rrx04-JqnV9bGVrjuxVc_sVJq1XrFk7dD63Qj9Ww14M9BEs8JQ7lTHVXUj7B_DAM686NuEKU_FYO7GraEr37TuJmAT0z6hgFJzJSKaWz0l-qa15U2AQxWoZTcf7s7K94snoNPDdCUYX-WInmpm4-xQTFdBa7k/w300-h400/PXL_20230506_174420306.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As if we didn't eat enough for Cinco de Mayo, we headed to Bondurant, Ia for our Saturday fun. We took a quick walk around the town, grabbed pies from <a href="https://www.homeslicehandmadepies.com/" target="_blank">Home Slice</a>, and had lunch at <a href="https://www.abbiesbondurant.com/" target="_blank">Abbie's</a>. Then we walked all of the food off on the bike trail (near our house).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUTktwp-K9QKNGbAqsciPaglXGZjpofRpyumvhnmtJsGAiYJbTgaUGqgHWi0LejZ5CBxBL9ynZW_uZ3a9-yy_l8kARaX67iZDzK5gOxTK2f3un6Pb16JtxEs3vBl-uszTAhGDXH5W0Qwjqsflw9y76Swz4Q1HF5lYiIKvsBuvGmir4Z9DgI301pR_1xo/s4032/PXL_20230506_175704967.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUTktwp-K9QKNGbAqsciPaglXGZjpofRpyumvhnmtJsGAiYJbTgaUGqgHWi0LejZ5CBxBL9ynZW_uZ3a9-yy_l8kARaX67iZDzK5gOxTK2f3un6Pb16JtxEs3vBl-uszTAhGDXH5W0Qwjqsflw9y76Swz4Q1HF5lYiIKvsBuvGmir4Z9DgI301pR_1xo/w300-h400/PXL_20230506_175704967.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gJWmLZlsMIFVaDdDbxtI8SX8V0xpUKaMf_gGTpDJou-78YaVdnh3nbbvkm4fJF8G7JU-nA_Cp4z_NHkOd5fEFaamAHQTFCa5G8YPNRy7NhFfuh23NyShjNels4kDc4n2PJ1xn5sGWWNfpG8pXS2HA03W88i6peJBCh3A0rb47bGteU-wiMVOia6FR1w/s4032/PXL_20230506_181447073.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The minis are onto "grown up movies" now, so it's a much more enjoyable experience for us parents!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfD6iVLim_LnRSfFG8fhVRFZtC-2F649YPvvBOPd7bGulN5WuJLOqGwQ-BUc5oBQMbHqTnOUAQ6aVzO7IY-Z3Y8hVQBoSFVpLWTChVarRnjI4UnHy4zdAf7t0MyUOGBEu-xmD1L3-MWWr2TujFBLHGyhiulQf_sa87cIP9CRKx2-dZEjztLNJ6bkwEwE/s4032/PXL_20230507_183653854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfD6iVLim_LnRSfFG8fhVRFZtC-2F649YPvvBOPd7bGulN5WuJLOqGwQ-BUc5oBQMbHqTnOUAQ6aVzO7IY-Z3Y8hVQBoSFVpLWTChVarRnjI4UnHy4zdAf7t0MyUOGBEu-xmD1L3-MWWr2TujFBLHGyhiulQf_sa87cIP9CRKx2-dZEjztLNJ6bkwEwE/w400-h300/PXL_20230507_183653854.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you notes for teacher appreciation week. The oldest made us fresh spinach and pepper omelets for the hard work.</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ukc2txJ34LJh00ClmwS6_tuPAYoFn9qNPXfDS6wG6n_a_W86OUPMzO_XXDJpbObP10VKkkXubX9lnABWpaZOfi3pxju4zNsiBkURoPCS_N-I-ftjaKQDueTMU64b74Y2Fvwoub135iMprNgYzyUzF73DByOlLzSdMCxt2ilCQZQm30_TvvXLHi5qtTE/s2895/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2343" data-original-width="2895" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ukc2txJ34LJh00ClmwS6_tuPAYoFn9qNPXfDS6wG6n_a_W86OUPMzO_XXDJpbObP10VKkkXubX9lnABWpaZOfi3pxju4zNsiBkURoPCS_N-I-ftjaKQDueTMU64b74Y2Fvwoub135iMprNgYzyUzF73DByOlLzSdMCxt2ilCQZQm30_TvvXLHi5qtTE/w400-h324/image.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6P_hYxyM2BEs8Oa_9zB2uxz1ZFU-1BG_FzrVKmzgvCwK1QWvoaNunykr-Tp4ikeEo727sfrmKpTGIgKsOlPUIAHYg3qVLD9lq-oealQO_DmLkd8aLmg5djK1G6wgt-HMNZH_TIKw-LUSX5Xa6OdXOP6gXaMW0xNYh1hZRZVSDK0Qgr8Z4XHVFXqS-3Qc/s3358/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3358" data-original-width="3023" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6P_hYxyM2BEs8Oa_9zB2uxz1ZFU-1BG_FzrVKmzgvCwK1QWvoaNunykr-Tp4ikeEo727sfrmKpTGIgKsOlPUIAHYg3qVLD9lq-oealQO_DmLkd8aLmg5djK1G6wgt-HMNZH_TIKw-LUSX5Xa6OdXOP6gXaMW0xNYh1hZRZVSDK0Qgr8Z4XHVFXqS-3Qc/w360-h400/image.jpg" width="360" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thor has been trying to get outside (he did successfully escape once), so we decided to put him on a leash and let him explore. The cat loves it and Zeus loves having a friend to explore with....even though that friend is incredibly critical of every move Zeus makes!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvlBLVNLf9T8v3R2ZajbSGH6J5HvnibKs9LUblU4m0Ro1ADIsilLMfzAy3SxQEgctjehfgSALF4yOhsAtiC23mxDJUqsTBtRDif6MX5_KNopiYuhxuHKlcQJQ3PkzRRh7nAgTNTAcdadCuKPOubMKO9jLxdR45sxqGSdzBJoJPLFuEFIRfuVzFKOkg20/s3710/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="3710" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvlBLVNLf9T8v3R2ZajbSGH6J5HvnibKs9LUblU4m0Ro1ADIsilLMfzAy3SxQEgctjehfgSALF4yOhsAtiC23mxDJUqsTBtRDif6MX5_KNopiYuhxuHKlcQJQ3PkzRRh7nAgTNTAcdadCuKPOubMKO9jLxdR45sxqGSdzBJoJPLFuEFIRfuVzFKOkg20/w400-h253/image.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dandelion play dough is always a favorite each spring.</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KlbkfYcdWs-eeUQfBayuDv99JNQNqwIssLfIi2S3mbj1i4tPTJQisUW6Wt3Q52kHwF6LbogpymFgcz_bTdCFBpBtmMDuJwzg_ZRycYV1cpcMQIjHC_i-3-lqoy8lbKw8rBWjXOltV_n2819E-QHuAovGnOzXFn91pgzQ18d86IqCOrXJbtcum-F_L4U/s3899/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="2609" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KlbkfYcdWs-eeUQfBayuDv99JNQNqwIssLfIi2S3mbj1i4tPTJQisUW6Wt3Q52kHwF6LbogpymFgcz_bTdCFBpBtmMDuJwzg_ZRycYV1cpcMQIjHC_i-3-lqoy8lbKw8rBWjXOltV_n2819E-QHuAovGnOzXFn91pgzQ18d86IqCOrXJbtcum-F_L4U/w268-h400/image.jpg" width="268" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daycare Mother's Day gifts: hand print canvas bouquets and drinks. I had a little ask, as I set out the bin of drinks, what those were for. I said, "they're just mommy drinks, you kids get cookies later." The little replied, "oh, it's caffeine isn't it? That's mommy's drink."</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYtvabZ-TlIJL7LJMiX-K-bDJ3UyrlGJRgihXkoHKkBPNq2iY2wdglI0tmmqwHxSRQA3tmZ8fv_d8K8NvK4nLFhG1-HV9ZaWs-2OHGK-4l8uQgiMdj0JTKlbnU2_HMOibFQ00QXVNDcnNR2UOvgLhpTUe3I8vcITRQVIWLRQsDKnxD-oSrapSULLd9PM/s4032/PXL_20230512_174645790.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYtvabZ-TlIJL7LJMiX-K-bDJ3UyrlGJRgihXkoHKkBPNq2iY2wdglI0tmmqwHxSRQA3tmZ8fv_d8K8NvK4nLFhG1-HV9ZaWs-2OHGK-4l8uQgiMdj0JTKlbnU2_HMOibFQ00QXVNDcnNR2UOvgLhpTUe3I8vcITRQVIWLRQsDKnxD-oSrapSULLd9PM/w300-h400/PXL_20230512_174645790.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlt73LfmL5UfZt1q8RVnyTJrj6D81vQ97Ac-UGIsOwRArJ7HVPoRhKZBDVYofWY3Q-x5Ow4TOaq_DcLhLf3Gh5vphR3K9MirXuN2HlkdAepclRhKha5PoRJT03ZWVibNmI4ukPq1vnyNa1p9czed77FqsCiX9JnGJhsJabxHWoS-KTI1mr6d9a9iO4sY/s4032/PXL_20230512_194612073.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlt73LfmL5UfZt1q8RVnyTJrj6D81vQ97Ac-UGIsOwRArJ7HVPoRhKZBDVYofWY3Q-x5Ow4TOaq_DcLhLf3Gh5vphR3K9MirXuN2HlkdAepclRhKha5PoRJT03ZWVibNmI4ukPq1vnyNa1p9czed77FqsCiX9JnGJhsJabxHWoS-KTI1mr6d9a9iO4sY/w400-h300/PXL_20230512_194612073.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7KpqfmY2vtih3053IDhOxrYac1vtccOVE3H4Xow5SZ538Mu16mPJprw-u9ZGxn3Xc1hOJoxPjEdjeClCZB1Bu3dCA9RHWFYuBVumN8LAnxM-c2YheecV3MF_kBi0w1UPzaY-MRqjpuewm-Hulm1j6qZUUgj83K7bBnH9rIe-H1D_DyOMtUpYzYyPSLg/s2449/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2449" data-original-width="1895" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7KpqfmY2vtih3053IDhOxrYac1vtccOVE3H4Xow5SZ538Mu16mPJprw-u9ZGxn3Xc1hOJoxPjEdjeClCZB1Bu3dCA9RHWFYuBVumN8LAnxM-c2YheecV3MF_kBi0w1UPzaY-MRqjpuewm-Hulm1j6qZUUgj83K7bBnH9rIe-H1D_DyOMtUpYzYyPSLg/s320/image.jpg" width="248" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every night I put my children, my teen and tween age children and each night they come out for one last cuddle or chat. Some nights it is exhausting, but most nights I really look forward to what they have to say.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tBSNNRYZ31_SwEMniMkrVkFt0Vr5a8fM7jgH2bpFDZYiMWqX573atuRq1DShGUdcw5j29b9xq7LWiaWNOrFEo-AH3aMp24Uu8Qu9MbMPyzp_PLGvn29M4LeLz4sur7yzZXZq5jiPgcY0Ho3Dxk5OoZ2YNlDmlTXt7wthSsjTe4TgHwG4DzR4raIR_-o/s4032/PXL_20230512_232648843.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tBSNNRYZ31_SwEMniMkrVkFt0Vr5a8fM7jgH2bpFDZYiMWqX573atuRq1DShGUdcw5j29b9xq7LWiaWNOrFEo-AH3aMp24Uu8Qu9MbMPyzp_PLGvn29M4LeLz4sur7yzZXZq5jiPgcY0Ho3Dxk5OoZ2YNlDmlTXt7wthSsjTe4TgHwG4DzR4raIR_-o/w400-h225/PXL_20230512_232648843.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mother's Day weekend was a busy one: we helped install a new exhibit in the Museum, caught the downtown farmer's market, hiked at Ledges State Park, got Whatcha Smokin' BBQ, replaced a window screen that kept getting ignored, and helped the middle mini with his rose garden. The weekend was not filled with gifts or being spoiled, so I took myself for a massage and treated myself to coffee.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3_9Zpoqj3gXfMWcjWtHq0cJiuyEgXCg8OJxUYKCS1gczg-Lswu5bX6_pxoUx4yUpDYNOHyDpjAu5-32o8atP_sQb3QZcqsQxxDuPmn8uQDib86tW5qLXAdIeJmfp6u-ATsrsAPL6fP1M2n0FIdF85wnjtdcfAGhtoFCjva9qUBaYddOgvI-KnYFtsQs/s4032/PXL_20230513_135528034.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3_9Zpoqj3gXfMWcjWtHq0cJiuyEgXCg8OJxUYKCS1gczg-Lswu5bX6_pxoUx4yUpDYNOHyDpjAu5-32o8atP_sQb3QZcqsQxxDuPmn8uQDib86tW5qLXAdIeJmfp6u-ATsrsAPL6fP1M2n0FIdF85wnjtdcfAGhtoFCjva9qUBaYddOgvI-KnYFtsQs/w300-h400/PXL_20230513_135528034.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9H6aK7YZZbrtWaDcDIwAcrZihX_aghd_ocPVadJsW-dx6qHK_RHrfY1Kb80digHz2DHO3ahzaGjz7Z4JWqCTF1H4zwckgwttG7z0xhcJiAOn-PTP6F-uP9YHsld4VcS_71DOX41Hll2boxt7Ba9ujp8EoXpmLPnihJ345RlnsnWe932QdDm9U5IMKSFg/s4032/PXL_20230513_143207961.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Luckily we parked at the top and walked down, so we had fun running through the creek. The highlight for the two youngest minis was seeing "two frogs doing it" on the side of the road. Yes, that's where we are in life at the moment.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaOZ90FrI7x_Gu6EAGejWahVeYXQ48-Hoj9kjuifOCnfc17arUCz_vabCRqrC7cjDDzslzkYMVNvwNAddTTi3AmtNxgyLzXJU6Pmvp7CbsOOozogsfIfDkqIXVXjM8B8XjC8udgXcsPQ9b6eM7Zef-yfF1yTRbt7RjG_UI7zK8f2H5NkYa3cXk1WPW_c/s4032/PXL_20230513_163445431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaOZ90FrI7x_Gu6EAGejWahVeYXQ48-Hoj9kjuifOCnfc17arUCz_vabCRqrC7cjDDzslzkYMVNvwNAddTTi3AmtNxgyLzXJU6Pmvp7CbsOOozogsfIfDkqIXVXjM8B8XjC8udgXcsPQ9b6eM7Zef-yfF1yTRbt7RjG_UI7zK8f2H5NkYa3cXk1WPW_c/w400-h300/PXL_20230513_163445431.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90yt5cdXEWLhVaIsdKZtWseR46E99Hc02CREQaFd298VJf6BkN7YLAEgo0zd5xi9UheifdgSCFQ9kwNfnbSqGFxWFsIX2dFIglSu-TEy2T_XG1F9mx689dpg3ShEpsvhQUxOBasUrv5uKq7l97t1vwx4esVuD-RmNWjr306HdO_xUEIjgFr0EkHjT0h0/s4032/PXL_20230513_164436989.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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On the first warm day, the littles were in swimming suits and at the water table for some bubbly fun. I also made a flower sensory bin for the Museum.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFfkA4FbmxEtVKvbbWoiQFFzLd79J9clghUA4gw-Di8lQ584_DzgCVXQpW3TgarKS7zZIkzkRG2UWlL3RjK_P_eso349i8099qdjrk6S-BvoAAGYlI6oqwlk_VSftnLP4utk2TxX2zk0uc845YcBpv5KyfYh67hTia3WuAPvSKjphKfBw_nOblPx4iJs/s4032/PXL_20230516_183804564.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFfkA4FbmxEtVKvbbWoiQFFzLd79J9clghUA4gw-Di8lQ584_DzgCVXQpW3TgarKS7zZIkzkRG2UWlL3RjK_P_eso349i8099qdjrk6S-BvoAAGYlI6oqwlk_VSftnLP4utk2TxX2zk0uc845YcBpv5KyfYh67hTia3WuAPvSKjphKfBw_nOblPx4iJs/w400-h300/PXL_20230516_183804564.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6AePaywKZ3xXymFf3B40zgqN3BwXTHBJ6qY_5-jL1Y7PidRVE1jTrU3ds8jFpzLGvovyLGP4jygI4IDYwDWBToOiqKcbnORj3ZX-dhl8toar0W0Q_qrXARzFaGLsPaVwjcgePGBIAdeq0bfblGrPlxoejVuz65Bk0-on4hxFv9XfjHzLMCQMx551fok/s2311/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2311" data-original-width="1899" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6AePaywKZ3xXymFf3B40zgqN3BwXTHBJ6qY_5-jL1Y7PidRVE1jTrU3ds8jFpzLGvovyLGP4jygI4IDYwDWBToOiqKcbnORj3ZX-dhl8toar0W0Q_qrXARzFaGLsPaVwjcgePGBIAdeq0bfblGrPlxoejVuz65Bk0-on4hxFv9XfjHzLMCQMx551fok/w329-h400/image.jpg" width="329" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My baby had her middle school visit! She's as ready as she can get and I'm, well, dreading her middle school years.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqg2yujZX6ee5LFGjWd23hG0v5Yv_wzVs8DfO134A7C4uJUSgfpy4XUNTOGHrA14otpdH6xX1F3bySAANenkQMjf0eb8HnDW7V9K_YIqOH1iTA8WkxBzLpnmHXXUNXfrPiCuwCA_W5mTFi0EeikWZU-qoPjLv5fcRxo3DaRd7_XG49H8c9v0rw-rnXFHU/s4032/PXL_20230518_210555133.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqg2yujZX6ee5LFGjWd23hG0v5Yv_wzVs8DfO134A7C4uJUSgfpy4XUNTOGHrA14otpdH6xX1F3bySAANenkQMjf0eb8HnDW7V9K_YIqOH1iTA8WkxBzLpnmHXXUNXfrPiCuwCA_W5mTFi0EeikWZU-qoPjLv5fcRxo3DaRd7_XG49H8c9v0rw-rnXFHU/w300-h400/PXL_20230518_210555133.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAM28kYnvAkhfitTEymoMfizMhGgobzU8pf6ozmXqVQl6ylU64FJlt1FcxJ98YWgQ9--294xXsXYSEXiLGyO4aH3cMn0lJ47z5wP7nCbAgAgAEP_O1Ums1D--5GBNFUyQXk7DNetsrm8vKL3WbU3V9KHGrbhWNMKQESy85ND3UDnVwW7djJ4f0dhpkTw/s4032/PXL_20230519_011910808.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAM28kYnvAkhfitTEymoMfizMhGgobzU8pf6ozmXqVQl6ylU64FJlt1FcxJ98YWgQ9--294xXsXYSEXiLGyO4aH3cMn0lJ47z5wP7nCbAgAgAEP_O1Ums1D--5GBNFUyQXk7DNetsrm8vKL3WbU3V9KHGrbhWNMKQESy85ND3UDnVwW7djJ4f0dhpkTw/w300-h400/PXL_20230519_011910808.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday night pizza was a thing. I was so busy every Thursday that I failed to eat dinner. Somehow, food was never left for me, so I wound up ordering Scooby Snacks from Northern Lights. Of course, everyone partook in the late night snack! It was a highlight of the month for these two.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9u27CYiEPGz9oY6z7tXRD8XnGNqfkJ2NB7gUiK6cXnm1TwX24EbmV-1h76wf_vFidqfYQVQIVh3m6cYo9_LkN5mmVuUMqkQRtOkV2olppODU-sERyHFS01pd05quElcJ5fGkd3GRIO8RyJTsaZmTKciltY-7VFJBPF649wMYBcD5Oqxsk91qvgjY1Fk/s3280/PXL_20230519_011938791.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9u27CYiEPGz9oY6z7tXRD8XnGNqfkJ2NB7gUiK6cXnm1TwX24EbmV-1h76wf_vFidqfYQVQIVh3m6cYo9_LkN5mmVuUMqkQRtOkV2olppODU-sERyHFS01pd05quElcJ5fGkd3GRIO8RyJTsaZmTKciltY-7VFJBPF649wMYBcD5Oqxsk91qvgjY1Fk/w400-h300/PXL_20230519_011938791.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKYRf1wjLPVer3G_CpHkb-mlWdXGIxvtt1BLg80h-M4iem454iigDEpISkkJ7Kv0U7XI7F3T87uJ8cYSH9B0SmqHDm4MxYt3_QeZ1O_klpsGG5z2_i1qQGJK-MoD3PMQjeRbKH3LlqB3pxXR8BsR5cs--aIuU6q_-w_qF7CYi677KXxQPCX-aPk284dw/s4032/PXL_20230520_174316932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKYRf1wjLPVer3G_CpHkb-mlWdXGIxvtt1BLg80h-M4iem454iigDEpISkkJ7Kv0U7XI7F3T87uJ8cYSH9B0SmqHDm4MxYt3_QeZ1O_klpsGG5z2_i1qQGJK-MoD3PMQjeRbKH3LlqB3pxXR8BsR5cs--aIuU6q_-w_qF7CYi677KXxQPCX-aPk284dw/w300-h400/PXL_20230520_174316932.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We stopped by Annett Nature Center for a quick 3 mile hike. It was gorgeous!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-a7KMQI3P8O_t0yrJpyyIoVuSU1RyVBTBKU5g5sDLQUMKP4s8KwIeVSwoBwmIGNaouW1KAlXWSHjEsixZu46mjnxQJs0yn35DwbzC2ipGSFBLEMNqvfm1vFJb6erxRoS6_Bcv80CnvABY7neXZwUk5PkQBnl-c5873YiNATaWQZGvzTNsgZDoBrXE1Q/s4032/PXL_20230520_180054470.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-a7KMQI3P8O_t0yrJpyyIoVuSU1RyVBTBKU5g5sDLQUMKP4s8KwIeVSwoBwmIGNaouW1KAlXWSHjEsixZu46mjnxQJs0yn35DwbzC2ipGSFBLEMNqvfm1vFJb6erxRoS6_Bcv80CnvABY7neXZwUk5PkQBnl-c5873YiNATaWQZGvzTNsgZDoBrXE1Q/w300-h400/PXL_20230520_180054470.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWxw3HxN7K5XIQWtGMSqQN3PicsPlFOKGKErF6HOC7qkFW8LJ3tXYN43T3PPJH1G89yEvpq4sf-d96v37k2U4XzBX1q-eqnyU7zFCPaU0r6zGgBQsG048VrRW1bSUmvtBx5luqiB7VM7F0zPZ0QcCs31g93uGMJKMlEGFqB5ccUvRl9nMuoIEXDbPIpc/s4032/PXL_20230520_180238718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Then balances it out with donuts from <a href="https://thedonuthutdsm.com/" target="_blank">Donut Hut</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_HqatRtqUu1JUa3F99j1rTetLbaNiOkBNLa5qIRn9emcAOq6t9pZEVXszu5L1WdQYW_H8W0yfna7sbfmX9HQdpHkTI2Br0DGt12cV1PAjZBUbgr7EW-f6oVghN5me8s-EEQK5usGja_jkPHxY9rV9iYhTzxhwxjjZ0fa1fqYHBhARLiy68PqNp-uNAs/s4032/PXL_20230526_112344711.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_HqatRtqUu1JUa3F99j1rTetLbaNiOkBNLa5qIRn9emcAOq6t9pZEVXszu5L1WdQYW_H8W0yfna7sbfmX9HQdpHkTI2Br0DGt12cV1PAjZBUbgr7EW-f6oVghN5me8s-EEQK5usGja_jkPHxY9rV9iYhTzxhwxjjZ0fa1fqYHBhARLiy68PqNp-uNAs/w400-h300/PXL_20230526_112344711.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAocUP1ubXhWQA1Qky5tefhEU_VrIPUnqKyf6FRQ8nF7S6a7YHLOvM88x-48mW8dkVFjN1SOQBk8nWO-JHl_pcvW8rVQWe48tb1UL5h9Mzpm7bdPRDjVnFjey8dAVdjkAKUAju1cHJNzoTwT5iAthSuYZrpqQ_EmCPkgXp8yNqT1wUqTEh_m1YdWNKU8/s4032/PXL_20230525_224541631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAocUP1ubXhWQA1Qky5tefhEU_VrIPUnqKyf6FRQ8nF7S6a7YHLOvM88x-48mW8dkVFjN1SOQBk8nWO-JHl_pcvW8rVQWe48tb1UL5h9Mzpm7bdPRDjVnFjey8dAVdjkAKUAju1cHJNzoTwT5iAthSuYZrpqQ_EmCPkgXp8yNqT1wUqTEh_m1YdWNKU8/w400-h300/PXL_20230525_224541631.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the things I love about the people involved in the Children's Museum is that I can say, "hey, I want a super cool pirate ship," and then it gets built! I had to drop off an exhibit for an event the Museum was hired for. When I arrived to have my minivan unloaded, the people in charge of the event were amazed at my minivan packing skills.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg57gIeUPOlJtT420RdjcRP6fnFgoUGpf8XKvZ_wAMGlgY3p3LhZ4pfLjtvVOqB7D_32a_JJRhIYOQqwQNgSo1ZPuafQs6gnD1xQqPUis2Lc2ezVkYppy5fDx-BN_PR0foVm3bpc9WMRAc5N__CY00EUSEwuSqID78TtoaAXAmGpt1EZPmeoBOTmeKexo/s4032/PXL_20230526_142604796.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg57gIeUPOlJtT420RdjcRP6fnFgoUGpf8XKvZ_wAMGlgY3p3LhZ4pfLjtvVOqB7D_32a_JJRhIYOQqwQNgSo1ZPuafQs6gnD1xQqPUis2Lc2ezVkYppy5fDx-BN_PR0foVm3bpc9WMRAc5N__CY00EUSEwuSqID78TtoaAXAmGpt1EZPmeoBOTmeKexo/w300-h400/PXL_20230526_142604796.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyVGIuIrvwPOGFMu3ys22-QICWGrqcKAlv6S4_7U8FVO0NMZOy9VvA6HShmNgQIoooOyJay9-tBv-1_GsjYAOo1W3jNQpJuHbG2-BtRvtnHRwwS07rPb906MFwzaWq1Fvm3P4f_OBCYZi7-jGhjQSnKdlVwsFYRREvnnaOZFz5m9ZCrPh1mtdLwNrbjs/s4032/PXL_20230526_172727402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyVGIuIrvwPOGFMu3ys22-QICWGrqcKAlv6S4_7U8FVO0NMZOy9VvA6HShmNgQIoooOyJay9-tBv-1_GsjYAOo1W3jNQpJuHbG2-BtRvtnHRwwS07rPb906MFwzaWq1Fvm3P4f_OBCYZi7-jGhjQSnKdlVwsFYRREvnnaOZFz5m9ZCrPh1mtdLwNrbjs/w400-h300/PXL_20230526_172727402.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A day off called for a mid-day break at <a href="https://biggrove.com/" target="_blank">Big Grove Brewery</a> an my favorite coffee from <a href="https://twistedbean.com/twistedbeanurbandalemenu/" target="_blank">Twisted Bean</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq07HjOPW4F_mOd7LE5iWGeK6miA-KnDfBVcAKf9Ly9lYom4uBuA-5hbcZeE3CkFfwrJ_mw1W7UmYXYm8UD6LwTMpWk4T07lDEsXKe0JwlDxx9U0mn9ie2dRkdfZWtJDqGLfA40lTRubv_RpmkZrEnWl0NT4Z7PPqHetvhFYZKNpMMcELuw6bCK9Rhq_g/s4032/PXL_20230526_193745506.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq07HjOPW4F_mOd7LE5iWGeK6miA-KnDfBVcAKf9Ly9lYom4uBuA-5hbcZeE3CkFfwrJ_mw1W7UmYXYm8UD6LwTMpWk4T07lDEsXKe0JwlDxx9U0mn9ie2dRkdfZWtJDqGLfA40lTRubv_RpmkZrEnWl0NT4Z7PPqHetvhFYZKNpMMcELuw6bCK9Rhq_g/w300-h400/PXL_20230526_193745506.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxXewnvseAre7KzbzoTtfh08jr78DdVmNqzyPipj-5gDUiT_siMEDeJnlv4JGyYEI9-BBp_bJlNSQOkqXISajYARzAeH0Sv13LhwU5vJfGIDNuRuXt8Ka1Gm4eKhN8czo_DbKFrIw_gG5HnuGZdzOkcw0KFsQ3Kzr4ymedyQV-wysBv6N_e_0rTEM-Ns/s3280/PXL_20230526_235445302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxXewnvseAre7KzbzoTtfh08jr78DdVmNqzyPipj-5gDUiT_siMEDeJnlv4JGyYEI9-BBp_bJlNSQOkqXISajYARzAeH0Sv13LhwU5vJfGIDNuRuXt8Ka1Gm4eKhN8czo_DbKFrIw_gG5HnuGZdzOkcw0KFsQ3Kzr4ymedyQV-wysBv6N_e_0rTEM-Ns/w400-h300/PXL_20230526_235445302.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've enjoyed this podcast journey. Oh yes, Jules and I started a Museum podcast this spring. We're fantastic with the fact that we record multiple episodes in one night because we realize we haven't recorded any in a bit. We started recording in a closet and moved onto sitting in Museum exhibits chatting away. Definitely check out <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/playfully-persistent-5348854" target="_blank">Playfully Persistent Podcast</a> on all platforms.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpUuFb1NOHZiRKSrx9-KVmGUwOPVrjMAShwukVykRQQ4z_NoYYYOx5IvAeFyQZA_So7hCj-cD_A6I-fz9UIE_Bph1W0_JpX6QYP6RqW32X1p9Tb8LQMSh-IzLlbSHtLr17EUpfmpjnncK_zscgM--jtw8AEdvBpfh3NEuS43mZb8JstytUPzD9LxbtCU/s4032/PXL_20230527_164957324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpUuFb1NOHZiRKSrx9-KVmGUwOPVrjMAShwukVykRQQ4z_NoYYYOx5IvAeFyQZA_So7hCj-cD_A6I-fz9UIE_Bph1W0_JpX6QYP6RqW32X1p9Tb8LQMSh-IzLlbSHtLr17EUpfmpjnncK_zscgM--jtw8AEdvBpfh3NEuS43mZb8JstytUPzD9LxbtCU/w300-h400/PXL_20230527_164957324.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2023 Memorial Day was by far my favorite one in recent years. We started the weekend off with an event at the Museum, then a day in Clear Lake, Ia on Saturday. We rented jet skiis from <a href="https://www.clearlakeboats.com/rentals-available-for-your-day-on-the-lake--rentals" target="_blank">Clear Lake Boats</a> and had a blast! When we were done, a little shack and picnic tables caught my eye. We went over to check it out and, well, that's how we wound up spending some time at <a href="https://pmpark.net/" target="_blank">PM Park</a>. 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Luckily, we had a low key night and Sunday morning before going to see <a href="https://movies.disney.com/the-little-mermaid-2023" target="_blank">The Little Mermaid</a> at <a href="https://www.flixbrewhouse.com/des-moines" target="_blank">Flix</a>. Great movie, great theater, and great company!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYo9-V3VUqOs286c6qquIugoNFLTfXrLOMXq-yArNSQKsqsfti4iTtSWSiVYXRkzQ18TPNf4qhxmPq8PdvED-TtxeJ-r8r_UJ5aBm2xIrwVDrDHrQKi6VIlKKJ5HfLCJC4XfCUfoKBw6tvvQmkjPUDBC6UwGgn0uIWpTEHiIyhTXScy_83K916l8wYkxY/s3280/PXL_20230528_205930959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYo9-V3VUqOs286c6qquIugoNFLTfXrLOMXq-yArNSQKsqsfti4iTtSWSiVYXRkzQ18TPNf4qhxmPq8PdvED-TtxeJ-r8r_UJ5aBm2xIrwVDrDHrQKi6VIlKKJ5HfLCJC4XfCUfoKBw6tvvQmkjPUDBC6UwGgn0uIWpTEHiIyhTXScy_83K916l8wYkxY/w400-h300/PXL_20230528_205930959.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHRHKAf4GAJDUbGXa8aUnblH_FX9hRicCWD5OOMhFO_Fc6IdUL3vmTP6TIqpw-AXAEIxaasp8meP6xbWkTM5Dv7UEppYIbbaZetB8QmgTyTAW2TsWdGA2TRnvuRBnm6-W7U0UlfQB6Q-D2HJa3hwHTV_PT7AlyLUDOq4syaW6iaxGnXmfTLb6Ogo6FBs/s4032/PXL_20230529_002616072.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHRHKAf4GAJDUbGXa8aUnblH_FX9hRicCWD5OOMhFO_Fc6IdUL3vmTP6TIqpw-AXAEIxaasp8meP6xbWkTM5Dv7UEppYIbbaZetB8QmgTyTAW2TsWdGA2TRnvuRBnm6-W7U0UlfQB6Q-D2HJa3hwHTV_PT7AlyLUDOq4syaW6iaxGnXmfTLb6Ogo6FBs/w300-h400/PXL_20230529_002616072.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w1cNO017LsNSv_mri0f3qj5WhfLDlriRSzisoRLk-pVclqpQbmjQOa__IrtId13DGXdA6BAtDbr4PJxtgf1UATeo86C1qyMN0WBCk2qtUx04-mcUYcgkCUKxjbr38PGxqB5ivIfgvKDExqZdYetw_UIGPyQz0Ux4ciXQ8Yr7GsbVZwOv1Ehq-CW_Zqg/s1597/PXL_20230529_014415242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1597" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w1cNO017LsNSv_mri0f3qj5WhfLDlriRSzisoRLk-pVclqpQbmjQOa__IrtId13DGXdA6BAtDbr4PJxtgf1UATeo86C1qyMN0WBCk2qtUx04-mcUYcgkCUKxjbr38PGxqB5ivIfgvKDExqZdYetw_UIGPyQz0Ux4ciXQ8Yr7GsbVZwOv1Ehq-CW_Zqg/w400-h375/PXL_20230529_014415242.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsIx_yYRPBS-wO63ujhDSaitElwfedi4EDpGzkqCRmr6g15b1Z3ZnprGo28lg1B3XfrWTCgegsNVspwHfBSYq4R5dvPOgdHH7MZ7SGI__8nVGqbbC2Y_fRcYjlGH7t61U7spjFFuEzZlVXKCDLI4tUtl565ni64RSfB1v1yZIXiYIIbICI-7Ovgez0hs/s4032/PXL_20230529_145403805.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsIx_yYRPBS-wO63ujhDSaitElwfedi4EDpGzkqCRmr6g15b1Z3ZnprGo28lg1B3XfrWTCgegsNVspwHfBSYq4R5dvPOgdHH7MZ7SGI__8nVGqbbC2Y_fRcYjlGH7t61U7spjFFuEzZlVXKCDLI4tUtl565ni64RSfB1v1yZIXiYIIbICI-7Ovgez0hs/w300-h400/PXL_20230529_145403805.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Signs of a good time: beat up legs! Those are my legs all bruised from falling off of the jet ski after a speeding turn. All of those bruises were completely worth it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKrqOt36D8I-O_Mve495gcWQtkA43QQfDW6w1aKo3j90_rwDERGJicZ0k41rB1SNAovTiLogOxw6MxyDRpUcRCq0kNtZLgCXG2nnmKxelJF4nK1kdvqijdqzOZu6uPB0x-gzDtOm5L1P8ynwH-mMtjz9HxF5EwCQHIy8AmCEz6V7MeQXzYzREIWENrNc/s4032/PXL_20230529_174516168.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKrqOt36D8I-O_Mve495gcWQtkA43QQfDW6w1aKo3j90_rwDERGJicZ0k41rB1SNAovTiLogOxw6MxyDRpUcRCq0kNtZLgCXG2nnmKxelJF4nK1kdvqijdqzOZu6uPB0x-gzDtOm5L1P8ynwH-mMtjz9HxF5EwCQHIy8AmCEz6V7MeQXzYzREIWENrNc/w300-h400/PXL_20230529_174516168.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ending the weekend and our month with an afternoon at the pool and planning session. Two busy things happening: the last summer of daycare and June (just June in general is always crazy for us!).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BHe1eZ7NytEWbjzgiZpMGPGJc9B_g6zZDAZG9dJvGvcJfOV_-7SWQlkbgc3KT5enCLb8z1mfBcn_xw5muzwWAsUWQ52WX_OZWYipx70U5aa5sIGf166d5LiFngKLdb9IS-kwS7BuZ0RXN-aptxKR6oOF1-6WLfFZXc5N1Px__NNR3bnvsn48pkypWrU/s3280/PXL_20230529_190652375.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BHe1eZ7NytEWbjzgiZpMGPGJc9B_g6zZDAZG9dJvGvcJfOV_-7SWQlkbgc3KT5enCLb8z1mfBcn_xw5muzwWAsUWQ52WX_OZWYipx70U5aa5sIGf166d5LiFngKLdb9IS-kwS7BuZ0RXN-aptxKR6oOF1-6WLfFZXc5N1Px__NNR3bnvsn48pkypWrU/w400-h300/PXL_20230529_190652375.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDdmlBu7NJKZHl_sL0TeRL40zLdqoBqPRr19_07mt5voSvO5lSODvVlDZnCY2xek333d7X76fHHoz57CqPiS_cC5IUdNjw1zYXb3V3LO5qQeX2xyswtgrQlwf33pW77P7Pr1XLMo51UsAwkLUOoes4Xgg5ro0x2CnlkdPwDa-c3Q5vyO7y4HaqlzOoI8/s3395/PXL_20230531_202547597.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2215" data-original-width="3395" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDdmlBu7NJKZHl_sL0TeRL40zLdqoBqPRr19_07mt5voSvO5lSODvVlDZnCY2xek333d7X76fHHoz57CqPiS_cC5IUdNjw1zYXb3V3LO5qQeX2xyswtgrQlwf33pW77P7Pr1XLMo51UsAwkLUOoes4Xgg5ro0x2CnlkdPwDa-c3Q5vyO7y4HaqlzOoI8/w400-h261/PXL_20230531_202547597.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBms6XK9BOx6OKvxTrfZXCk1PeoZ0K5eK920COjc1cLyriN2prb_yhpeiLhbrKR_Nj_XNM59aot8JOnlk7YDbp1zYUmxdKesO9xdCL2_otRsjktx3-Tj6pzgtsZtosPqbNU4KFGsQw6aZ_ubEcC6nOo9UtEbKiFcXHavE4sx2wZhjXR7RtOiG-qUASV4/s4032/PXL_20230525_161105733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBms6XK9BOx6OKvxTrfZXCk1PeoZ0K5eK920COjc1cLyriN2prb_yhpeiLhbrKR_Nj_XNM59aot8JOnlk7YDbp1zYUmxdKesO9xdCL2_otRsjktx3-Tj6pzgtsZtosPqbNU4KFGsQw6aZ_ubEcC6nOo9UtEbKiFcXHavE4sx2wZhjXR7RtOiG-qUASV4/w300-h400/PXL_20230525_161105733.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-92179708816899142792023-07-13T11:12:00.001-05:002023-07-13T11:12:57.473-05:00A Big Career Decision<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOInIV6P8862tGMjWIMKApKYoeIOp9LMiTZ-Z7nVR9S-Yfupwcdx8MbBbTWMEWAWntRL966jdn25QXZoUcSHQB2uhE5ls8WcJIkHjxDTmbJfYhe0NWXVwlZOUc84u8IQFqvBPCJAjYw5Vd49cLq1frNEjT9IOtPXGNIN-h-jK5H44PHqSKQGrLymHuU4I/s4032/PXL_20230430_144619609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOInIV6P8862tGMjWIMKApKYoeIOp9LMiTZ-Z7nVR9S-Yfupwcdx8MbBbTWMEWAWntRL966jdn25QXZoUcSHQB2uhE5ls8WcJIkHjxDTmbJfYhe0NWXVwlZOUc84u8IQFqvBPCJAjYw5Vd49cLq1frNEjT9IOtPXGNIN-h-jK5H44PHqSKQGrLymHuU4I/s320/PXL_20230430_144619609.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The wonderful thing about being thirty nine is that I know myself. I know what I need, what makes me happy, what ignites my passions, and I'm comfortable with all of it. Sometimes I surprise myself, but for the most part, I know myself well. At many points in my life I would apologize when my passion would scare or offend people. Now I know to surround myself with individuals who support and encourage me. As a mother, I've figured out how to either include my children in my passions and make them a part of it, or when I needed to do things on my own.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A highlight for me was figuring out how to be the mom I wanted to be and run a business by making my children a focal point of my business model, thus my daycare business boomed. For twelve years I drew inspiration from my career. That inspiration spawned other career highlights for me such as this very blog, freelance writing, and becoming an author. However, as children do, my own kids grew. Their needs changed, my mom role evolved, and I was suddenly taking off just as many days as I worked. Around this time, I was inspired by new challenges that arose.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the last six years, I've been an active board member at the Des Moines Children's Museum (which is also a career highlight for me). The unique thing about this role is that we have been a working board. For six years I planned every event, attempted to hit fundraising goals, and failed marvelously at networking. I was thrilled to have a space that also shared my passion to have children learn through play. At this time last year I sat at a board meeting where we discussed how the Museum was growing and what was needed. I had an idea; I knew this idea to be a large undertaking for myself, but I figured, 'why not?' This idea was in the form of a monthly, Friday night program where we would try new and different things. One month was Games From Around The World, while another was a dance, and another was all about flowers. I knew I could do it because these are literally things I would do with my daycare. I loved when I could intertwine the two with my ideas reaching more children in our community. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will note at this time, that one year later, our Try Days will be no longer because they didn't bring in as many people as we had hoped. However, these Days did more for me personally than I realized until I sat down to write this. You see, while I showed up and shared these ideas with whoever else showed up, as the months went on, I grew increasingly frustrated because I couldn't network or get fundraising or whatever because of my full time job. By the beginning of this year, I realized my focus was changing. I was, and still am, passionate about daycare; stellar, affordable daycare where children learn through play. I am equally as passionate about following my passions, letting my ideas take the lead.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I sat in the quiet on a January morning, I put finishing touches on another children's book and sent texts about more ideas I had for my other ventures, my mind began to wander. I knew a change was needed. For myself, for my growing children, for my sanity because there was no way in hell I could spend another school year wondering how my children were getting to and from school. If I'm perfectly honest, my initial plans (years and years ago) were to close daycare when my youngest started kindergarten. Of course, life is fun and throws curveballs. Here I was, that youngest child in her last year in elementary school and heading into middle school. I was still in a career I loved and I don't think I'll ever stop loving it. But on that quiet January morning, I updated my resume. I had no clue what I was going to do with it though. A quick skim of job searches left me thinking, 'oh hell no.'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Later that same day, I broke out my computer to send an email for the Children's Museum, thinking about how I could have gotten this done a week ago if this was my job....wait, what if this was my job? Two weeks later, some research, and basically creating a job I knew would check all my boxes, I submitted a job proposal to the Board of Directors, excusing myself from the board discussions of it all (obviously, because clearly I would hire myself). Two months and some job description changes later, I accepted the position of Programs and Events Director at the Des Moines Children's Museum, beginning at the end of August of this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cue all of the emotions. I was a ball of nerves breaking the news to my daycare families, many of whom have been with me for all twelve years I've been open. Some days I'm elated and feel like I could have began the job yesterday. Other days, I stop and think how much I'll miss these daycare days. Sometimes I'm nervous and uneasy, what if I misread myself this time and life is throwing another curve ball? In this precise moment, I'm enjoying the last few days/weeks of my business before life changes. I'm taking in all of the moments, the good, bad, and crazy, and locking each moment away in my brain for when I need them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can't say I would have made this move at this time if my children's needs weren't changing, but I do know change is good. I enjoy challenges, learning new things, and letting my ideas fly. All of the emotions are with me as I head into my final days as a daycare provider of my own daycare business. I feel as though I'm reinventing myself when I step into my new career. Who knows where this next road will lead me, but I am ready to find out.</span></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-66292240161702128442023-07-08T16:59:00.003-05:002023-07-08T16:59:23.050-05:00March And April<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IIxff7iAmVVm9wagpkJxO8T1CuLX5abLMh58BzRdGET5KzLZmBITDwG63JD_HC-eW1_7TbE_7pswv-_s54X8n2DdNRlWROLxuJtSgH_GBtGLyTUxfluMYsA40AGdyY8Ya3Fwf-jhrOJqfCe2DDl7-ydCt-rsk6ult3IvhSNAw9800jof9PDyIxWdXac/s4032/PXL_20230423_212529722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IIxff7iAmVVm9wagpkJxO8T1CuLX5abLMh58BzRdGET5KzLZmBITDwG63JD_HC-eW1_7TbE_7pswv-_s54X8n2DdNRlWROLxuJtSgH_GBtGLyTUxfluMYsA40AGdyY8Ya3Fwf-jhrOJqfCe2DDl7-ydCt-rsk6ult3IvhSNAw9800jof9PDyIxWdXac/w400-h300/PXL_20230423_212529722.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A look at our spring and no apologies for the amount of pictures: coffee shops, Wild Lights, putting our Minnesota State Park pass to use, The Lion King, kittens, first visit of the season to Snookies, going back to minivan life, a work trip to NOLA for a conference, and hiking. It was a busy, stressful few weeks in March and April, but apparently I only take pictures of the good stuff for the highlight reel.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcq2gjvoY9rLFNPhIQMKq9lfhgAPEO6Xih3qGYpkBdima_fN2EVCdzU-ZNcv1EBelnqb8Cngi9jud4c7xQHauSdosn9zkcTP2BTWl0tExpxQ6l4ybbdCVPsBFqZW3JdfkB2YDqyr1n0m8XCWPu2QppEzpgQ93u5Cb_zGEmTK3X1FnwbZezemA94im_BGQ/s3648/20230325_120611.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcq2gjvoY9rLFNPhIQMKq9lfhgAPEO6Xih3qGYpkBdima_fN2EVCdzU-ZNcv1EBelnqb8Cngi9jud4c7xQHauSdosn9zkcTP2BTWl0tExpxQ6l4ybbdCVPsBFqZW3JdfkB2YDqyr1n0m8XCWPu2QppEzpgQ93u5Cb_zGEmTK3X1FnwbZezemA94im_BGQ/w400-h300/20230325_120611.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7V0v8k3bZtnsSdzDX-23zZ6WbmVrxRRGw5EEVjz7kjlLxuPtJuBDXE6AbN-5WLV6MfYlPDXujW9i4NLo13ExqUScZRgt1gg0LyWLbTlb2XOLg18NfHK3216d9LmfeDVB-LFKZEUgKucAwKYwM4TlUoFix4RlgiF0gvcWkfweYsP11UEWydoO0CQhwhg/s3648/20230325_120622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I completely forgot that I quickly threw the baggie in the cupboard before the kids caught me playing leprechaun. I had to giggle when I came across it weeks later and had to sneak it back into the art supplies.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcv51w1B31UBgOOYKAnfe7DhCWBQNeyMuu8q20iCFIMIxinMbuRwbJoHHGWUwdMWR7IdRL2Qa4R4pHk6-JTBC-tQcue0U-bG_GAy6TiCGg6H0pEFyxbvW5YzqY9pelb5sT_ObapALNWg0EclTip3CV2XwERrgLRJ19Q4V8JIvSlR4owh9um6Y8oyS15Q/s3648/20230401_144649.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcv51w1B31UBgOOYKAnfe7DhCWBQNeyMuu8q20iCFIMIxinMbuRwbJoHHGWUwdMWR7IdRL2Qa4R4pHk6-JTBC-tQcue0U-bG_GAy6TiCGg6H0pEFyxbvW5YzqY9pelb5sT_ObapALNWg0EclTip3CV2XwERrgLRJ19Q4V8JIvSlR4owh9um6Y8oyS15Q/w400-h300/20230401_144649.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRdPeQ8Siyt1RJmqR-OyJLrY3bpq8CQSraBacvMutFw3DmorVxIHH-VMlyTswLm3W6u7uaHo3xY7WzA2vIigg13RJi0RAZb7gi3IfDDoQjEtGDi7mMi1YPvcTyuWxM3lKqpN4rkOiU-7YdFLUp7M62XoTVBcze0K4jWl8Qj35eOWci6DdTFXPtr7Ss_c/s4032/20230401_145243.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRdPeQ8Siyt1RJmqR-OyJLrY3bpq8CQSraBacvMutFw3DmorVxIHH-VMlyTswLm3W6u7uaHo3xY7WzA2vIigg13RJi0RAZb7gi3IfDDoQjEtGDi7mMi1YPvcTyuWxM3lKqpN4rkOiU-7YdFLUp7M62XoTVBcze0K4jWl8Qj35eOWci6DdTFXPtr7Ss_c/w189-h400/20230401_145243.jpg" width="189" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First visit to Snookies of 2023. Floats are usually our go-to's, but on this day we indulged in dipped cones.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgM3Wo8nwuit9CU7qHvSjNda-iUUDc4W3ydy4vkYAdFnZCwlmDC3dYS39CpO6ReeVwNm-vkXEwspJ_cJcRrblNy7RIWARW6oBza-frcAbU3Pn-gFh0zeIWknRV8TmIprlYDJI2CihxKRETelC50IDE2zlKXmTOUFvOmpasahunk3I5-6opdua4ebiOT8/s4032/20230401_145249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgM3Wo8nwuit9CU7qHvSjNda-iUUDc4W3ydy4vkYAdFnZCwlmDC3dYS39CpO6ReeVwNm-vkXEwspJ_cJcRrblNy7RIWARW6oBza-frcAbU3Pn-gFh0zeIWknRV8TmIprlYDJI2CihxKRETelC50IDE2zlKXmTOUFvOmpasahunk3I5-6opdua4ebiOT8/w189-h400/20230401_145249.jpg" width="189" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSeygq9zpdCSEw3FeM3PhJ-RuU8w1Fp3_e541WA63xxVQXVBYSwQKWm1rVt4-8GgLh7hAtYGlnc9rGTFCeuQ64boBE04kLCVDIar-1E79fpzs_7bNVszbe546FNjPqz6oZWnr9pyYKxVap2nz9HjyzhDzUPoL2F270gjf-8K6QsEKJ6TxiUs-dTuyRPE/s4032/20230402_140521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSeygq9zpdCSEw3FeM3PhJ-RuU8w1Fp3_e541WA63xxVQXVBYSwQKWm1rVt4-8GgLh7hAtYGlnc9rGTFCeuQ64boBE04kLCVDIar-1E79fpzs_7bNVszbe546FNjPqz6oZWnr9pyYKxVap2nz9HjyzhDzUPoL2F270gjf-8K6QsEKJ6TxiUs-dTuyRPE/w189-h400/20230402_140521.jpg" width="189" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZAozNmjeqzxNlLdAfQGiqsa_aa_aa1OjJfjZlLNzMlG_ftqe-5BzWbUEdu-JyyYHZNYkiyIM_XjZVgrYApiyWK7F0GSiYGzEKwxsZrZ8mqxUTVr-uDSOjDJWy09UYBXK1gMtqzVyjAIghecyB2_E1DndzZeOlXFR-nhtOtSHigDdvBAeo3rTVx4LSvU/s3648/20230402_140728.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZAozNmjeqzxNlLdAfQGiqsa_aa_aa1OjJfjZlLNzMlG_ftqe-5BzWbUEdu-JyyYHZNYkiyIM_XjZVgrYApiyWK7F0GSiYGzEKwxsZrZ8mqxUTVr-uDSOjDJWy09UYBXK1gMtqzVyjAIghecyB2_E1DndzZeOlXFR-nhtOtSHigDdvBAeo3rTVx4LSvU/w300-h400/20230402_140728.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoyh7A-UsA1ezQjI9gJdez12_VyuCfdP070BNEQwnmbL9b4XWGbc-QjF7-VscG_OSZ6Sn33ZEJd_JFFiMTcg3YKQChmrEXIi49gWMmH7iBU7tD69pTY1IkIKC9XrT6HTLWM8e8PxyGdMlB52iMBWU8tzar9ZWcVl0nKvuc_IohI2lY7Zu1RBDjncLQAo/s4032/20230402_142823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoyh7A-UsA1ezQjI9gJdez12_VyuCfdP070BNEQwnmbL9b4XWGbc-QjF7-VscG_OSZ6Sn33ZEJd_JFFiMTcg3YKQChmrEXIi49gWMmH7iBU7tD69pTY1IkIKC9XrT6HTLWM8e8PxyGdMlB52iMBWU8tzar9ZWcVl0nKvuc_IohI2lY7Zu1RBDjncLQAo/w400-h189/20230402_142823.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9PI31dLWjZ1WnQfYg8Z985n0Nc8l2UvIqachsYjXU6ytXQyCfKV9YMUcn7gf8D3TGrB_VO3QG7njxf4fR09OBq9kcZRb_M4MO7FTJkFgPoD0fLp9PNwJKaGcOQN4zOz-iPTwOAJgYLqOnr8bv5E713gOtvCno9DJI4McZWEh2fe4DN6BBCQDdkLCNYs/s4032/20230402_161007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9PI31dLWjZ1WnQfYg8Z985n0Nc8l2UvIqachsYjXU6ytXQyCfKV9YMUcn7gf8D3TGrB_VO3QG7njxf4fR09OBq9kcZRb_M4MO7FTJkFgPoD0fLp9PNwJKaGcOQN4zOz-iPTwOAJgYLqOnr8bv5E713gOtvCno9DJI4McZWEh2fe4DN6BBCQDdkLCNYs/w189-h400/20230402_161007.jpg" width="189" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Afternoon coffee is important when our kids make plans for us in the evening.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85S74mNzc1H_l1CGDEFe0K1B-QnOWSOoi0ksoWnPovpXi8_Cy-Bxa0nVdhtZJ-ky8q1iOLYuInwlgT1b-cZmVFHsA-QmxTd-TDSuICqKd1xyWbf5mHHXC1ymFtO5qH2IGE1l2k_L2ncJfh6nTPIgm5u13VT8lB99fipsDe5Ux798sLVNE_Nkx3AKELuY/s4608/20230402_194539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85S74mNzc1H_l1CGDEFe0K1B-QnOWSOoi0ksoWnPovpXi8_Cy-Bxa0nVdhtZJ-ky8q1iOLYuInwlgT1b-cZmVFHsA-QmxTd-TDSuICqKd1xyWbf5mHHXC1ymFtO5qH2IGE1l2k_L2ncJfh6nTPIgm5u13VT8lB99fipsDe5Ux798sLVNE_Nkx3AKELuY/w400-h190/20230402_194539.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wild Lights at the Blank Park Zoo is one of my favorite things. Only two of the minis wanted to go this year, so we made it a night with my parents and sister. We all loved the light displays. We like to go on Sunday evenings because there are no crowds and we can walk through a couple of times without it being a late night. 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The night of the show, we took the kids to one of our (new) favorite places, <a href="https://biggrove.com/" target="_blank">Big Grove</a>, for dinner. The buffalo cauliflower is my favorite, while my kids go for the giant pretzels.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXo8V-6dDs0fQXLV5fKOPnfoF4mWyOpK7YO9UX53uWT4WIpC6JLTZBsHA19EQFbLpjqWAdc4iklbly-r-iFn_r_A8lLA-E3dVye5S2E-338J28leZOzuozXmajEwu75NS3T_ktNxRx-SIz8Px9QRw6NxfHFrYUAXCSeZ3iOVEnNZVkt4C8wpqKU5w2ko/s3264/PXL_20230411_223928731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXo8V-6dDs0fQXLV5fKOPnfoF4mWyOpK7YO9UX53uWT4WIpC6JLTZBsHA19EQFbLpjqWAdc4iklbly-r-iFn_r_A8lLA-E3dVye5S2E-338J28leZOzuozXmajEwu75NS3T_ktNxRx-SIz8Px9QRw6NxfHFrYUAXCSeZ3iOVEnNZVkt4C8wpqKU5w2ko/w225-h400/PXL_20230411_223928731.jpg" width="225" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqBIUqB9f9EsoUtwavaGjci3wXe7PJ8Oq3JKYYr942bznBq-ZfhhWVKh1fXbAg_ajCwdTk8SRx1VAP_UohItm-xTJE_MA6G9h9hPgr-Lo9Rhk9LA2L0tFXNJc3EBb22QvAj4u2VGIhmGsnPMzCnsfW26TzV6G4m_Rzu5H8VC5U4gt4ATtmTW-Ip6bO6U/s4032/PXL_20230411_230747361.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Occasionally, we get food from multiple restaurants. On this night, we ordered food from Blue Thai and Paris Banh Mi. All of it was spectacular!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LQm7XOkCtxYf2Gg6A9N-qxdK4jbWbSlWpHBiDIHpV0sbrrQITc7nWPOsPuehN5D2svyhNCVG4_yZIsjbzMvt1kcc3OxkpjYusHhb_2BFivMM3S3qURMe97xTZ-Bg-MTH8QBE7-UEt45MRF0prsZ0OAXDcv8SRS6PaQAQrMZzpNhTU5H-ZTZ_c_n-zuk/s3280/PXL_20230419_000523077.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LQm7XOkCtxYf2Gg6A9N-qxdK4jbWbSlWpHBiDIHpV0sbrrQITc7nWPOsPuehN5D2svyhNCVG4_yZIsjbzMvt1kcc3OxkpjYusHhb_2BFivMM3S3qURMe97xTZ-Bg-MTH8QBE7-UEt45MRF0prsZ0OAXDcv8SRS6PaQAQrMZzpNhTU5H-ZTZ_c_n-zuk/w300-h400/PXL_20230419_000523077.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOb3T6fzX77sQxRUVkeZMF17AFekj4cADwKM4SBcIiPa3LYLml-Kqg-57CoA-fMDJ47G9AW_67ekWkuHDcjAXFDfrbQ4K6-kjPfAR8oTKrz0KsGkUswlYuHcXeJFPjZEqE7RiTwWJSu_QT2t5Shf0hkHcsQfmR1ZTaT6r-_v-EzVS9tWjd-UF3apP2dY/s4032/PXL_20230417_234337182.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOb3T6fzX77sQxRUVkeZMF17AFekj4cADwKM4SBcIiPa3LYLml-Kqg-57CoA-fMDJ47G9AW_67ekWkuHDcjAXFDfrbQ4K6-kjPfAR8oTKrz0KsGkUswlYuHcXeJFPjZEqE7RiTwWJSu_QT2t5Shf0hkHcsQfmR1ZTaT6r-_v-EzVS9tWjd-UF3apP2dY/w300-h400/PXL_20230417_234337182.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I always know the school year is coming to an end when the calendar is filled with band concerts, talent shows, and parent nights.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeg5rpG9qitrNMVoW1AiqEjbXXQlgZTyg1I4iZYXLuhyjHHDjcg-YKC_QWhY290Ibj2kFeJ9Ht1Se64NGdgk16az_E4yWSkwq110kWMJ5bRd8tBDTUfwL-NFT7sA6vr6ZygRPL36VY0eRvOWUnqONxg3u3AAViN-iTsgP4ye2_7l1Yi_pKk6iXJUq_-B0/s4032/PXL_20230418_010930175.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeg5rpG9qitrNMVoW1AiqEjbXXQlgZTyg1I4iZYXLuhyjHHDjcg-YKC_QWhY290Ibj2kFeJ9Ht1Se64NGdgk16az_E4yWSkwq110kWMJ5bRd8tBDTUfwL-NFT7sA6vr6ZygRPL36VY0eRvOWUnqONxg3u3AAViN-iTsgP4ye2_7l1Yi_pKk6iXJUq_-B0/w300-h400/PXL_20230418_010930175.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5ymNLMdCvXNDo2-YSM0Mw7OhGT24y5uqzzz3HJ54Hjiu4o8pR__ECgVcrAJFnK86TfhJ_EGlYuJfDVKWIx8gx7G1eMtdZTWZB0lMpOPPi6IRHYEw5HzBVsLNi27BLxFmvJEWf9JGFk5Vl_MKxezTf7j9JGkRjYyvQBX3UxgyeCdFd4XlMy_8KAl8xW4/s4032/PXL_20230419_140622825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5ymNLMdCvXNDo2-YSM0Mw7OhGT24y5uqzzz3HJ54Hjiu4o8pR__ECgVcrAJFnK86TfhJ_EGlYuJfDVKWIx8gx7G1eMtdZTWZB0lMpOPPi6IRHYEw5HzBVsLNi27BLxFmvJEWf9JGFk5Vl_MKxezTf7j9JGkRjYyvQBX3UxgyeCdFd4XlMy_8KAl8xW4/w300-h400/PXL_20230419_140622825.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJK7NjUe1jABTVY99S4SiEBs9Ga2y2wHGvYKH3VGIhRrH6hnrdBBuB_iAgy6kAkDZYRC9T_aJq4R8Fz3ojNpt9Lk0YH75ygUk0xNJZqJ8-0J7sK30g7jvvI2ADWPdh0i62x-eTszc1DLV1kdciC29-CtTAH5-j89CfShi8rKHYMXTTMRDvKm9mTTom7BU/s4032/PXL_20230422_130403700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJK7NjUe1jABTVY99S4SiEBs9Ga2y2wHGvYKH3VGIhRrH6hnrdBBuB_iAgy6kAkDZYRC9T_aJq4R8Fz3ojNpt9Lk0YH75ygUk0xNJZqJ8-0J7sK30g7jvvI2ADWPdh0i62x-eTszc1DLV1kdciC29-CtTAH5-j89CfShi8rKHYMXTTMRDvKm9mTTom7BU/w400-h300/PXL_20230422_130403700.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I woke us all up early on a Saturday morning, treated everyone to donuts (cronuts from <a href="https://chuchudonuts.com/" target="_blank">ChuChu donuts </a>are amazing) and hunted for glass eggs in Water Works Park. It's a thing, but we have yet to find any of those eggs despite trying for mulitple years. The stories make us giggle now though!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgj40KuHd_WRmOagqn0RIthGW2HKGvmontEvU_9PIj6sXJXna0XuqmJQMuN7KfICTuwdYnYxdRRX4CifZzPqjHMOd-YBNhZ4Z9SampJbBtiKbGa2gD_3_OJzPjqx8JEOsgsP6QXkzIgbdvB2oGNXLDRjRCIHkGqNtMWX_XUz_Ey9uoT9omCP_ZuFErxQ/s3280/PXL_20230422_133034089.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgj40KuHd_WRmOagqn0RIthGW2HKGvmontEvU_9PIj6sXJXna0XuqmJQMuN7KfICTuwdYnYxdRRX4CifZzPqjHMOd-YBNhZ4Z9SampJbBtiKbGa2gD_3_OJzPjqx8JEOsgsP6QXkzIgbdvB2oGNXLDRjRCIHkGqNtMWX_XUz_Ey9uoT9omCP_ZuFErxQ/w400-h300/PXL_20230422_133034089.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TZhbVEo85cT8rbmeYbbpUGchyNB4ppOBAA13pONW09bDbxDwthfY3YSe-ESGf8vfon3-zPOHzkzRjNhjt2NlsEHHHahjFtHgCMIGdRABuUVyxT9v_42LEYfqD9xhEUXAqiqU4TJcHdjEtnVYCzft56OqJTqdzseoYCLsghcgK0wx8ZUfda2w3v-5rRk/s4032/PXL_20230422_134039867.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TZhbVEo85cT8rbmeYbbpUGchyNB4ppOBAA13pONW09bDbxDwthfY3YSe-ESGf8vfon3-zPOHzkzRjNhjt2NlsEHHHahjFtHgCMIGdRABuUVyxT9v_42LEYfqD9xhEUXAqiqU4TJcHdjEtnVYCzft56OqJTqdzseoYCLsghcgK0wx8ZUfda2w3v-5rRk/w300-h400/PXL_20230422_134039867.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqqOvnlrx_822Sln3bW374o0prNGHcAgyYeizZnu2xB8GGU5S-SaA4xaHd4DtdPY4irWR1XJYXZ9dvlWzxDXm4KXqjHoo8sWnOt0SouqrvJjZzazMMCeHooICyejXYwePd_1rQR6Ax5ECqrX6aO_AWztwDQ-_-aRw9sPfjzqspQmmIR6WW5pyXYmA3ok/s4032/PXL_20230422_134206007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqqOvnlrx_822Sln3bW374o0prNGHcAgyYeizZnu2xB8GGU5S-SaA4xaHd4DtdPY4irWR1XJYXZ9dvlWzxDXm4KXqjHoo8sWnOt0SouqrvJjZzazMMCeHooICyejXYwePd_1rQR6Ax5ECqrX6aO_AWztwDQ-_-aRw9sPfjzqspQmmIR6WW5pyXYmA3ok/w300-h400/PXL_20230422_134206007.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqJiNibkWT7EIConNp1FanV17APoJ3gQivziPvLXdbHz52qjaehFn623lRCpMU_oR1H5AQJUVjkLQITNvckqM4FdfFk-evcvdnxjysRxzUQOwd8nNdPHWNkM4ytf07Qoacwf_Jskqvlge5sij5fWXTh60oDodXSGAdHjo_sLgxaw9DXWS5my-oehMpOg/s3280/PXL_20230422_135344529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqJiNibkWT7EIConNp1FanV17APoJ3gQivziPvLXdbHz52qjaehFn623lRCpMU_oR1H5AQJUVjkLQITNvckqM4FdfFk-evcvdnxjysRxzUQOwd8nNdPHWNkM4ytf07Qoacwf_Jskqvlge5sij5fWXTh60oDodXSGAdHjo_sLgxaw9DXWS5my-oehMpOg/w300-h400/PXL_20230422_135344529.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bHRLKdmD2iNRMZcAFWr6tk-tS9GlnZRB7IPCsJ7Y7Zk2Nk2L8jmtQJ3BANCIlaqhJIYregPUyfza1FTUCUqSybAvfH3EIpds1dm_OHIbUhGwRrODn2cGVp-bOwU7cEF79aKyjDjxX9GA9aLY2A9kAqIHgABwveH0nCrHeZR9yCpEtl1knIy2aJ2jurg/s4032/PXL_20230422_170930694.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bHRLKdmD2iNRMZcAFWr6tk-tS9GlnZRB7IPCsJ7Y7Zk2Nk2L8jmtQJ3BANCIlaqhJIYregPUyfza1FTUCUqSybAvfH3EIpds1dm_OHIbUhGwRrODn2cGVp-bOwU7cEF79aKyjDjxX9GA9aLY2A9kAqIHgABwveH0nCrHeZR9yCpEtl1knIy2aJ2jurg/w300-h400/PXL_20230422_170930694.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Doggy play dates help wear everyone out.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnup7HQND_hPKCHpgIcchGuw7PnqpEZQKLvOTcqXoKvskvbFsq7LLi4QCZzJIQgZAQ_TMvHkD-9mSpq6jTS00N06x1VqePjqsqosxpFFg3RM82wU7npx6IlvJm6dURPrGcYE1V89hv1QJEbUpjWJMhIfbQgYLBXY2bkT_xlyQZjA0V0DE7IqHCkZuuEo0/s3280/PXL_20230423_174142049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnup7HQND_hPKCHpgIcchGuw7PnqpEZQKLvOTcqXoKvskvbFsq7LLi4QCZzJIQgZAQ_TMvHkD-9mSpq6jTS00N06x1VqePjqsqosxpFFg3RM82wU7npx6IlvJm6dURPrGcYE1V89hv1QJEbUpjWJMhIfbQgYLBXY2bkT_xlyQZjA0V0DE7IqHCkZuuEo0/w400-h300/PXL_20230423_174142049.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We finally made it up to Minnesota and got our State Park Pass for the year! We had a great hiking day at Whitewater State Park. We quickly stopped by the Spam Museum on our way (but didn't stop for the tour) and ended our day with a car picnic. Since we've done Iowa State Parks, many of them numerous times, we decided to head north for cleaner water, new and beautiful views, and time in a state that is heading into my top five favorites.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtN_7b30mhUkwg5NY5qHLuAZSk-m5fP1suW41R2bA653YI5JMS69SpIsaTsKiWueiP8W7sHYywSuFHgKZ3l1KPheKInzOBEeBbUFOH7xXc7m9MJ8n12_WZ7I_fCNZzH6Y-lQTwsY4BRHGVA7EsdZl3gFa5uIdnkvzOAF6sluaGO3jnWJSSq8XeZj1yIM/s4032/PXL_20230423_185336977.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtN_7b30mhUkwg5NY5qHLuAZSk-m5fP1suW41R2bA653YI5JMS69SpIsaTsKiWueiP8W7sHYywSuFHgKZ3l1KPheKInzOBEeBbUFOH7xXc7m9MJ8n12_WZ7I_fCNZzH6Y-lQTwsY4BRHGVA7EsdZl3gFa5uIdnkvzOAF6sluaGO3jnWJSSq8XeZj1yIM/w300-h400/PXL_20230423_185336977.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuaVipDu214mYy-dfZSLIjuHruKbNCLIcgoNztTnAXg-Z586Dxh6VnEmFuqxfBAt2AUk5RpHenNES-92lzLTTKl6vyAve7WeowOtH8mHDjzCtV3arvPlH1QuuE8dWttvqGXjq3fF7zK_FoPnaTGBPPgdO4Jq4r_11AkG_ZPn1s-VpusLKA6EsNQf4CnJc/s4032/PXL_20230423_185358310.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We celebrated with a peanut butter whipped cream cake topped with two of his faves: a bone and pancake.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMhqQH3Ge7k_lmA0pSrJ9RdxwQXPEGMNVeMnD1G6y2NLw-RQ7DhHypEJZJ3z7qhcI2qfvDYLyfdsU7iFrtReS3P2eZG1pORZKvqGDzqtPljqdYrkEbM9YGTpeJphuBj8p3jtPctAIIRyETYHZBrl7J0A6GJeiFV_x5RwUA_W3AoWUzNeQjriwU8SGbh4/s4032/PXL_20230425_161650313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMhqQH3Ge7k_lmA0pSrJ9RdxwQXPEGMNVeMnD1G6y2NLw-RQ7DhHypEJZJ3z7qhcI2qfvDYLyfdsU7iFrtReS3P2eZG1pORZKvqGDzqtPljqdYrkEbM9YGTpeJphuBj8p3jtPctAIIRyETYHZBrl7J0A6GJeiFV_x5RwUA_W3AoWUzNeQjriwU8SGbh4/w300-h400/PXL_20230425_161650313.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before I caught a flight to New Orleans for a Children's Museum conference, I ate a ridiculous amount of Mexican food at <a href="https://www.fiestaiowa.com/westdesmoines" target="_blank">Fiesta</a>. It's our new go-to for Mexican.</span> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yqnyt9WzpFJoyWSoBD1q1fPYpxZ1EBQUtT5PcYSdgCo-yU3-3qwKNfOwN11jVigdxg-9Br8UQHaafCV4QbbHU0t-pcD9-vCFWdRhoUKKtR6gPLDIPjnpfgoBhG4jNwGfLgSw8G42fIOsjYX0ZCV22TiTJymy30uH-gzurZVFspXilP_4jW-_QGNGBCs/s4032/PXL_20230425_162341491.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yqnyt9WzpFJoyWSoBD1q1fPYpxZ1EBQUtT5PcYSdgCo-yU3-3qwKNfOwN11jVigdxg-9Br8UQHaafCV4QbbHU0t-pcD9-vCFWdRhoUKKtR6gPLDIPjnpfgoBhG4jNwGfLgSw8G42fIOsjYX0ZCV22TiTJymy30uH-gzurZVFspXilP_4jW-_QGNGBCs/w400-h300/PXL_20230425_162341491.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuvf9YM4RhMH8DzPnb5_yiC9GmGWg7fGR5smx2ND_zKlzh3o7cXf63wIskxXmqH9ekreBtAHwrLigfmKzEp8ajwTdbdRQ9zzx0Ff1gmHl_Jiyn6_O6xOuRGsOtp6KGteUs9zEObvRSXdiAfPrgMrIlo4W5NRMnsGrTpxaqH3vLf1ySZF4yctJlWKgdvg/s4032/PXL_20230426_165047453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuvf9YM4RhMH8DzPnb5_yiC9GmGWg7fGR5smx2ND_zKlzh3o7cXf63wIskxXmqH9ekreBtAHwrLigfmKzEp8ajwTdbdRQ9zzx0Ff1gmHl_Jiyn6_O6xOuRGsOtp6KGteUs9zEObvRSXdiAfPrgMrIlo4W5NRMnsGrTpxaqH3vLf1ySZF4yctJlWKgdvg/w400-h300/PXL_20230426_165047453.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">4 a.m. flight from Des Moines to St. Louis to New Orleans meant we had a few hours to explore the city before the conference began. We had plenty of options for Museums, but all of the ones I really wanted to go to were closed that day. Instead, we grabbed lunch, drinks, and walked around exploring the many shops, art galleries, and stores. 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The conference was phenomenal. It was truly amazing to be with like-minded individuals, sharing ideas and our passions. I attended some fantastic sessions and loved our evening visit to the Louisiana Children's Museum in City Park. City Park is one of my favorite parks in the U.S. and the Children's Museum is right in the middle of it. 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We were working with a smaller budget since we'll be buying two cars this year (one for the oldest to drive), but everything we could find within our price range had well over 100,000 miles and/or wasn't worth the asking price. Our local dealerships had nothing we were excited about. I nearly bit the bullet and went with another brand new vehicle only to be told the one I wanted wouldn't be in for 20+ months (there's quite a waiting list still). To say I was beyond frustrated with limited options, we turned to Carvana and we had the best experience! I highly recommend checking it out. You're better off securing your own financing if you're able to because the interest rates can be high, but we had no issues finding the car we wanted and using our own financing. So, now I'm back to a minivan mom and I couldn't be happier.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pcut_TrR02GjRLXH-lv90A2qj39b4ZWIwVb0oT6l5OXG3nHQnrSvFbPwvLd9QCeD7mSih1ub2ZA-QkKy7CW19iD85v_r1nyxfYpjVHGQ0ynokQr57JUiUNdCRHoN_JoWUfq-Dmrq9B8jrjvlU88Qs7Z-U5bz4w_3GbLsZwgOC2zQ8Evgu7nDb5SbaqY/s4032/PXL_20230430_194453540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pcut_TrR02GjRLXH-lv90A2qj39b4ZWIwVb0oT6l5OXG3nHQnrSvFbPwvLd9QCeD7mSih1ub2ZA-QkKy7CW19iD85v_r1nyxfYpjVHGQ0ynokQr57JUiUNdCRHoN_JoWUfq-Dmrq9B8jrjvlU88Qs7Z-U5bz4w_3GbLsZwgOC2zQ8Evgu7nDb5SbaqY/w400-h300/PXL_20230430_194453540.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVcwpl3jiNsQ4dqVI6s8qH08oq4Y0E9Lq9DCv-HmJH63oftMTFhTJiCc_mfQTVAkaLwiFA0F0tudgUgJMKu06VdLge6eEVsQGXZmq9ukQwqL96i2yB-wlNYBVw5qPS6ElBXvpvqjcR2ifE2fiBg15p8PMhJGV1Oo8Ju7iQq0KDZBKjaUZw3UQB6ePEqw/s3280/PXL_20230430_192818084.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVcwpl3jiNsQ4dqVI6s8qH08oq4Y0E9Lq9DCv-HmJH63oftMTFhTJiCc_mfQTVAkaLwiFA0F0tudgUgJMKu06VdLge6eEVsQGXZmq9ukQwqL96i2yB-wlNYBVw5qPS6ElBXvpvqjcR2ifE2fiBg15p8PMhJGV1Oo8Ju7iQq0KDZBKjaUZw3UQB6ePEqw/w300-h400/PXL_20230430_192818084.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Um6AQKYILTKFKivYWehD63zYth5oG5xbYv84fy9LENxk2cuHdoukhJ_c28Se3cG09NGPoRZfNkn0DnZu2sRJbWHjzBsKDa_T3XJ9EwQIBWg-XkYSUyoWz42bFc-ukMxYXo9MdrBV40ClxjJCUQ6iWOjZ28j-ekwxEmV0wX8AbuBjKn6YfNn8l1vmu9g/s4032/PXL_20230430_144619609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Um6AQKYILTKFKivYWehD63zYth5oG5xbYv84fy9LENxk2cuHdoukhJ_c28Se3cG09NGPoRZfNkn0DnZu2sRJbWHjzBsKDa_T3XJ9EwQIBWg-XkYSUyoWz42bFc-ukMxYXo9MdrBV40ClxjJCUQ6iWOjZ28j-ekwxEmV0wX8AbuBjKn6YfNn8l1vmu9g/w300-h400/PXL_20230430_144619609.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I feel like the end of March and April were a big blur. I know I didn't document half of what was going on in our lives, but we survived. Looking back at it, it all seems like a pretty solid month and a half that was action packed, stressful, fun, and all the emotions.</span></div><p></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-37089689529569060292023-07-06T08:56:00.000-05:002023-07-06T08:56:16.872-05:00Easter<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgqv6XK4lYk1PfERJaowzpoTwJzmlsn5QH0V7q2mhr7ymlec4UgH7DhfW4HG1awb9fmqkDG2ojXIzSKivmxpsOX6GdY66kzcQCi4C9XVs3HtGST8Sk__FYOIzu1NwxnKrmD1eqd6Le4AGvLbKiHq_Zw6_msVClpjrePhFizCjoKcWKe_ZM3z8qYCmUhs/s4032/PXL_20230409_140955405.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgqv6XK4lYk1PfERJaowzpoTwJzmlsn5QH0V7q2mhr7ymlec4UgH7DhfW4HG1awb9fmqkDG2ojXIzSKivmxpsOX6GdY66kzcQCi4C9XVs3HtGST8Sk__FYOIzu1NwxnKrmD1eqd6Le4AGvLbKiHq_Zw6_msVClpjrePhFizCjoKcWKe_ZM3z8qYCmUhs/w300-h400/PXL_20230409_140955405.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's more than three months later, but we had a great Easter season. There were family celebrations, egg hunts, one glow in the dark egg hunt event (that turned into a family affair when I needed help), an Easter basket hunt, sugar, and treats. Lots of treats.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daycare celebrated first with Cool Whip dyed Easter eggs, Peeps s'mores, the favorite Easter egg lunch (where I put their lunch food into eggs they have to open; they love the surprises!), Peeps play dough, bunny cake, and their own egg hunt.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrOYF2kq-fDfyw4GCAJa-bm9ax0Jo9etYD4hyL5CdoZSPKATFnENShC-RjUgPTyB7pgiiWmfGNrku6qbLoLJiF-8hFBGVZChBU9MNanQwQM8oO-_y9yoHGMR9ce9O_ze-PNISpjUvSKJc--PoKsKC0AfV1cN03UUBQVPM6gvIJfxU8HoZcGgaG4UMn70/s4032/20230403_093154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrOYF2kq-fDfyw4GCAJa-bm9ax0Jo9etYD4hyL5CdoZSPKATFnENShC-RjUgPTyB7pgiiWmfGNrku6qbLoLJiF-8hFBGVZChBU9MNanQwQM8oO-_y9yoHGMR9ce9O_ze-PNISpjUvSKJc--PoKsKC0AfV1cN03UUBQVPM6gvIJfxU8HoZcGgaG4UMn70/w400-h189/20230403_093154.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco0vvGPZcA8JnzNJIP71X0In8D4eBLBRf3tWxnlRrYZl2CtjoB7k-gTdvJ1Of58FoX6yDaFyNXSBMmhA24qq12NSmTVAAJvpDKtI8vJy7r6S4Qycx2g8U-qHtZgLMjTOG7Q_zUT_wxq9T7pY88fVtn1_qwsTf7m4zpu6CS1YeV5ZQadBB4MNfRvQONV8/s4032/20230403_093157.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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What went down was two hours of extreme awesomeness with a side of crazy. 500+ people through the door to enjoy a glowtastic egg hunt. All in all, it was a success. Luckily, I brought the minis and Hubs along to help out because we needed all of the extra hands we could manage!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGHn_s3bB_C8mnq-UpNFx51nSuCkAYcKKUaXRmyeJcxqSij9KvQZqU916Tb6MUeL_bSjxqXoIR956i6k4SHtwpmdSbVoiveZdHFHg4J6PF5hWI-YYOs2kwmSmhIGocrmjTkYPf_1JoIzI6jlEtYqPFeqZVK2vvo2u0BMpgGLVXvQLuvW8WnjZDaGCUcU/s4032/20230406_184408.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGHn_s3bB_C8mnq-UpNFx51nSuCkAYcKKUaXRmyeJcxqSij9KvQZqU916Tb6MUeL_bSjxqXoIR956i6k4SHtwpmdSbVoiveZdHFHg4J6PF5hWI-YYOs2kwmSmhIGocrmjTkYPf_1JoIzI6jlEtYqPFeqZVK2vvo2u0BMpgGLVXvQLuvW8WnjZDaGCUcU/w400-h189/20230406_184408.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfEQ1uBzFLay10aODdxZzc4d4fdeQd4xKRDYfiYocikepbORKOJp97gB559tjVVbOiupjpTM3xwVmgI-0TiIx9fN0PUBVL4dWxJ1vTh_Sc2jpu_cdh55xLMxsvv9hM94CpH7QyCfIrRCp20siXp1o44w-xhboyIYd-zypynqpg1w1Kn4G91wtwWxOKTM/s4032/20230406_184637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfEQ1uBzFLay10aODdxZzc4d4fdeQd4xKRDYfiYocikepbORKOJp97gB559tjVVbOiupjpTM3xwVmgI-0TiIx9fN0PUBVL4dWxJ1vTh_Sc2jpu_cdh55xLMxsvv9hM94CpH7QyCfIrRCp20siXp1o44w-xhboyIYd-zypynqpg1w1Kn4G91wtwWxOKTM/w189-h400/20230406_184637.jpg" width="189" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUNuaC5hRiq_5kIqMnUPp81qickFKaWpiYrm5kHzDd6hdesY7H5NkSnibMAav7Vhb166SvxO8FI-SUqIkhgBikHnt0P_G_tTSHMd37FERqAO8W84ANEah3ViTOufjbLsjK85Z2MnvWzAkarLCW2fQ5mbVU02ae46qmddi42laI9arZT4bB7ImungGnbM/s4032/20230406_184646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUNuaC5hRiq_5kIqMnUPp81qickFKaWpiYrm5kHzDd6hdesY7H5NkSnibMAav7Vhb166SvxO8FI-SUqIkhgBikHnt0P_G_tTSHMd37FERqAO8W84ANEah3ViTOufjbLsjK85Z2MnvWzAkarLCW2fQ5mbVU02ae46qmddi42laI9arZT4bB7ImungGnbM/w400-h189/20230406_184646.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPuE-RW8UotvxGYsgPyaw0Wkh7xu20wsZ8XLsv1jPYA1MjxcW3n9_bjJU8fi6qvAzOZAgMp2j2wjtMFwYamtvzdZ4WvN4vbp7QzJHFxE_ghpxzo-wfTGGQJnp2MoQP03uD6VMpx4UoR-Co9JvXEFYKynBxGlJUrbIWHPMlluu6TInchmY_yBtkTS29YE/s4032/20230406_190357.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPuE-RW8UotvxGYsgPyaw0Wkh7xu20wsZ8XLsv1jPYA1MjxcW3n9_bjJU8fi6qvAzOZAgMp2j2wjtMFwYamtvzdZ4WvN4vbp7QzJHFxE_ghpxzo-wfTGGQJnp2MoQP03uD6VMpx4UoR-Co9JvXEFYKynBxGlJUrbIWHPMlluu6TInchmY_yBtkTS29YE/w400-h189/20230406_190357.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My three aren't exactly thrilled about egg hunts anymore. They did one at grandma and grandpa's house, but on Easter morning they did a scavenger hunt to find their baskets. I had just as much fun creating the egg hunt as they did finding their baskets (in the washer and dryer). This might be one that sticks around for a few years!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTjnk6NnjIrJij5oSGBabBsLC2I0gT3XpG4q2VD3KMzMvsyXZwDsbrjILjX8vg1VeLiQIJH21opuH-s1TZUcbTswq_yoUMzaoquLQrNs-pRIUFk4kVWZ0-zuxaprrOSMD9WjDTIHUenD8brHV3ZQg0YuyTGYUyowAQk0RWVPMhAO45mUBRoBMBclo8Uo/s4032/PXL_20230408_210359048.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTjnk6NnjIrJij5oSGBabBsLC2I0gT3XpG4q2VD3KMzMvsyXZwDsbrjILjX8vg1VeLiQIJH21opuH-s1TZUcbTswq_yoUMzaoquLQrNs-pRIUFk4kVWZ0-zuxaprrOSMD9WjDTIHUenD8brHV3ZQg0YuyTGYUyowAQk0RWVPMhAO45mUBRoBMBclo8Uo/w300-h400/PXL_20230408_210359048.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitd6hrKD5-0HPtTFtpTtaF0INFCG25mNsIZXXdxpaYVjTdyB2m-e3zgReEldC_Yijko3RDma9CkgJWKwJb2QoMc1aG221yHgbf4rO39zx7Ns6jIZJwj85fTdK60c2-I4-rdKkl00urrFIOURKG1wGZMpvcOY4-aeoufMx_sLZ9lwbqAZKjRe9FNknGgYE/s4032/PXL_20230408_213030342.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitd6hrKD5-0HPtTFtpTtaF0INFCG25mNsIZXXdxpaYVjTdyB2m-e3zgReEldC_Yijko3RDma9CkgJWKwJb2QoMc1aG221yHgbf4rO39zx7Ns6jIZJwj85fTdK60c2-I4-rdKkl00urrFIOURKG1wGZMpvcOY4-aeoufMx_sLZ9lwbqAZKjRe9FNknGgYE/w400-h300/PXL_20230408_213030342.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPPRZ8PKEm5zhUVXc8o8h59ZrmwaIDtz7-vybiw0DJlskswRk8bCWz0XI51LyRSGtFOqt2CUY0oInnG-J-3s_XrR0pP6yZexOLpolNcY6_BJX1ghV84c--CW9XskHgJ_apCnUgBO5skFL4L_RRFfynqr7BKjfRpAnHOFS9HOQpFXYq3mswvtacquqlaA/s4032/PXL_20230408_213255322.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPPRZ8PKEm5zhUVXc8o8h59ZrmwaIDtz7-vybiw0DJlskswRk8bCWz0XI51LyRSGtFOqt2CUY0oInnG-J-3s_XrR0pP6yZexOLpolNcY6_BJX1ghV84c--CW9XskHgJ_apCnUgBO5skFL4L_RRFfynqr7BKjfRpAnHOFS9HOQpFXYq3mswvtacquqlaA/w400-h300/PXL_20230408_213255322.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJjHEpco1nUEApf52mYBE1mQKEia7fdVSmgtHqAJ2LParTHH-oVzHJVDuJOSajofzhM6M5ZX9TWFdxbwu5DhZlJUklsO-H_Wopdmnqk3RaryqRH0uawEFcYJ12Y-eAbfNzKvuLxRlSmgbKO-GIKCcTIEwYW0IEZFoNo7hqtJUAaTI3hofNmU71EApXPg/s4032/PXL_20230408_213659656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJjHEpco1nUEApf52mYBE1mQKEia7fdVSmgtHqAJ2LParTHH-oVzHJVDuJOSajofzhM6M5ZX9TWFdxbwu5DhZlJUklsO-H_Wopdmnqk3RaryqRH0uawEFcYJ12Y-eAbfNzKvuLxRlSmgbKO-GIKCcTIEwYW0IEZFoNo7hqtJUAaTI3hofNmU71EApXPg/w400-h300/PXL_20230408_213659656.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9NGtXtKWT4SBHXkoWnSHUO_Dhgk1WJrOMg1jZCo2SeJGlH1kJK009UtVErZJTAr2jYgWjrjZer9IGRj9qAeKUfgMh9BYmUzwKNPdSfYSiabo-gpBZmnu2P9egZYX3-DQxvgYReP9Kgtvugmgx-iMZkBugBHGJYrG5R3sxmed5gI5VIElHi6k0w7DIAY/s4032/PXL_20230408_215712190.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9NGtXtKWT4SBHXkoWnSHUO_Dhgk1WJrOMg1jZCo2SeJGlH1kJK009UtVErZJTAr2jYgWjrjZer9IGRj9qAeKUfgMh9BYmUzwKNPdSfYSiabo-gpBZmnu2P9egZYX3-DQxvgYReP9Kgtvugmgx-iMZkBugBHGJYrG5R3sxmed5gI5VIElHi6k0w7DIAY/w300-h400/PXL_20230408_215712190.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUfGccecCDZWsaDhYeL-QRt3XRR46T_UFwBc1EEyCr-3vA5paMfM3HznW9AwucEI9qrZD-NsBJMDSc3bb3WVNsVTucByeglDPA5yEUA6hZmb8_3YKdaWNwP6vxVvLc2EpZhlU5k5EsCYqSn_cvxfNMFu9AXVfYM3-mMpNKJJJWhmrT55nqICLxZUHCoE/s4032/PXL_20230408_224947424.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUfGccecCDZWsaDhYeL-QRt3XRR46T_UFwBc1EEyCr-3vA5paMfM3HznW9AwucEI9qrZD-NsBJMDSc3bb3WVNsVTucByeglDPA5yEUA6hZmb8_3YKdaWNwP6vxVvLc2EpZhlU5k5EsCYqSn_cvxfNMFu9AXVfYM3-mMpNKJJJWhmrT55nqICLxZUHCoE/w300-h400/PXL_20230408_224947424.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our Easter Basket scavenger hunt was a hit! The minis weren't thrilled about an egg hunt, but still wanted to do something fun, so I created a scavenger hunt. Each clue led to a new clue which eventually led them to their baskets...hiding in the washer and dryer.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaH8DoZqrwt2sOxzjdGzA57OJ-B1C9ulca8DY-wj4k7p-NY-8RrhdY_-cWdhE7An52p_DEyYdCeSLDVFOsrRzF7OvgQy-tSucxOzbblVBk-U_TdkO-4OKN_TlwHXFLDG-mA-UN8fWT6gfikP0B8B_D0n_Cw7_vkatELy9Kt1q2L3AJaq8kCjcj8fl3jw/s4032/PXL_20230409_135047922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaH8DoZqrwt2sOxzjdGzA57OJ-B1C9ulca8DY-wj4k7p-NY-8RrhdY_-cWdhE7An52p_DEyYdCeSLDVFOsrRzF7OvgQy-tSucxOzbblVBk-U_TdkO-4OKN_TlwHXFLDG-mA-UN8fWT6gfikP0B8B_D0n_Cw7_vkatELy9Kt1q2L3AJaq8kCjcj8fl3jw/w300-h400/PXL_20230409_135047922.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-Zapr7V4ipkEfh3o4dyxncklBLek292qwcfAtsWsqOwvkMhMdheMslU7TatE6xhbFeKuX8mKOO1higrA-RU4p-_993rJM8bMqn1ZPp1NP3v9V6MD5tFIER50bhH1SnihMwnX51AkjsD9ir3LTJRN1OmBiouUfe2RTd26L7P3EyZ-2cxBr-sibn91sjs/s4032/PXL_20230409_135319218.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3630" data-original-width="1643" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UDxKtQ9f0MCPFqDYVuKOx25i2seAJ7c2a3B0rDSR4PbsRdieNCEkUpXG7YNnIacGwcklQVlV9XK2e8awF6oMJdJc-CUzTPZ4DV9SpYm4YEG4EJKZUELfrZf5fgwdaSx2q0choMRYdW2CK3JyrMSd_uDowP88HUJPaBu65pXz6mFo1yTGdyWkGpmTWto/w181-h400/PXL_20230628_023948753.jpg" width="181" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear Max,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I write your annual birthday letter, you're off and working. It's a new one that accurately depicts the stage of life you're in. Your life is growing, no longer revolving around family and our activities. Instead, you're developing your own life complete with friends, a job, and soon enough a car to drive around in. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">You absolutely rocked your first year of high school, coming in with all A's and B's and a few classes with Honors. Due to your awesome grades and hard work, you qualified for AP courses next school year. I couldn't be more proud of the hard work you put in, not only doing well in school, but also continuing to be an important person that helps our household run smoothly. You rarely complain (although there are a few more eye rolls involved these days) about your daily chores and happily make dinner for us one or more nights per week. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">You're still rolling with the same group of friends you've held onto for years. It brings a smile to my face to see the same group of guys enter my home as they did ten years ago as kindergarteners. I say this with love, but you are an old man in a fifteen year old's body. Several times throughout the school year, friends would ask you to do something that involved staying out past 7:30 p.m. You responded to them with a, "I can't, I have to go to bed." I laughed so hard when I saw that in your texts, but I do hope you won't be a twenty year old yelling at people to get off your lawn!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">While you love adventure, going to festivals, exploring and traveling, hiking, arcades, axe throwing, and trying new things, you are absolutely a homebody. You have no issues staying home, gaming, trying new recipes, and drawing. Your art has really come along this year. Last week, I snapped at you, "put the freaking phone away and actually DO something!" You presented me a gorgeous painted picture thirty minutes later, leaving me speechless at your natural talent.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unlike your siblings, you don't enjoy drama and stay out of it. You're happy spending time alone or with your family. More than anything, I love that you're unapologetically YOU and don't give a damn what anyone else thinks. You're still working on knowing when you're wrong, backing down, and offering an apology. It's an important lesson to learn, one that will suit you well throughout life. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As you gear up for your sophomore year of high school, there's more and more talk of the future: classes, college, jobs, what your vision is for your life. I do a fair amount of listening and supporting any dream you throw out (although they're not quite as crazy as your brother's), talking logistics, and giving opinions when needed, but it's more important for you to remember that above all else I want you to be happy. I want you to do what makes you happy, to follow your passions, and continue being true to yourself. Those are things to always remember, but I hope they are at the forefront of your mind in this next important year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some parents are sad their kids age and grow up, but I can honestly say I am not. It has been the coolest thing in my life. My role in your life changes year after year. We're at the point where you ask me to coffee, talk politics and world news, find the local places we must try, and attempt to keep me in the know. I often hope that no matter where you land in the world, that's the kind of relationship we can have in the future. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Year fifteen will be a big one. Full of changes and new adventures. I'm so proud of the direction you steer your life and can't wait to see what you do with this next year. I love you so much! I hit the jackpot with you. When I casually bring up how you cook, clean, take care of your siblings and pets, and do what you do daily, I'm often met with stares and comments about how they wish their teens did what you do. It's such a natural thing for me to witness that I often don't take the time to fully appreciate how wonderful you are! I've said it before, but I often feel like you raised me just as much as I have you. Thank you for everything you do for our family, for sticking with me even through the thick eyerolls. I couldn't imagine a life without you in it. You have always made my life better.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Love always and forever,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mom</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5XDdVBJgqLnXmO3CvTP24UrRoyswwQLBSJ9R1x_3kiI-f6G_fipQv_fgmK3fz1Tw3ivUpoyAb0FYooafzSHSlk0zzm6rMrq1Dkf9SZiG3mntXavN4QhNaqnfzPEyipAVikQSVsgcmlcW_f5atJthWLx-oilhCuniDoi4xnLbhdEUo5RBaxOV0ioBc2I/s4032/PXL_20230527_164957324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5XDdVBJgqLnXmO3CvTP24UrRoyswwQLBSJ9R1x_3kiI-f6G_fipQv_fgmK3fz1Tw3ivUpoyAb0FYooafzSHSlk0zzm6rMrq1Dkf9SZiG3mntXavN4QhNaqnfzPEyipAVikQSVsgcmlcW_f5atJthWLx-oilhCuniDoi4xnLbhdEUo5RBaxOV0ioBc2I/w300-h400/PXL_20230527_164957324.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLerCYIZ7P-O-lxqAktEd7Oyf2QM2DtUEpkau23zYX3yWF_QQwJD6kqCJxISmUc7ysYNsVVtlWAKSNNZtC33aHxOqJNwwi4m_uJyW5Jd97ONb3PwTSyZpQE5Njp5iGw6qsd-U0r9WO-KwVOWVttAp3OEOLJG80PeVZeHEwNnCeMMzjZC0tYWGSrQMfKxQ/s4032/PXL_20230527_201914621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLerCYIZ7P-O-lxqAktEd7Oyf2QM2DtUEpkau23zYX3yWF_QQwJD6kqCJxISmUc7ysYNsVVtlWAKSNNZtC33aHxOqJNwwi4m_uJyW5Jd97ONb3PwTSyZpQE5Njp5iGw6qsd-U0r9WO-KwVOWVttAp3OEOLJG80PeVZeHEwNnCeMMzjZC0tYWGSrQMfKxQ/w300-h400/PXL_20230527_201914621.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LnOSDFa4_fnCXc_H53EyXHi8RwMQ9gNcVQQABipLB2e0mepFEGnC8gIQLgqqXyzVMMUhUe3hUYtx-4_akFlILK3BuwFfIFaDVB5VeffO8YWyBjbvfmL2EDzP6KUj0ic4pAVvdaw5lhdxQ5KvFm0knuQNU-BaN5cFwO1KAFohPA63MEZWh2iecDBrEo4/s4032/PXL_20230527_234517869.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LnOSDFa4_fnCXc_H53EyXHi8RwMQ9gNcVQQABipLB2e0mepFEGnC8gIQLgqqXyzVMMUhUe3hUYtx-4_akFlILK3BuwFfIFaDVB5VeffO8YWyBjbvfmL2EDzP6KUj0ic4pAVvdaw5lhdxQ5KvFm0knuQNU-BaN5cFwO1KAFohPA63MEZWh2iecDBrEo4/w300-h400/PXL_20230527_234517869.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7NZuB4QrnNxk2tiHVfNziPpavv-WW2Lr8cAzrmVRAZ1SQMckdoDwAAVt1xi_4kyEf-_c0oFWh44RiDhg8xJj8MzxTJpHLutzxPC1ieRyjuC1pWE-9XW2-Sh48nAtDs0IPHfAI4735vVDhgMBAAVxvct53dznHlBqKsRwihaHxt1ALRVs-pSzYb8Pp8U/s4032/PXL_20230616_165416493.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7NZuB4QrnNxk2tiHVfNziPpavv-WW2Lr8cAzrmVRAZ1SQMckdoDwAAVt1xi_4kyEf-_c0oFWh44RiDhg8xJj8MzxTJpHLutzxPC1ieRyjuC1pWE-9XW2-Sh48nAtDs0IPHfAI4735vVDhgMBAAVxvct53dznHlBqKsRwihaHxt1ALRVs-pSzYb8Pp8U/w300-h400/PXL_20230616_165416493.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2R7jOqZj1-3hHWYk-CVfRUiJr8tqa54YRooHkXBQZN-S5hBpFnHB2-heybqXZMs8tCm4ALMehIRmAS8P-M3M7Vq763vFh2VcWcNCudUuntTZfBuCeubJKesYWVcYoKDxS3bAvhMq_vOw7AifOQ1uIxbC_AGnWnpjUdwLL6TK8An5C2b_dEcamlVUY6eY/s4032/PXL_20230625_004717836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2R7jOqZj1-3hHWYk-CVfRUiJr8tqa54YRooHkXBQZN-S5hBpFnHB2-heybqXZMs8tCm4ALMehIRmAS8P-M3M7Vq763vFh2VcWcNCudUuntTZfBuCeubJKesYWVcYoKDxS3bAvhMq_vOw7AifOQ1uIxbC_AGnWnpjUdwLL6TK8An5C2b_dEcamlVUY6eY/w300-h400/PXL_20230625_004717836.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>The foodie in you asked me for coffee flights from Blue Bean, birria tacos and gyro fries, and $90 worth of birthday cookies from Iowa Cookie Co. I can easily say you have expensive tastes!</i></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjsDNam02OTQR-hVqK2zKRLS28_jI4iMTBhScL_6Os2KMky63mfCzoaH5N6jNen0ix0IGMh5B6J2qZq_e7lRZ0XoxAjIlu9W-P7QSLtX5HrTZEY-xju7RfPrU9R79kzmtcFQgdywf-qvXt0CotUisNHcMKqQaikqofeiZ_AMcFgPGPgcR9SuUoCvxUp0/s2855/PXL_20230628_115252412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2855" data-original-width="2625" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjsDNam02OTQR-hVqK2zKRLS28_jI4iMTBhScL_6Os2KMky63mfCzoaH5N6jNen0ix0IGMh5B6J2qZq_e7lRZ0XoxAjIlu9W-P7QSLtX5HrTZEY-xju7RfPrU9R79kzmtcFQgdywf-qvXt0CotUisNHcMKqQaikqofeiZ_AMcFgPGPgcR9SuUoCvxUp0/w368-h400/PXL_20230628_115252412.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnkE1Yrlfcu1coiLGlAkE5xO3VwMxfZrrBKpq6A7_xKveJSpa-h5LBeRpBi9ep7BLWzmO1cOrCFDcWmeCNN1j7gPDn7Kvz5-H1ZSm5vrG9R52FXwIARkvlDHjs3w9FOMTni1d2qfcGfW1Bx54pJpKtg1CSdpQvT62Z9SWmOM5JQcu71MhKqLJNwGEYds/s1433/img_1_1687970765110.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="1075" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnkE1Yrlfcu1coiLGlAkE5xO3VwMxfZrrBKpq6A7_xKveJSpa-h5LBeRpBi9ep7BLWzmO1cOrCFDcWmeCNN1j7gPDn7Kvz5-H1ZSm5vrG9R52FXwIARkvlDHjs3w9FOMTni1d2qfcGfW1Bx54pJpKtg1CSdpQvT62Z9SWmOM5JQcu71MhKqLJNwGEYds/w300-h400/img_1_1687970765110.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">This picture is two years old, but it's still one of my favorite of you (courtesy of Aunt Jenny).</span></i></div>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-85945098337355527882023-06-22T13:58:00.004-05:002023-06-22T13:59:13.405-05:00SB Part 3: St. Louis And One Car Accident Later<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqw6bRheJxMzrL8RLt2KwHP_ljuxTz6kc0Mlfg33VDqPVnd5bCXms06LpsUQBytAGSISFXhCEIxihsdlm3ZsrQMO0pr9lfRJjSMPlzDc0OrJOdySAtfO5nt9Dl4nqn6BwdorA6OHDmyHgZ_krOjcK8gjCucJo-hrXldshrz0vOEZUUCTk5ya7VwmdgeI/s3648/20230319_113217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqw6bRheJxMzrL8RLt2KwHP_ljuxTz6kc0Mlfg33VDqPVnd5bCXms06LpsUQBytAGSISFXhCEIxihsdlm3ZsrQMO0pr9lfRJjSMPlzDc0OrJOdySAtfO5nt9Dl4nqn6BwdorA6OHDmyHgZ_krOjcK8gjCucJo-hrXldshrz0vOEZUUCTk5ya7VwmdgeI/w400-h300/20230319_113217.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is exactly how it sounds: went to St. Louis with the kids for a quick, two day trip and got into a car accident that totaled our Highlander. What a spring break, since we weren't even supposed to be there! But after the stomach flu took a couple of kids out for a few days, we chose from our list of Must Go's and picked St. Louis. The kid's cousin and my sister and brother in law met us. We surprised their cousin at<a href="https://stlzoo.org/" target="_blank"> the Zoo</a>. The rest of the evening was a blur since we got into the accident leaving the zoo, but the next day was filled with fun at <a href="https://www.citymuseum.org/" target="_blank">City Museum</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdEQdi9omITTddEDi4nBJ2wjxMUY06z08E-hkErUMJPC-r-HzGbm1ouDxrR-2NLOCIeFxiKOdaFgbSONH2aNYTQVt136bSO5SCR5lCgOTogyhZsg2m_zAS_IjY91a2hc5ZDTgRgs267apRKnBP4600uUeaEiQtz9m-k75SKGUqzVdcT6iNvP3LK7temA/s4608/20230319_135135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdEQdi9omITTddEDi4nBJ2wjxMUY06z08E-hkErUMJPC-r-HzGbm1ouDxrR-2NLOCIeFxiKOdaFgbSONH2aNYTQVt136bSO5SCR5lCgOTogyhZsg2m_zAS_IjY91a2hc5ZDTgRgs267apRKnBP4600uUeaEiQtz9m-k75SKGUqzVdcT6iNvP3LK7temA/w400-h190/20230319_135135.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We LOVE the St. Louis Zoo. It's one of our favorites. It's a big bonus that it's free to get into. Somehow, we had never been the the City Museum. I would love to make a return trip to crawl around all of the spaces. I hurt my hand in the accident and was reluctant to do much of the climbing and slides, so I definitely think we'll have a re-do at some point.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqbdJYszmx07XwKLjwfp0RUZFBZ7OHszzz_xJ9YxDClVRMnxXxzFo5rgN3KhuA6gfahGn3Sxs5-aJiK70ZGCJQJtsWsGNPqvZsRUru3rbvr9LH_kMRLTdTOQ6n943OKnya9jVaOP0bHfyIfXx-GH0niSJZPQXLzVjTHJW6l5UOgdl6yoBIXg2I_uwBuA/s4032/20230320_180558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqbdJYszmx07XwKLjwfp0RUZFBZ7OHszzz_xJ9YxDClVRMnxXxzFo5rgN3KhuA6gfahGn3Sxs5-aJiK70ZGCJQJtsWsGNPqvZsRUru3rbvr9LH_kMRLTdTOQ6n943OKnya9jVaOP0bHfyIfXx-GH0niSJZPQXLzVjTHJW6l5UOgdl6yoBIXg2I_uwBuA/w189-h400/20230320_180558.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hubs had to drive down, in his brother's car since rentals were nonexistent due to spring break, to bring us home. But since I choose to live a life of no regrets, we finally crossed the City Museum off of our list and I got a new minivan out of the deal. The accident wasn't fun, but we're very lucky because our insurance company has made this one a breeze and we all walked away unharmed (minus some bruises and my sore hand).</span></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-54778651861581169712023-06-21T14:08:00.001-05:002023-06-21T14:08:11.334-05:00A Letter To My Middle Teenager<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpy3cOOZK0uwOOahmoWnpHWnPMN4c-pzEECVpHk2TYvWt379RXTaK92i9uLnXbjCReTAyaCNNBFCyk_EFMCH403tqPAgaYI6M8bXuD99cwOqiQs2gj9RwuBTqFGcaTSeG1KyN77xfTZyWz6YKYDcqbKHoNRsE00lvmnF90-hb2qfNckn8wTS2iVvhM_w/s4032/PXL_20230527_201922502.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpy3cOOZK0uwOOahmoWnpHWnPMN4c-pzEECVpHk2TYvWt379RXTaK92i9uLnXbjCReTAyaCNNBFCyk_EFMCH403tqPAgaYI6M8bXuD99cwOqiQs2gj9RwuBTqFGcaTSeG1KyN77xfTZyWz6YKYDcqbKHoNRsE00lvmnF90-hb2qfNckn8wTS2iVvhM_w/w300-h400/PXL_20230527_201922502.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My sweet Harrison,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Welcome to your teens! There will be zits, mom looking at your blackheads, so many changes, and your last year of middle school. Year twelve proved to be a challenge by starting middle school in 7th grade after two years of homeschool. The school year got off to a rough start as you navigated a new school, new friends, new classes, and new challenges completely on your own. There was a time where mom was on a first name basis with the office staff (shaking my head as I recall those conversations). I am so impressed by your perseverance, positive outlook on life in general, and trying your hardest with very little direction. Thinking about myself in 7th grade, there's no way I could have done what you did and accomplished! Kudos to you.</span> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcp_SS9IyH5F-gDF3vOQY9oC4zTnooo-QnhL_Nc46T-ycAG7ao39AgvS32-bJTq6GtlQIERhsqtQSgWC6oq9SUQmK9dAiR1GvoNDAg5MeEohvBRxgpvp0_JZr0M4BIKYRir1UR6QE7S3ij0XzYka3ovi9U3zMl8bMR5KM9tgPR7bkjr2g0MycZJpHenQ/s4032/PXL_20230611_191819838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcp_SS9IyH5F-gDF3vOQY9oC4zTnooo-QnhL_Nc46T-ycAG7ao39AgvS32-bJTq6GtlQIERhsqtQSgWC6oq9SUQmK9dAiR1GvoNDAg5MeEohvBRxgpvp0_JZr0M4BIKYRir1UR6QE7S3ij0XzYka3ovi9U3zMl8bMR5KM9tgPR7bkjr2g0MycZJpHenQ/w225-h400/PXL_20230611_191819838.jpg" width="225" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">You are a dreamer, a believer in living life to the fullest. Your big ideas match your big personality. You think of something, decide it needs to happen, and then do it with excitement. Even if it doesn't turn out how you imagined it, you never hesitate to dive right in. In your younger years, I was often lost as to how to handle you and your big personality. As you age, I see more and more of myself in you. This makes it both difficult and easy! Mostly, I love having a kid that will sit around and daydream with me. I can always count on you to go along with any crazy ideas, even if you don't always want to. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Drama is something you relish in. Not drama as in acting, although my goal is to get you to agree to join the school's Drama Club in the fall despite you fighting me tooth and nail, but drama as in middle school drama. The gossip is hot and you HAVE to be a part of it. You're really good at leaving me speechless when you tell me about the latest drama you've put yourself in the middle of. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ramen, K pop, hanging out with friends, Roblox, parties, boba, cooking, and baking continue to be your favorite things. You got your own room at the beginning of the school year and enjoy having your own space for the first time in your life. You fall asleep each night cuddling with your new kitty, Athena. Walking into the rescue and walking out with three kittens (one for each of you) is on your highlight reel. Despite a new kitten, you're now trying to talk me into a second dog. You obviously wore me down the first time, so we'll see how long it takes this time around.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">You're spending one last daycare summer with your best friends. The friends you've grown up with and continue to have the strongest bonds with. You have always been one of my biggest teachers in life and continue to leave me in awe, giving me all the lessons I didn't know I needed. It's kind of your specialty. You have a way of bringing me out of my comfort zone and making me do things I never thought I'd do. For example, I'm now extremely invested in rose gardens (my least favorite flower) and butter lettuce. I love having a front row seat to your life and how you include me in it all. Our late night chats are one of my favorite parts of each day. It's a highlight to end them giggling with you, having deep conversations, answering your many questions about life, or mindlessly watching Reels.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My wish for you in life is to continue fearlessly being YOU. I might tease you for being a true Wild Card (bitches!), but you have taught me how to live life since the day you were born. Thank you for making me your mom. I love you forever and always!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Love,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mom</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyh4HWpzmkinmX1MhNCBr6KnVUl9RCwczavGxgWOWt8o2JRoduSoSwIFLfta3T3WQ6XrALJmD84tqYZsY7GXEPEIhmJNRv0N45baTkP1ZgZBXVjE09mqJXXbVdutqLgrLC32PJnAr0oAtyZ5yVbLY_iXM3tfiRt4o9pH9PXPX0n8oI7GGKYJ_5vr1RpLw/s2958/PXL_20230621_115054985.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2958" data-original-width="1591" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyh4HWpzmkinmX1MhNCBr6KnVUl9RCwczavGxgWOWt8o2JRoduSoSwIFLfta3T3WQ6XrALJmD84tqYZsY7GXEPEIhmJNRv0N45baTkP1ZgZBXVjE09mqJXXbVdutqLgrLC32PJnAr0oAtyZ5yVbLY_iXM3tfiRt4o9pH9PXPX0n8oI7GGKYJ_5vr1RpLw/w215-h400/PXL_20230621_115054985.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgS6cRvpbBuJlWMVqxMt3UIaqUxL1g1tE9J_M8mOseX3lRhTXuTJczWPNq_b4t5e63JnKITeL9p-GwOQUJ2h6UlMicX4LF5CNh9VTn46dZSnjxM74EYTak07bQw1kos3Gzc0FnikXDeVErz9HxRrmluF4_MkHpPTI59InMX7u4g-1dC__2t78jRLi07c/s4032/PXL_20230621_150050591.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgS6cRvpbBuJlWMVqxMt3UIaqUxL1g1tE9J_M8mOseX3lRhTXuTJczWPNq_b4t5e63JnKITeL9p-GwOQUJ2h6UlMicX4LF5CNh9VTn46dZSnjxM74EYTak07bQw1kos3Gzc0FnikXDeVErz9HxRrmluF4_MkHpPTI59InMX7u4g-1dC__2t78jRLi07c/w300-h400/PXL_20230621_150050591.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Your cake creation for this year: a brownie chocolate chip cookie cake with a Family Size package of Oreos on top. Always going to the extreme in all you do!</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1I38uuoiqRjRGbg9qt0gttRnA2N1J5P3NANdSzz5lceKYBuEELm0M2UltPU01QQRmsZD-nkKDhR4hGFgBfV9KtZkFag3YfwkoD5HrjVQdh-4i-69O-x2wnreQrlCBe-E63gBOix5IxNRcaHlYw6TrhSOEIrYvHfX3pwKBsANTSOea9CRvb6C8QruHYE/s2827/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2827" data-original-width="2091" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1I38uuoiqRjRGbg9qt0gttRnA2N1J5P3NANdSzz5lceKYBuEELm0M2UltPU01QQRmsZD-nkKDhR4hGFgBfV9KtZkFag3YfwkoD5HrjVQdh-4i-69O-x2wnreQrlCBe-E63gBOix5IxNRcaHlYw6TrhSOEIrYvHfX3pwKBsANTSOea9CRvb6C8QruHYE/w296-h400/image.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">The aforementioned rose garden that you got me to redo this spring. On Mother's Day.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6P79BWpt5ANlJoPqd3p0GxwQ0NX9p1lw4NtZP-WhpVBKeSDqsOooHsqTHKePM6BM0VET0WMZqEe6zFeXG4pMm24SNkC9W5IBwzAy_vMbO58N-Xw4nDlzLlt39TOazyvSwAm4_3YsuaCJ46pewJA_ymDIb1DbPsbJO_9C_COutXFX-wV5tC9TsEjWSCU/s4032/PXL_20230604_185847079.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6P79BWpt5ANlJoPqd3p0GxwQ0NX9p1lw4NtZP-WhpVBKeSDqsOooHsqTHKePM6BM0VET0WMZqEe6zFeXG4pMm24SNkC9W5IBwzAy_vMbO58N-Xw4nDlzLlt39TOazyvSwAm4_3YsuaCJ46pewJA_ymDIb1DbPsbJO_9C_COutXFX-wV5tC9TsEjWSCU/w300-h400/PXL_20230604_185847079.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5B7C88J1Lt8gq99KpG1dkCXGgM_iJSOcwXdcBLHJctbi18doGY1aBYCD6NtcPNUew6MA70Meb6p_AoJrenHu90CW1WlkJ85t-flCqdekVgqPpE68dLLVp4kt_Hw1efkiA4Hos1CNfmTrxy4XRes2Ir_5TqkQL55pFkePd4oIblxu75mhpOBltZx_ZZM/s4032/PXL_20230611_185948705.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5B7C88J1Lt8gq99KpG1dkCXGgM_iJSOcwXdcBLHJctbi18doGY1aBYCD6NtcPNUew6MA70Meb6p_AoJrenHu90CW1WlkJ85t-flCqdekVgqPpE68dLLVp4kt_Hw1efkiA4Hos1CNfmTrxy4XRes2Ir_5TqkQL55pFkePd4oIblxu75mhpOBltZx_ZZM/w225-h400/PXL_20230611_185948705.MP.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxQRZDMtt1dVe9ioUJv8kw7AuU-c1i5_CoBvinXtexGUutBa5djlmNvAEpVXStZTE4g8vqsfdQiutdCL5i4DFN4YB0nAP1hZ_c9xcROSrRlBKuS-l6IC70kkaLDZ3CHXetzbT29G32Lx490aRQRPF-grF3q_mnGq1_LL8ussqcbWnpPVA86b0GEWJjHc/s4032/PXL_20230613_011536981.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxQRZDMtt1dVe9ioUJv8kw7AuU-c1i5_CoBvinXtexGUutBa5djlmNvAEpVXStZTE4g8vqsfdQiutdCL5i4DFN4YB0nAP1hZ_c9xcROSrRlBKuS-l6IC70kkaLDZ3CHXetzbT29G32Lx490aRQRPF-grF3q_mnGq1_LL8ussqcbWnpPVA86b0GEWJjHc/w300-h400/PXL_20230613_011536981.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>We try MANY Tik Tok things these days, including the Two Bite Challenge.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjderA_kvCkja5ArpZN7_4gcTGD05pVd5K9kGczO8hdmb_J9YnRf6IVy-dJmoHE2l9d6pjUgASjjnjC7uVg0A728bXGAAs31iQ9mGFR0nEfK_3ck74bnOxPX1rrw7DGA3X735jUBIelRhZcbrVAqcGH0wQNiOySKjaGbdWjZJkf_Dt-gEjdBXNGax7Jpk/s4032/PXL_20230616_173631380.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjderA_kvCkja5ArpZN7_4gcTGD05pVd5K9kGczO8hdmb_J9YnRf6IVy-dJmoHE2l9d6pjUgASjjnjC7uVg0A728bXGAAs31iQ9mGFR0nEfK_3ck74bnOxPX1rrw7DGA3X735jUBIelRhZcbrVAqcGH0wQNiOySKjaGbdWjZJkf_Dt-gEjdBXNGax7Jpk/w300-h400/PXL_20230616_173631380.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-70222099814151781062023-06-09T21:14:00.001-05:002023-06-09T21:15:25.159-05:00SB Part 2: March Madness and A Sick Kid<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSfGBhCZR6l9TX7WKZiAjDMX8_fnej1ytBltsTCqsWWH8XsiB4cEDum5-XfbHluKb0HZweyTPeI432HOjuHGKRPNKWNr_fHq251CEOpx3yBpw49JO9N5Ni85g4-q1XVJlnWe9KI8rUJMVpD2aarrOsqUU3sK4wF0zGzeFaMBu2-4DVXqZMnxg4F72/s1892/20230316_133427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1879" data-original-width="1892" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSfGBhCZR6l9TX7WKZiAjDMX8_fnej1ytBltsTCqsWWH8XsiB4cEDum5-XfbHluKb0HZweyTPeI432HOjuHGKRPNKWNr_fHq251CEOpx3yBpw49JO9N5Ni85g4-q1XVJlnWe9KI8rUJMVpD2aarrOsqUU3sK4wF0zGzeFaMBu2-4DVXqZMnxg4F72/w400-h398/20230316_133427.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stuck in Des Moines for a few extra days due to the stomach flu hitting two minis, we jumped on the March Madness bandwagon. On a healthy day, we went downtown to Hoops and Hops to watch the games. Fun tip: the food trucks only took cards while the drink tents only took cash. Then we huddled down at home, ordered a lot of take out, and watched every single game. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9udlkg5-3yK1QTWZB8y-SPg38laJrsGUZ36H2GfYCuWR7CHzp5Se6-C_Ohjwk_P7CIALMIJkGObdHewwMwZ0f8lb8uI8In5DNZVzZqYVyUzv19uvB6Gb5IkxkW1qECR9L-x8CgUN6W9NaVptRUzbtwNN68xUeLm_cvvZHfxE8N6U21I9-850opeJ4/s3648/20230316_132258.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9udlkg5-3yK1QTWZB8y-SPg38laJrsGUZ36H2GfYCuWR7CHzp5Se6-C_Ohjwk_P7CIALMIJkGObdHewwMwZ0f8lb8uI8In5DNZVzZqYVyUzv19uvB6Gb5IkxkW1qECR9L-x8CgUN6W9NaVptRUzbtwNN68xUeLm_cvvZHfxE8N6U21I9-850opeJ4/w400-h300/20230316_132258.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_Ju6L10Cw29AA01iYye0opSeUCSCHez5XFlHm2hK3wTs-Bzv1Pk-UsAetj-OlT-pvIhXjljug-OkIecVx9Yzmc-gQv2oe_FcsbsdSDKu9YUtthkdjcDuBdC1ShU0_WvKfChqEcspJ1ZCTVucHD_HJqEvQxgxgGXDWVnHGJoiwwCKRrTCj2ezOkUX/s4032/20230316_132109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2308" data-original-width="1665" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3xgDCgkFO51G3jdWytZiXW_WJlOq0wlm0-V2leDtrzglPwSXIX6Le8x1_0Oax_waY6aFB11aCQBX-IF3nNMr_LEX_LL6Ky3C4itWSrS3k-yY4kwAmFV6F-D9uoEBCyyKaDYB4QrgGdVzn4kShdQoRBqRKlHpSl6mYW-ltJp0rFQRsmUdrpJr0Wet/w289-h400/PXL_20230604_015128680.MP~2.jpg" width="289" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Elizabeth,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The baby of the family is ELEVEN today!!! I enjoy watching as you go about your day carefree, happy, and with a smile on your face doing everything you wish to do. Although that's not surprising as that's how you go about life in general.</span><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMa99Lpr_iq24MwSWg_dNj5mka8iYFJPkRchjeSJHrtP2etu5Va4F1U0rc4iu5jsAT6vjcK8QdU4cnxELjTdBSpuV_GpH99y_B3WEUvmF_cGxOwnJE8qW4u2ndZwKbrTx_QAlJz2KDIUT-TfKPybqevYZ1hFbzG06IKDO2syxvtvBpTL2rePaLYH4/s3060/PXL_20230603_215323615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="2148" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMa99Lpr_iq24MwSWg_dNj5mka8iYFJPkRchjeSJHrtP2etu5Va4F1U0rc4iu5jsAT6vjcK8QdU4cnxELjTdBSpuV_GpH99y_B3WEUvmF_cGxOwnJE8qW4u2ndZwKbrTx_QAlJz2KDIUT-TfKPybqevYZ1hFbzG06IKDO2syxvtvBpTL2rePaLYH4/w281-h400/PXL_20230603_215323615.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ten was a big year for you, as you returned to the classroom after two and a half years of homeschooling, took on new dance classes, and navigated the intense tween world of 5th grade. You handled it all with ease, grace, and happiness sprinkled with gratitude for those around you. I have felt overjoyed for you on your accomplishments in and outside of school.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Year eleven will be just as big for you as you head off to middle school. I've always been impressed by your adaptability and enthusiasm to try nearly everything. You face fears with some reluctance, but eventually your will to try all the things prevails. I saw this as you gave pre-pointe a chance at your dance studio, how you signed up for things at school that you had never tried before, and gave it your all. These qualities will suite you well for the changes coming your way.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">You current loves are running the neighborhood with school friends, YouTube, sharing life hacks (that you learn from YouTube), make up, dance, peppers, Von Maur, Yankee Candles, coffee, and going out to eat. You've gotten much more adventurous in your eating and are willing to try just about everything, but we always make sure to have turkey, bread, and tortillas stocked at all times! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I relish the front row seat I've had since the day you were born. Your happiness and goofiness is contagious. Your mood swings with all those feelings keep us all on our toes - and I wouldn't have it any other way. I love that you openly share your thoughts, feelings, and questions about life. Even on my most exhausting nights, I look forward to those late night cuddles and Mom + Kid sleepovers on the couch. I may give you a hard time about not sleeping well on those sleepover nights, but I will forever cherish the question, "can I sleep with you tonight, mom?" </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have always said we knew the moment you existed that you were the puzzle piece we didn't know was missing and I have no doubt our family wouldn't be the same without you. I am so proud of the girl you are and who you are becoming. While I've loved each stage of your life, I'm thoroughly enjoying the more independent girl you are today. I can easily say you help our household run smoothly by taking care of the kittens, picking up dog poop in the backyard, unloading the dishwasher, getting dirty laundry to where it needs to be (so I can wash it), and so much more. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for including me in your everyday life and sharing it all: the struggles, the highs, and the thoughts in that intriguing mind of yours. I love you so much! I can't wait to see what you do in the next year. Keep shining, bringing light, and being your authentic self. I couldn't be more proud of you!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Love always and forever (and then some),</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mom</span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq97rsKAPBHx611ellBD1qp6alLsZM4erilfW8y43UCK-m4TH3RemlmDs74bXdSRfFH_L4GEVaDoH2bIzWPDz-isxhemG-DKZSaaPq62VyviPq0B1En1Zit9Xj2QVWyNr-A56KghTaly5y81tntSH6ZcgCJLywfc8GIkc-MF2hvf5a9cKCfoeaN_Kb/s3546/PXL_20230531_224207349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3546" data-original-width="2459" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq97rsKAPBHx611ellBD1qp6alLsZM4erilfW8y43UCK-m4TH3RemlmDs74bXdSRfFH_L4GEVaDoH2bIzWPDz-isxhemG-DKZSaaPq62VyviPq0B1En1Zit9Xj2QVWyNr-A56KghTaly5y81tntSH6ZcgCJLywfc8GIkc-MF2hvf5a9cKCfoeaN_Kb/w278-h400/PXL_20230531_224207349.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Eating a pepper. Yes, it's as if you were biting into an apple. That's how much you love peppers.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMmdFnOezaql678qOkXebGXUZhl8__R5kN3FeU91apOxBOYJoqAxB7MnN0IGnS8JF4Paw5zFYINGbO7BSnIXYsu_8159wT5_vo9nwPq0YqwnYXkYQav_udGfDJp0tuRfO_Z_8e3LyfE3qWuLkPE3f9qPkLl3BHfJDEdViw7OKcqS6XGDn0_mT3Qdb/s2860/PXL_20230605_221254351.MP~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2860" data-original-width="2240" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMmdFnOezaql678qOkXebGXUZhl8__R5kN3FeU91apOxBOYJoqAxB7MnN0IGnS8JF4Paw5zFYINGbO7BSnIXYsu_8159wT5_vo9nwPq0YqwnYXkYQav_udGfDJp0tuRfO_Z_8e3LyfE3qWuLkPE3f9qPkLl3BHfJDEdViw7OKcqS6XGDn0_mT3Qdb/w314-h400/PXL_20230605_221254351.MP~2.jpg" width="314" /></a></div>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-8667014343839444922023-06-07T20:21:00.001-05:002023-06-07T20:21:29.642-05:00It's Been A Hot Minute<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUVOTAoWoXDOucRYj92KjHRT-xcmNMRq8almS-Z6EHXNX8wtjEwVJZ1Tt84cySVFElDfm3hUHApcDBcn8gvbdS2FKEcA0Jyl7mr0Q2p1Axo6Bn3ZQCpukoogIonWX8ClGUf4ayR5lT1WJOzUQ6jCBdkyJpx_jN41SrUmCYk9OzqF-vxZNmBu9rvqG/s3280/PXL_20230506_202010255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUVOTAoWoXDOucRYj92KjHRT-xcmNMRq8almS-Z6EHXNX8wtjEwVJZ1Tt84cySVFElDfm3hUHApcDBcn8gvbdS2FKEcA0Jyl7mr0Q2p1Axo6Bn3ZQCpukoogIonWX8ClGUf4ayR5lT1WJOzUQ6jCBdkyJpx_jN41SrUmCYk9OzqF-vxZNmBu9rvqG/w300-h400/PXL_20230506_202010255.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hello world. It's been a hot minute since I've taken the time to write. Life snuck up and kept me PLENTY busy. There was another totaled vehicle, a job contract signed, one larger than life business decision along with one career change, one job change, lots of kids activities, a strong focus on relationships, and every day life is a great run down of the last two and a half months. Surprisingly, I'm not exhausted! I'm making it a priority to bring everything and everyone up to date, but on this day, I'm overseeing slime making. That obviously takes priority!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_hOT2ptxqnGBVWWHMEiBMP4JaterM_yqOOqNSDSIKiTzybDSj02kbMjYOIMLQtCpqOkVenULRUq4MZhVcbdpcO0H4sN2qf44GlPJ1A7k924ga40NKcGUghjhcbTPy3Ed2WMoztLu7tH0ejHYalVvefFVm4lGc0aHz2zQWbMxOaxsrJkj7-FSoF7f/s3280/PXL_20230527_171218517.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="1907" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_hOT2ptxqnGBVWWHMEiBMP4JaterM_yqOOqNSDSIKiTzybDSj02kbMjYOIMLQtCpqOkVenULRUq4MZhVcbdpcO0H4sN2qf44GlPJ1A7k924ga40NKcGUghjhcbTPy3Ed2WMoztLu7tH0ejHYalVvefFVm4lGc0aHz2zQWbMxOaxsrJkj7-FSoF7f/w233-h400/PXL_20230527_171218517.MP.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-82861075737906136522023-03-18T22:39:00.004-05:002023-03-18T22:40:02.868-05:00Three Years Later And We're Completely Changed<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0eBcA6ZhQVZsQg2Ax1HTLK4OonWwlWutztrw0lDbxvctF8y6uZ2q-JDL5Tybk2-hjzZT3xHPxPs8tBE3vi6MVJ6cAek9cbtBrjJcg14LY_XQdrlK22x4RK8bgGH1XaiMvaO9ZmtQx-v-cbSLh4uRkMEBFsB-IzMNJCIZWW8e3RY8PpjTJGhnr4yl/s1059/20200321_190035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1059" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0eBcA6ZhQVZsQg2Ax1HTLK4OonWwlWutztrw0lDbxvctF8y6uZ2q-JDL5Tybk2-hjzZT3xHPxPs8tBE3vi6MVJ6cAek9cbtBrjJcg14LY_XQdrlK22x4RK8bgGH1XaiMvaO9ZmtQx-v-cbSLh4uRkMEBFsB-IzMNJCIZWW8e3RY8PpjTJGhnr4yl/s320/20200321_190035.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">I'm not sure why it suddenly hit me today, but I realized exactly what was happening at this time three years ago. I have constant reminders of the last three years, but to go back and read journal entries from this week three years ago, got me choked up. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Three years.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">You would almost not know that we had been through a pandemic at this point. Life seems more normal than ever. We've been to restaurants, bars, events, and socialized all this week. We've been glued to the TV watching NCAA games (which were definitely not played three years ago). The only indication that there was a pandemic, I mean, other than inflation, shortages, and high political tensions, is that whenever we get sick, we're automatically tested for Covid. Masks are still kept in easily accessible places, but we haven't needed to use them in any place other than hospitals or urgent cares. Yes, life certainly looks normal at this time. Finally because at times I thought it would never end.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Three years.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Life is back to normal, but we're completely changed. My children and I are closer than I ever thought possible. Even as my oldest is off to high school and my middle child will be a teenager in a matter of months, we're tight. They still don't mind spending time with me (they just tend to prefer spending it watching movies, television shows, and occasionally willing to go out in public with me), they still ask me what our weekend plans are. If they have a question about life or school, they openly ask and share. I know I can thank the pandemic for that closeness, as we spent months with each other and then two and a half years homeschooling, and a full year traveling off and on.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvDAwcpEp47gT_tlL1-pmSGt6ni-uTNUOIEjAr_4eZKrjK8e5f-C4q49v4WcgQkUAGg90iEO1aURlkRAglz4KXUKzeDDjCqBpmVvU_Se_2aW_1q8TRg4z-FslRCeTRl56R2f0tQVbrsa5T8kum9KqgG2lPhzqaw-BzoEHCQLuFdZOIuQGJ5h6pvN3/s1087/20200325_140432.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1087" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvDAwcpEp47gT_tlL1-pmSGt6ni-uTNUOIEjAr_4eZKrjK8e5f-C4q49v4WcgQkUAGg90iEO1aURlkRAglz4KXUKzeDDjCqBpmVvU_Se_2aW_1q8TRg4z-FslRCeTRl56R2f0tQVbrsa5T8kum9KqgG2lPhzqaw-BzoEHCQLuFdZOIuQGJ5h6pvN3/s320/20200325_140432.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I never do anything I don't want to do and I make sure I have people in my life that only bring me warm fuzzy feelings. I know I can thank the pandemic for that. I'm intentional with my time. I slow down and breathe more because I saw the beauty in it in the early days of the pandemic. When things don't go perfectly as planned, I have no issues pivoting. Sometimes it's disappointing, but I don't feel it as deep as I once did. This week is the perfect example of it. My children were struck with a stomach flu, one of those where they vomit one day, fine for awhile, and then back to feeling sick. We had to cancel our planned travel days and pivot to going to a museum close to us. Back in the day I probably would have cried with my children from the disappointment and have been ticked an illness took us down. Instead, I shrugged my shoulders, ordered an insane amount of take out, and watched March Madness. Nothing tends to surprise me anymore (sadly). I tend to think, "well this is life."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Three years.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's been two years since I stopped thinking about what we had missed because of a pandemic. It's been two years since I realized all we (and myself) had gained. A better perspective on life, a realization of what was most important. I really haven't thought much about this week three years ago until today. I took time to look at journals, blogs, and pictures from this week (and month) three years ago. Until this point, I had associated this week three years ago with feelings of panic, disappointment, worry, confinement, and sadness. Today was the first time I had a different perspective on three years ago. The pictures showed smiling faces, trying new and different things all of the time because we had time. My children's faces were younger, softer, and honestly, a little bit sweeter than they are today. Because that was three years ago. We lived a lifetime in three years and I don't regret any of it. I never want to live through another pandemic again, but all of those completely normal, negative feelings have been replaced with good memories and sweet feelings that took me by surprise.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I didn't realize how special those days would be one day. I've said many times in my years homeschooling my kids, that the pandemic gave me time. Irreplaceable time with my kids, to explore, to do things we wouldn't otherwise have the time to do. Three years and an endless about of gratitude to have gotten the extra time and to be through that time, back into a normal looking life. I know my story isn't everyone's stories. We have friends and family who are suffering from Long Covid. We know people whose lives were changed in the worse ways because of the pandemic. I know I'm privileged to look back on this week three years ago with positive feelings. Not everyone is or was so lucky. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Three years.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMJp-9WUTFtkWsQKWCaQR8je8CoANWzXApXy580xaoWxk3ec9fEb5HwGl9iSNnabkTMR1917NgzEEgv1E-kV4VmWAr7QJ5YUNkNbbgTNdXrGuz4PuGBJ8pZjO4PMTuyo7ZgXxwMsnrO3JwJUgHSRuiIgZtbiM59RQTRaU7mc3HsFviTXoNTXd4mct/s1079/Screenshot_20230318-184144_Chrome.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1079" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMJp-9WUTFtkWsQKWCaQR8je8CoANWzXApXy580xaoWxk3ec9fEb5HwGl9iSNnabkTMR1917NgzEEgv1E-kV4VmWAr7QJ5YUNkNbbgTNdXrGuz4PuGBJ8pZjO4PMTuyo7ZgXxwMsnrO3JwJUgHSRuiIgZtbiM59RQTRaU7mc3HsFviTXoNTXd4mct/s320/Screenshot_20230318-184144_Chrome.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Porch drop offs were a big part of life, as were puzzles, YouTube exercise videos, and puzzles.</i></span></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-18121882551622931192023-03-16T23:12:00.001-05:002023-03-16T23:12:59.288-05:00SB Part 1: Daycare<p> Our original spring break plans of heading to New Mexico for the week were canceled when my minis requested to keep daycare open and spend some time with friends. After all, this would be their last spring break with their friends. Luckily, they have a week and a half off for break, so I managed to switch around my days off, take all of their daycare friends, and fit in three days of nonstop fun. Literally, nonstop movement from 6:30 a.m. until bed. </p><p>Day 1 was board games and chatting/catching each other up on their lives. I love the strong bonds these kids share.</p><p>Day 2 was crayon making, slime creating, dog walking, and prepping for an early St. Patrick's celebration.</p><p>Day 3 was leprechaun craziness! Our leprechauns came back (read their backstory here) and brought friends with them. The kids built leprechaun traps and caught themselves some leprechauns!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMUwMeactPaGm3G51QnEjjvxl9WUgG-BLicX9OVODbWwfteaN6fi_G2o-wRl9ynvBbzcAWIF-r6sDgyAh-xxlABOhiJmIGDmOEp8O3sKa9ZlhxvZhTrR_bVSmG8r8OdtHT9082CfQsbqFu1SE-LN9ClgolkDjnEcS4N1QjVKcnx0rhTvm9NdMV_b7/s3280/20230313_102325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMUwMeactPaGm3G51QnEjjvxl9WUgG-BLicX9OVODbWwfteaN6fi_G2o-wRl9ynvBbzcAWIF-r6sDgyAh-xxlABOhiJmIGDmOEp8O3sKa9ZlhxvZhTrR_bVSmG8r8OdtHT9082CfQsbqFu1SE-LN9ClgolkDjnEcS4N1QjVKcnx0rhTvm9NdMV_b7/w233-h400/20230313_102325.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3JqQmlS" target="_blank">Ticket To Ride</a> is one of their favorite board games to play. We've got numerous expansion packs at this point. For Christmas, daycare received the <a href="https://amzn.to/3JiE6Um" target="_blank">New York expansion pack</a>. The kids liked it because it was a fun, quick play. The <a href="https://amzn.to/3Fv5QEb" target="_blank">big cards</a> came in handy for games of Black Jack. <a href="https://amzn.to/3YWbW7B" target="_blank">Sorry</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/3Z9RoZr" target="_blank">Yeti In My Spaghetti</a> were also played.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8w86R30qFpYgu1MDj8nS8VpkQHEqnyUZFgtGH67JcQOrkxFn5x2FFdzBrsTBLUACxYMmkGdDdXj9DSzNSVdVdEXQL8PD_cPy1a_78cMRzsKqxSFVSUM4Ej6eBDA0tcVBYjuRxjr2WUTm64KzVgKJDHXIXy_mesRPbI6AXGKY41EA8DwuqLnGflD8/s1908/20230315_102209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1662" data-original-width="1908" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8w86R30qFpYgu1MDj8nS8VpkQHEqnyUZFgtGH67JcQOrkxFn5x2FFdzBrsTBLUACxYMmkGdDdXj9DSzNSVdVdEXQL8PD_cPy1a_78cMRzsKqxSFVSUM4Ej6eBDA0tcVBYjuRxjr2WUTm64KzVgKJDHXIXy_mesRPbI6AXGKY41EA8DwuqLnGflD8/w400-h349/20230315_102209.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MFXqmaszFGzMAIVy3W9ISBHExXn48wV-Jn3KYYPiKVtCM0lVgA4Bg4QbV2oDMynIVnd7Zt5mklCE9G5f1N9AAao0tkiOnG3FintKORQkHPDbIFehxRjxI1rhzQRAwUzKx1ksz3mLUlk_otW5wFnmJk_hpCL48pmt80jMUKpmzj3mU_cqR2cPcGvc/s2884/20230313_104536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2884" data-original-width="2184" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MFXqmaszFGzMAIVy3W9ISBHExXn48wV-Jn3KYYPiKVtCM0lVgA4Bg4QbV2oDMynIVnd7Zt5mklCE9G5f1N9AAao0tkiOnG3FintKORQkHPDbIFehxRjxI1rhzQRAwUzKx1ksz3mLUlk_otW5wFnmJk_hpCL48pmt80jMUKpmzj3mU_cqR2cPcGvc/w303-h400/20230313_104536.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Legos were brought up and a new TV bought (for March Madness). Everyone was happy.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihm1TB93Z2c0qnPO0uF6LkX40cmoExrhbxoMoPLlLrTXBterRrlosL96HwSBGyYqA5PDM_B5GUhNkGJ-sLsvjhlmGD5EfXXAGxxyX0BYsP9YLT8xFnMAzHhAy83CqgB9RL-4ctB4RKo5QIV664k5iWzkb-ewxPZM23UBln6TyG-LMQav1NN-GkCNRy/s2954/20230313_104551.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihm1TB93Z2c0qnPO0uF6LkX40cmoExrhbxoMoPLlLrTXBterRrlosL96HwSBGyYqA5PDM_B5GUhNkGJ-sLsvjhlmGD5EfXXAGxxyX0BYsP9YLT8xFnMAzHhAy83CqgB9RL-4ctB4RKo5QIV664k5iWzkb-ewxPZM23UBln6TyG-LMQav1NN-GkCNRy/w259-h400/20230313_104551.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21PfQHsA5uC2RLJOwFJAOgRc4bzJs3oggwb2Q1KP3vCQ_xpHfQmcPQHT3k29JCKRPuxc017l4PS9WLSTU_keyMT70oB49Sv1YZ69KacChfZtKKoCFNNV0Gt-VLTyVDjLzZVkT1vFXzpe1NjG9prSt1Y4mRuRAfg16UMHdw5BG8LPVIzRW0zp7T2jk/s2537/20230313_180427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2537" data-original-width="1748" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21PfQHsA5uC2RLJOwFJAOgRc4bzJs3oggwb2Q1KP3vCQ_xpHfQmcPQHT3k29JCKRPuxc017l4PS9WLSTU_keyMT70oB49Sv1YZ69KacChfZtKKoCFNNV0Gt-VLTyVDjLzZVkT1vFXzpe1NjG9prSt1Y4mRuRAfg16UMHdw5BG8LPVIzRW0zp7T2jk/w275-h400/20230313_180427.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We got together with family to celebrate my grandma's birthday. While she's no longer with us, she knew how to throw a party so we did just that in her honor. It was wonderful, minus our night ending with a kids throwing up from a migraine. Everyone got grandma back scratches (pictured above) before the night was over. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LZqADHjfzaNLjMJRkyTE2S3_bdzPUZhcPf8HGztt-kYzPcn1W7byMtWPf0s9fK-BLQ3ZmOtcYK7Gg7SjFhthqUxwxpUwz5nzlai9O514qVsk9UmO35kr85xznsGuvPO4oZNjEl5azlmoia5QoYfHhvSYr18UTcksCc49yvfX8T9kA-fjhzogWgks/s1471/20230313_180432.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1471" data-original-width="1183" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LZqADHjfzaNLjMJRkyTE2S3_bdzPUZhcPf8HGztt-kYzPcn1W7byMtWPf0s9fK-BLQ3ZmOtcYK7Gg7SjFhthqUxwxpUwz5nzlai9O514qVsk9UmO35kr85xznsGuvPO4oZNjEl5azlmoia5QoYfHhvSYr18UTcksCc49yvfX8T9kA-fjhzogWgks/w321-h400/20230313_180432.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXBRazBLqOao6cHeBmIJ8peOf0KAxFaLRZkR9GTdyZ6IlTccuvx_pQd7L6XuI8Qr0bHxr5c6TRJqnVhB6_QXkmJ3iisDyKArxlo_jVK-w9xt8D5fs58ThEdvZcXLlua2QKAvtNj9TQXYLHNw6uJ3AyQt7y1tWlFDrNeSh-JWAonUNL6ru753z0X0G/s3298/20230314_090304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3298" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXBRazBLqOao6cHeBmIJ8peOf0KAxFaLRZkR9GTdyZ6IlTccuvx_pQd7L6XuI8Qr0bHxr5c6TRJqnVhB6_QXkmJ3iisDyKArxlo_jVK-w9xt8D5fs58ThEdvZcXLlua2QKAvtNj9TQXYLHNw6uJ3AyQt7y1tWlFDrNeSh-JWAonUNL6ru753z0X0G/w400-h231/20230314_090304.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had TONS of broken crayons. I gave the kids permission to peel the wrapper away and break the crayons even smaller. It's been years since I've done this activity. I couldn't remember what molds were microwave safe, so I melted the crayons in (what I knew was a) microwave safe bowl, then poured them in. They hardened quickly. While all of the bolder, darker colors seem to overpower the other colors, when the kids colored with them, the other colors really popped out. The kids called these 'galaxy crayons' because they looked like the galaxy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I should also note that everyone wanted these crayons made and everyone complained about the wax smell that filled the house. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LHbVRw5OkHmsCluXzC3IIx4TXKqkIY_qr6MbctBqjbq2A6ArGsQWSi912u8aPZCI6o299E_ffdxFqBhSjwDd1a2G8DYHc8jd5nZUTpW9Mpbsuho9vICJWQJdN6UD6U0ATaUSVRSquYxl5WzLdDNqDLi10g6Ptv3sTQdnt2ux2P2zf8ljwiH4oOqT/s2603/20230314_093148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2603" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LHbVRw5OkHmsCluXzC3IIx4TXKqkIY_qr6MbctBqjbq2A6ArGsQWSi912u8aPZCI6o299E_ffdxFqBhSjwDd1a2G8DYHc8jd5nZUTpW9Mpbsuho9vICJWQJdN6UD6U0ATaUSVRSquYxl5WzLdDNqDLi10g6Ptv3sTQdnt2ux2P2zf8ljwiH4oOqT/w400-h294/20230314_093148.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ns2Omw3FFcYXDedZIE2QgpwbGo2Hz5QWPZGfIapgEvHcEfLNo5GSTDJx1cdNxfjoMn402dPSd5xseZG_G1CT1OaUTRBaivH-yiGM57NGrN4kJZ_x_myosaw10YC8R_aW5PExjqhcIYa3eaYzxTK8SLuC8kPiTvRaIraKAZeGas8PSNK3NLdMctQH/s3021/20230314_104834.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3021" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ns2Omw3FFcYXDedZIE2QgpwbGo2Hz5QWPZGfIapgEvHcEfLNo5GSTDJx1cdNxfjoMn402dPSd5xseZG_G1CT1OaUTRBaivH-yiGM57NGrN4kJZ_x_myosaw10YC8R_aW5PExjqhcIYa3eaYzxTK8SLuC8kPiTvRaIraKAZeGas8PSNK3NLdMctQH/w253-h400/20230314_104834.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Each child got to come into the kitchen to mix a slime. Then they spent the rest of the day playing with their slimes. Each afternoon, I give the bigs electronic time while the littles nap. On this day they opted to put away electronics so they could play with slime instead. Sensory fun for the win again.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuv6udJRlxsXGxKYm9DgSC87Bz96QKT-R-1Dh9wth9eZ0u0ofWAMYRg4UbrxSvGs2YS0W-4fmsckEfDqhPaNxCxlvLuJCiRDgE8NqP4U_k35sL8-N3CjQUeR6VhwYYBsutm-R8z_bWzycfeGX1RpsO_DZeBRy_7J19GCXUtIRoW0nYnQTY2wlknwfL/s1988/20230314_134916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1988" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuv6udJRlxsXGxKYm9DgSC87Bz96QKT-R-1Dh9wth9eZ0u0ofWAMYRg4UbrxSvGs2YS0W-4fmsckEfDqhPaNxCxlvLuJCiRDgE8NqP4U_k35sL8-N3CjQUeR6VhwYYBsutm-R8z_bWzycfeGX1RpsO_DZeBRy_7J19GCXUtIRoW0nYnQTY2wlknwfL/w384-h400/20230314_134916.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodX3QOY8eVtpswItDRO_QVJzIfkJ0-wJ0oBD_6yXas19NDWKe9-lW96LgfZNEhsntLZpy3_Ow0c8-yH0yE7UKEFu-FyEeM1x8xHHjDEFvUH_AZUbgdjLaDQ6m1HUzt2Jd9A9aZGaUbGEBOGGolLgob6CvBWo4XrUg8cEpvnUrY4Dd6pCPn4iJ6dYd/s3060/20230314_130606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodX3QOY8eVtpswItDRO_QVJzIfkJ0-wJ0oBD_6yXas19NDWKe9-lW96LgfZNEhsntLZpy3_Ow0c8-yH0yE7UKEFu-FyEeM1x8xHHjDEFvUH_AZUbgdjLaDQ6m1HUzt2Jd9A9aZGaUbGEBOGGolLgob6CvBWo4XrUg8cEpvnUrY4Dd6pCPn4iJ6dYd/w250-h400/20230314_130606.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While the littles napped and the bigs played with slime, I drank another cup of coffee and got a start on prep for our St. Pat's celebration. I made Lucky Charms cookies and rainbow pancakes. Magically I got both done, put away, and the kitchen cleaned up before naps were finished.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-crAKmdfZSKaIoCJZkW0lsgTIaMugqSDO9mCkuVE5ljQKnQWm0ARYxA9NNOTPhrvJKciJh35eFdBjGmNTLPeR86c9nqY2_CEfyi0HR-e44vMhPcd1eKdmFGGiPu50NUPUW2g4FWBuL7hjstelvcmnAB7df8dJpuUuKpEj1KctilgabTc3-XFE-TdY/s2664/20230314_130614.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1900" data-original-width="2664" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-crAKmdfZSKaIoCJZkW0lsgTIaMugqSDO9mCkuVE5ljQKnQWm0ARYxA9NNOTPhrvJKciJh35eFdBjGmNTLPeR86c9nqY2_CEfyi0HR-e44vMhPcd1eKdmFGGiPu50NUPUW2g4FWBuL7hjstelvcmnAB7df8dJpuUuKpEj1KctilgabTc3-XFE-TdY/w400-h285/20230314_130614.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJgsU7CgSsHQThAKx-k3xfWyCTeU0VXdHivuD_BlJevoDtZWguGm5hFDLq7jLmqpaV4borcCjLT-1C5lrmYbzXlm_jKU3xKG1YqRJTcXQz1ZUCQyRlfR33zqhf_A_Yof6HRQLBznMNhzW_vRk8gcUgmkcVsRrKoRsYmzxceZSJNgwHSk6fifCq7aT/s1490/20230314_160320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1490" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJgsU7CgSsHQThAKx-k3xfWyCTeU0VXdHivuD_BlJevoDtZWguGm5hFDLq7jLmqpaV4borcCjLT-1C5lrmYbzXlm_jKU3xKG1YqRJTcXQz1ZUCQyRlfR33zqhf_A_Yof6HRQLBznMNhzW_vRk8gcUgmkcVsRrKoRsYmzxceZSJNgwHSk6fifCq7aT/w400-h350/20230314_160320.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The kittens were not okay with all of the kids in our house! The dog is used to it and LOVED having everyone here. The kittens were irritated because they couldn't peacefully sit in windows without being bothered.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOKyZVkEDjhiXnfjmI7F-xKpwX-ACIn2uO7dK3wLxl8KVqwI6fKtI7vIAeEGRAdmLo0r6yWkiAuULiBQDFsfpKtV_GKFjgwcWf7rxRJGQZ7c7uX0l4k5qLUbcMQP0jhNRliWYXoxE0A27HZn9VcqbJCvWEgx7N2er4pERY6ef-s1stIk0pTv8uXv7/s3103/20230314_170447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3103" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOKyZVkEDjhiXnfjmI7F-xKpwX-ACIn2uO7dK3wLxl8KVqwI6fKtI7vIAeEGRAdmLo0r6yWkiAuULiBQDFsfpKtV_GKFjgwcWf7rxRJGQZ7c7uX0l4k5qLUbcMQP0jhNRliWYXoxE0A27HZn9VcqbJCvWEgx7N2er4pERY6ef-s1stIk0pTv8uXv7/w246-h400/20230314_170447.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6F9veA8zoKgcg99nXq64d9vTAHTxtRBXYA8ImJSA_x8EHS2L3XvGwTilYp5mMSMt6ZrboZB8mNZgKN8NtCi2eQdE0Dr_Db1srd12bgRhMM7SqZ7GdWMF1PBdB6fiMZxVaQ-Pb6PEk4PIH-MzHYvGMOE_97XeC16XNr9ISLZAPYifMSdrsEMc_5Ea/s2847/20230315_074011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2847" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6F9veA8zoKgcg99nXq64d9vTAHTxtRBXYA8ImJSA_x8EHS2L3XvGwTilYp5mMSMt6ZrboZB8mNZgKN8NtCi2eQdE0Dr_Db1srd12bgRhMM7SqZ7GdWMF1PBdB6fiMZxVaQ-Pb6PEk4PIH-MzHYvGMOE_97XeC16XNr9ISLZAPYifMSdrsEMc_5Ea/w400-h268/20230315_074011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wednesday March 15 was our St. Patrick's celebration. Those pesky leprechauns left their footprints all over the breezeway trying to get in. Thankfully, those green footprints were cleaned up easily at the end of the day.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cWBJXJXOl3PauxHpgM9MuegEqU5cklm_M4rXqBESPzZM763YCr6N0_dTt9xrNVdJ8ZrlGynWqLx7Y2g7kg1zFn-I5oaqicCUTOtBCVVBMhqDwP4jPV-E7G-_da9FF-GRJmYpJMRB5bqDdnlh-yK9780oZYOL_qKcbSnG_F6CrJ7TtWQLfW8sqmi0/s2958/20230315_085236(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2958" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cWBJXJXOl3PauxHpgM9MuegEqU5cklm_M4rXqBESPzZM763YCr6N0_dTt9xrNVdJ8ZrlGynWqLx7Y2g7kg1zFn-I5oaqicCUTOtBCVVBMhqDwP4jPV-E7G-_da9FF-GRJmYpJMRB5bqDdnlh-yK9780oZYOL_qKcbSnG_F6CrJ7TtWQLfW8sqmi0/w258-h400/20230315_085236(0).jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMvf7o6kDMViCI7IEbP4dnvd1eP0lVnGvfqBVoCRdwhuqPv7NPN5P42jOVjw4K9lJhR0J90bMWUUDKttEhY5Seu2KZZk2G-hadqAiYxtvKQ0DeyzgbSPvE0gbu0YQTSCK4Huq2KsaTsO_iKfGFCbjBOh75E8CjDQIxYUSVko0r8aYFWt_Q1aroGE5/s3101/20230315_085250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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And he left behind paper confetti because it can be recycled, but he doesn't have good aim. This leprechaun must have heard a kid coming down the hall and gotten messy with the food coloring...errr...I mean,the leprechaun doesn't have good aim. The kids thought the "pee on the seat" was hilarious.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAQsLYwrR2u7alG32yeakwQVZ72xgP2hqfvxseD1u3izENQlIhaDwm7RSRT8WHW-b7Jaw2IM2LsyFLkTny4yCGbkPQSjYX2rZRzYRBgsgKIVjz7ZC2uch7hNBTFNQBpbybeEQspAysZ4YgaBeYJ7S_uze80fDWJ45uu-unuyYx0F74YqXcVcRgEbH/s2798/20230315_092208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2798" data-original-width="1715" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAQsLYwrR2u7alG32yeakwQVZ72xgP2hqfvxseD1u3izENQlIhaDwm7RSRT8WHW-b7Jaw2IM2LsyFLkTny4yCGbkPQSjYX2rZRzYRBgsgKIVjz7ZC2uch7hNBTFNQBpbybeEQspAysZ4YgaBeYJ7S_uze80fDWJ45uu-unuyYx0F74YqXcVcRgEbH/w245-h400/20230315_092208.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then we all gathered in the daycare room to make leprechaun traps. Bigs helped littles, some littles just watched, but everyone's trap eventually caught leprechauns that were enroute from Ireland in their adventure for St. Patrick's Day. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVAjm3wFXYCENqO_ZEVenuR92L0uovcOOkfnHl1dQJfCCteoSbUmpISb751E3mt8oYIbEHypLD3FpG2C-3z2FanFTSrz9x9idD1vXf6129kcXUXCyeQ-FGhxX_ezID-8jzgSX-Pn7OgCsQnLL2QtBEf7ZRwlsIsSJzRCr4o85kgKXHwNBo__ZxRBO/s1336/20230315_092411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="904" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVAjm3wFXYCENqO_ZEVenuR92L0uovcOOkfnHl1dQJfCCteoSbUmpISb751E3mt8oYIbEHypLD3FpG2C-3z2FanFTSrz9x9idD1vXf6129kcXUXCyeQ-FGhxX_ezID-8jzgSX-Pn7OgCsQnLL2QtBEf7ZRwlsIsSJzRCr4o85kgKXHwNBo__ZxRBO/w271-h400/20230315_092411.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Their objective was to keep the balloons off the ground while kids also threw piles of confetti and streamers in the air. The only way I got the kids to stop was telling them the frozen pizza was ready to eat for lunch!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1la7f6-efD9xQvvyAv_C-3-SjousC6qTvhksbbWubPaTe0w0A2y9udDpldtdsRzPDeVQoxACwZv3TVXsw7ALxdVfogn4ctm3k8Xrkvo4gqve3SzjHx04B-pGUOQYZcIXSKRFEDVdJ1YVQeolPPUQWg6svllfIiTQHYOmw8FdQrbtwV1RKcE8Niky/s2788/20230315_112214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2788" data-original-width="1556" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1la7f6-efD9xQvvyAv_C-3-SjousC6qTvhksbbWubPaTe0w0A2y9udDpldtdsRzPDeVQoxACwZv3TVXsw7ALxdVfogn4ctm3k8Xrkvo4gqve3SzjHx04B-pGUOQYZcIXSKRFEDVdJ1YVQeolPPUQWg6svllfIiTQHYOmw8FdQrbtwV1RKcE8Niky/w224-h400/20230315_112214.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5y-aoYL1s7jFA6BCL9cO1P2etSvKCl1nrADgR2DgK4H8-lxVKeAJsBeoMf7A_sYP0HZ2E83TKFjnsYFU6kd-mgYqnf0Wl-O73xNKy4KJeZ0mKzaXqexm4TUYlMe3WUTmZ695PVznRfoRxya-tMpCChdpxFkfRlV5mY0lwLh6jazFTEz34GPcrNgEn/s2612/20230315_125353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2612" data-original-width="1530" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5y-aoYL1s7jFA6BCL9cO1P2etSvKCl1nrADgR2DgK4H8-lxVKeAJsBeoMf7A_sYP0HZ2E83TKFjnsYFU6kd-mgYqnf0Wl-O73xNKy4KJeZ0mKzaXqexm4TUYlMe3WUTmZ695PVznRfoRxya-tMpCChdpxFkfRlV5mY0lwLh6jazFTEz34GPcrNgEn/w234-h400/20230315_125353.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then our regular leprechauns, Sammy and Michael, summoned three of their friends: Seamus, Cornelius, and Robby.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVudNjTThvPDAXddTILdJFUJzMEWCe4pTnYZ2HRIk6HkjFhytQs6A2qJDZsDNjNfm2Dt530m_GMWKH5NeNnPXcmzI4EVaDll3mXIucy-u_5hgG_yCmqFywWLcGvJ5BLqOhK64imk4bF4vBMd3yxXyz8Qa0ZqkzLaCGhPvHiwywWKtF8va9aTsQW7Q/s3432/20230315_125426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3432" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVudNjTThvPDAXddTILdJFUJzMEWCe4pTnYZ2HRIk6HkjFhytQs6A2qJDZsDNjNfm2Dt530m_GMWKH5NeNnPXcmzI4EVaDll3mXIucy-u_5hgG_yCmqFywWLcGvJ5BLqOhK64imk4bF4vBMd3yxXyz8Qa0ZqkzLaCGhPvHiwywWKtF8va9aTsQW7Q/w223-h400/20230315_125426.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_k5YJEONu4x9fRJam7qU28CUuqk9Kj9m_mMg7zC_pbQan3QuVLOMSB3-g62W9sorDopAzqFLBh1_ShWGmQIKrs19owxnQ89fH4rYmLIdkvinhQMiOTc5ptz8KT7Y2UewQt6-xKjUyRQ1KF8GGYVFtliTjRfhutdHySmYL9pL8UfisntR2zZbX-q8/s1362/20230315_150145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="1362" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_k5YJEONu4x9fRJam7qU28CUuqk9Kj9m_mMg7zC_pbQan3QuVLOMSB3-g62W9sorDopAzqFLBh1_ShWGmQIKrs19owxnQ89fH4rYmLIdkvinhQMiOTc5ptz8KT7Y2UewQt6-xKjUyRQ1KF8GGYVFtliTjRfhutdHySmYL9pL8UfisntR2zZbX-q8/w400-h301/20230315_150145.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A favorite St. Patty's snack: rainbow fruit plates for every child. I used to do a giant rainbow fruit tray, but due to Covid, switched to individual plates. I did the plates again because everyone seems to enjoy not fighting over all of the marshmallows, but as it turns out, the giant fruit tray would have been preferred. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Rk4ABj2tF-B10YZgfTp7qEKtX-Z_i03d-vAKDX1-0bf3c751gCl1YafoII7_OLIdKl-FxGsbva0_ycHWiJOwIUaeJPUgWX3xbS0eQRkKBCR9UfOuEyuyqUeJRpOWq1_s9HPKStjjJJFBMB2hh2FLZYTJ7AjiGhsxpJB8opDPJv_opgUPpRPeuHlb/s3350/20230315_152423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3350" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Rk4ABj2tF-B10YZgfTp7qEKtX-Z_i03d-vAKDX1-0bf3c751gCl1YafoII7_OLIdKl-FxGsbva0_ycHWiJOwIUaeJPUgWX3xbS0eQRkKBCR9UfOuEyuyqUeJRpOWq1_s9HPKStjjJJFBMB2hh2FLZYTJ7AjiGhsxpJB8opDPJv_opgUPpRPeuHlb/w228-h400/20230315_152423.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">One last note after the last visit from our leprechauns. It was a fun, albeit exhausting day. </span></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-30696239985042572182023-03-08T21:00:00.004-06:002023-03-08T21:00:47.547-06:00hello, 39<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iTOOG--1vsFME9zQMsaacQyTLf4hi5PtvjRG99-hgcMw4YCeM3Z-9l1IKcw_ui1iibh_2okQRWOtYUPu38vvD5Wqe_Wn8BvfceD2dnZqy6QHRpr7ZU1nORyDyVRd-7BngtMO3mf0rYJsiy9EI9barGcvZZE-vcZkTFIeNUJYOEmvS52Hx0DUNqOY/s2339/20230213_125937.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2339" data-original-width="1657" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iTOOG--1vsFME9zQMsaacQyTLf4hi5PtvjRG99-hgcMw4YCeM3Z-9l1IKcw_ui1iibh_2okQRWOtYUPu38vvD5Wqe_Wn8BvfceD2dnZqy6QHRpr7ZU1nORyDyVRd-7BngtMO3mf0rYJsiy9EI9barGcvZZE-vcZkTFIeNUJYOEmvS52Hx0DUNqOY/w284-h400/20230213_125937.jpg" width="284" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thirty nine came and went without much ado. So far. It's just the start of the last year in my thirties. I feel no different today than I did at the beginning of February when I was thirty eight. Age is simply a number. It's the significance others place on these numbers that make them what they are.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the beginning of 2023, I wrote a list of goals for myself. As with every year for the last ten years, my biggest goals consist of doing new things, trying things that scare me, and breaking boundaries. The very boundaries I once set for myself. All across social media, I've seen people seemingly do away with a goals list and begin a word of the year. It's an interesting concept that I haven't bought into much because I like a good goals list, so I can feel accomplishment each time I check one of those things off. Yet year thirty nine CAN be summed up into one word: change.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I didn't actually set out for year thirty nine to be a big year. It just kind of coincided with how things worked out and how I made things happen. Maybe I did it subconsciously, but more than likely I was just inspired. I took time for myself at the end of the year and the result was a massive creative boost with plenty of time for reflection and thinking. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">While others will make their thirties go out with a bang, I decided to keep this next trip around the sun simple. Make changes, leave time for reflection, listen to intuition, and don't go big. I've done big: big vacations, big purchases, big plans, big time commitments. This will be the year to make some big changes, then sit back and enjoy. Don't focus on monetary prosperity, but on emotional and physical prosperity. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Change happens whether we like it or not. Sometimes we choose to accept change and sometimes we fight it with everything we are. Other times we are the ones to bring the changes. Thirty nine came, I'll conquer it by changing my world upside down, and how it will go out remains to be seen.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaL-lA5FgCeEyUSfV5p_5bf3Tw-1nPvU73hW7Df25E2qdchrjzNxREdMzgSTGBFBxGZp-MqAQmZ6moVvcz1yFkKZ0Cnt1hUi7ocDL9KPbTs9-aINy4F1dAZLLBSedwcTFF23UiZSPVXzjrt7ZdsEiR7BrDqpZIukjQiumcxRI4EnJj728Kcmq3-4Y/s4032/20230225_125055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaL-lA5FgCeEyUSfV5p_5bf3Tw-1nPvU73hW7Df25E2qdchrjzNxREdMzgSTGBFBxGZp-MqAQmZ6moVvcz1yFkKZ0Cnt1hUi7ocDL9KPbTs9-aINy4F1dAZLLBSedwcTFF23UiZSPVXzjrt7ZdsEiR7BrDqpZIukjQiumcxRI4EnJj728Kcmq3-4Y/w189-h400/20230225_125055.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">As usual, my birthday was a month long celebration. I tried new coffee places, new restaurants, new drinks, and new things. Same hiking place because we love that it's only ten minutes from our house.</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXaWhc9I9-RrqzjQfIfoLsvbPl0oEWZaOpqIPnIkiNIv_XATu44HRbc5c7_8sz1rPbOKgDMhZepqYazmA658pYXPbHNcMcyQGcJ0e3pqYDPMj5jI7Awd4f45sfLpHipfcHQl-du4djlq2dxLTZ_hIgr_FSHgGrmjSP_L7waqgZIWWUnE-4BwWqlL8/s4032/20230225_144629.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXaWhc9I9-RrqzjQfIfoLsvbPl0oEWZaOpqIPnIkiNIv_XATu44HRbc5c7_8sz1rPbOKgDMhZepqYazmA658pYXPbHNcMcyQGcJ0e3pqYDPMj5jI7Awd4f45sfLpHipfcHQl-du4djlq2dxLTZ_hIgr_FSHgGrmjSP_L7waqgZIWWUnE-4BwWqlL8/w189-h400/20230225_144629.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEYNPsJp_AGJg_0yHvbDJYBun9_2WttZHag7SfE_1CzefTpXnAfLejVjvszJrHTIgjT5eh_ccaR0Iid8ZUm-TLtWz1EF5hACsw0rHBb99XSx5x2TjU2O4mHb2bZo0S70YIWb9zFG2iLsFa1KAzFma-q-lU84jM_GwVGrPnAzeipZ4vI3IVrZ52k2V/s4032/20230225_163421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It might be the best homemade ice cream I've ever tasted. Not my favorite thing is applying fake nails, so Hubs took over that one for the youngest.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4071uptdzbv6_BU3kFoY6WVWyPVHuxNJPCLElQ-fX_lj6yH4UijRSY78f8EPhMyJTYeJWEmvoTR4tuI_xxzMEYcWW87My45EQEx2kYwoEtuNFHDk_3Fx8Jz6nXvI5UVq-vsXFnVWQq4518ZTxx_Dugm7Cel7OsZy6c2rJAqpCf88Gc3eDm8l06Hh/s3551/20230225_180241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3551" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4071uptdzbv6_BU3kFoY6WVWyPVHuxNJPCLElQ-fX_lj6yH4UijRSY78f8EPhMyJTYeJWEmvoTR4tuI_xxzMEYcWW87My45EQEx2kYwoEtuNFHDk_3Fx8Jz6nXvI5UVq-vsXFnVWQq4518ZTxx_Dugm7Cel7OsZy6c2rJAqpCf88Gc3eDm8l06Hh/w215-h400/20230225_180241.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc8edSXKEHG3ahpkq25xtX_4r0Wtd8Nj5sLoZ6wNDI1xuBzDjqfPbPoNQE0WKIqT3F-C9U48OJbdw94jHOm9hIuMQeS2x_cQMrm9p42sMbSGsFowmUWJ8rOVCrQQzTJJVb4UvBJt7IqjSnIfBESidDkHpZVGM__y8PQhrcw6boi1du3mpVa_49DHif/s4032/20230226_140710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc8edSXKEHG3ahpkq25xtX_4r0Wtd8Nj5sLoZ6wNDI1xuBzDjqfPbPoNQE0WKIqT3F-C9U48OJbdw94jHOm9hIuMQeS2x_cQMrm9p42sMbSGsFowmUWJ8rOVCrQQzTJJVb4UvBJt7IqjSnIfBESidDkHpZVGM__y8PQhrcw6boi1du3mpVa_49DHif/w189-h400/20230226_140710.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Splatter painting can be a lot of fun. 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What more could I ask for?!? Ha!</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv57gl-aSe11faiUQ0PGDerkbY_1TRMRfvGaV-a24BaTeUE2KkcMRy3HqWG8c1rCw3MEgbdH31n8lrPafWOcfasXc7wWk7BQ__8sg1eG1EsUOxx7YNCqvCUkr1zMldDWGb9IkRKeKMFUmpm4jTZqUvBNrpPm0VjpKrJ4YKYMpC1J5O7xYovuTeAsKv/s4032/20230228_171044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv57gl-aSe11faiUQ0PGDerkbY_1TRMRfvGaV-a24BaTeUE2KkcMRy3HqWG8c1rCw3MEgbdH31n8lrPafWOcfasXc7wWk7BQ__8sg1eG1EsUOxx7YNCqvCUkr1zMldDWGb9IkRKeKMFUmpm4jTZqUvBNrpPm0VjpKrJ4YKYMpC1J5O7xYovuTeAsKv/w189-h400/20230228_171044.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNGryqpabyw58LF6es1PpkjXySPwuluYivUeHxavXdiGpsWPL7egnVuwkkZk8jssEnDvF6UhbUGVPjQLQbZXijKZ3jL7UoIKsdh0Vos8KKEcS8jzC4YYqna4gyfgHTMDfYjKiRqKwmoWyMVk7ZdEWFUB40ahrYEf-QtG57cJIxR24Js-1KEkx7rdH/s4032/20230228_183741.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNGryqpabyw58LF6es1PpkjXySPwuluYivUeHxavXdiGpsWPL7egnVuwkkZk8jssEnDvF6UhbUGVPjQLQbZXijKZ3jL7UoIKsdh0Vos8KKEcS8jzC4YYqna4gyfgHTMDfYjKiRqKwmoWyMVk7ZdEWFUB40ahrYEf-QtG57cJIxR24Js-1KEkx7rdH/w189-h400/20230228_183741.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">A daycare kid brought his Nugget for our obstacle course. As it turns out, my kids love it too. They asked me why I've never gotten one for them.</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUb9t4YV7YtjcC3Mju2hrQYq5NkM6AzRpfjIxrMp4jBdyAmjVwU8dHVFoOdGqbOgFkXWuf8B-mPZfRqfhtOk9wkaAjPiHxbGIl7znQzyaq4s0wQFEiNXusAkPF7b1hrpVRCabrzcLHbnA2pRSk1ou93bVcU-CYv-sNr9CBBcNhfVLRMZfT0UFog_l/s2021/20230301_102039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="2021" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUb9t4YV7YtjcC3Mju2hrQYq5NkM6AzRpfjIxrMp4jBdyAmjVwU8dHVFoOdGqbOgFkXWuf8B-mPZfRqfhtOk9wkaAjPiHxbGIl7znQzyaq4s0wQFEiNXusAkPF7b1hrpVRCabrzcLHbnA2pRSk1ou93bVcU-CYv-sNr9CBBcNhfVLRMZfT0UFog_l/w400-h323/20230301_102039.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>I made my first cheesecake. It turned out pretty decently, definitely edible.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDPtR9DbrHXxOzPmMM0hrz2VAkE9nMfuFcGxfEQ6jGF86PbWsy4Whcm8OU5y0xsr_S7XjGS-lTimRw0vWg3zaB6KUeQe0r7lUnLk7UG8k9VRKpTT5iwUjhGfhsy9VJojuj58lk1TEC0oq3T2vDHjWDym1qbFK0P0HX2mETlOkw2LFb5a1jQgLp76b/s4032/20230301_184118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDPtR9DbrHXxOzPmMM0hrz2VAkE9nMfuFcGxfEQ6jGF86PbWsy4Whcm8OU5y0xsr_S7XjGS-lTimRw0vWg3zaB6KUeQe0r7lUnLk7UG8k9VRKpTT5iwUjhGfhsy9VJojuj58lk1TEC0oq3T2vDHjWDym1qbFK0P0HX2mETlOkw2LFb5a1jQgLp76b/w189-h400/20230301_184118.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBoOBISGwrfuSCUHrDtzOvkFV1EDsnj716_w38cMjdSf7qh2A4dwLoYKNYPcvOvSWgtijC72z91qq_ksHF6QvGqsH3GnTyMpOsx_v_kyUHyLnKIkPCnF5789vcm_CVrXmvB7sDlSWMtILYQ1S5iV1q8-VdkHvwTy6vzup9DAksbiRES8UjcgSfSl_/s3648/20230301_172810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBoOBISGwrfuSCUHrDtzOvkFV1EDsnj716_w38cMjdSf7qh2A4dwLoYKNYPcvOvSWgtijC72z91qq_ksHF6QvGqsH3GnTyMpOsx_v_kyUHyLnKIkPCnF5789vcm_CVrXmvB7sDlSWMtILYQ1S5iV1q8-VdkHvwTy6vzup9DAksbiRES8UjcgSfSl_/w400-h300/20230301_172810.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>The day after my thirty nineth birthday was our fifteenth wedding anniversary. We celebrated by meeting for drinks and apps after work at Big Grove Brewery.</i></span></div><p></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-42660793886840264112023-03-06T10:11:00.005-06:002023-03-06T10:11:57.855-06:002 Events, 1 Kite Festival, 1 Hike, And Cookie Surprises<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDISYfU8xqwJgeblcApgTYW9W9scj8F8eKKHhChimfAsJKMd4b2ihg_um29nJvDzoQn0ockpymvrb_CfV7Y4dbfC4vXuYTzZq3u_flaqfkZT7dvyCpvdIyj4rNSQo6rVMvpcnvhx45XmNjKwRPRoz7yJ_3gFeiFUYdc8MXfcaaLQEFbyvAOpYrcC0r/s4032/20230218_141923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDISYfU8xqwJgeblcApgTYW9W9scj8F8eKKHhChimfAsJKMd4b2ihg_um29nJvDzoQn0ockpymvrb_CfV7Y4dbfC4vXuYTzZq3u_flaqfkZT7dvyCpvdIyj4rNSQo6rVMvpcnvhx45XmNjKwRPRoz7yJ_3gFeiFUYdc8MXfcaaLQEFbyvAOpYrcC0r/w400-h189/20230218_141923.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> As evident by the title, it was a slightly crazy three days + Friday night. Most Friday nights are chill for us. We're all exhausted and we all choose to hang out at home, with friends and neighbors. Although, this Friday was not like that. In fact, the entire weekend left very little time for resting. The only thing that saved me was having Monday off because from 4 p.m. Friday to bedtime Sunday night, I was moving nonstop. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let's begin with Thursday first. A no school day thanks to snow. Since it was event week, I had extra on my plate. Luckily, I was able to send the bigs up to the hills in our neighborhood for sledding and snowboarding while the littles slept. I got work done and the bigs came home just in time for hot chocolate and snacks. It was a win for all of us.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtRXql55PW6unNU29XrcGpphAo72Ln5XhiVo0qIk-HgV_8dFMhZV5bZ8VO6XMju8I1KsEf8FmuguKP_-_aNX_HI_fmS_6sjfyEJIkf8IBjAFU9PlXgNXOz0mf0QKgaIeHSaD9kFpnDGdla0vuDmkxqEqQljNXFKEd6Giln0jsqpRxXTe3ZxYRHyov/s2250/20230216_080759.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1497" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtRXql55PW6unNU29XrcGpphAo72Ln5XhiVo0qIk-HgV_8dFMhZV5bZ8VO6XMju8I1KsEf8FmuguKP_-_aNX_HI_fmS_6sjfyEJIkf8IBjAFU9PlXgNXOz0mf0QKgaIeHSaD9kFpnDGdla0vuDmkxqEqQljNXFKEd6Giln0jsqpRxXTe3ZxYRHyov/w266-h400/20230216_080759.jpg" width="266" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTnRuTaEJHVjN6dse4jgbl1jAllcgi3aT6cKn12Hf18gn0wN_Jpo_zLeRPy0eKyLv9VmCw8_nLE5SJvD9KEM6mqDZU0WXu3tLZpoWoIonqsk_fcfTTLB_gxXyIbHcKGjaX1ngZdoACIqmbjksLhpKZo4Vztg1T8ld9nKOqYieI7E22eXIAyJOR8rI/s4032/20230216_141053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTnRuTaEJHVjN6dse4jgbl1jAllcgi3aT6cKn12Hf18gn0wN_Jpo_zLeRPy0eKyLv9VmCw8_nLE5SJvD9KEM6mqDZU0WXu3tLZpoWoIonqsk_fcfTTLB_gxXyIbHcKGjaX1ngZdoACIqmbjksLhpKZo4Vztg1T8ld9nKOqYieI7E22eXIAyJOR8rI/w189-h400/20230216_141053.jpg" width="189" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday night we held the Museum's monthly Try Day. It was a family Valentine's Dance that proved to be quite popular with the community. Luckily, I had my entire family's help from running the Valentine card making to making fresh cotton candy for visitors. I'm beyond thankful that they agree to help nearly every month.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7j2A7pcPGZtVhb5kJrhrY4_rBfZKpbbR1HdgbDUx5ZQDCm8vhZhWP-geKQOUGzjaDxb8LKnWuiOlJIVJe4YoYbv4hHvA10Qg5IsFkMKfUz5tD7R1fxGesuVRcgF-6Duv6wNbeef_Ffnc48LLld5ufv3PMOmCkA9QQTaoGkIzC-E5igzQEbz5PMEKt/s1908/20230217_170303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1892" data-original-width="1908" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7j2A7pcPGZtVhb5kJrhrY4_rBfZKpbbR1HdgbDUx5ZQDCm8vhZhWP-geKQOUGzjaDxb8LKnWuiOlJIVJe4YoYbv4hHvA10Qg5IsFkMKfUz5tD7R1fxGesuVRcgF-6Duv6wNbeef_Ffnc48LLld5ufv3PMOmCkA9QQTaoGkIzC-E5igzQEbz5PMEKt/w400-h396/20230217_170303.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_9CZg6VpC93KYP6BY63O4I6ZpxV58nomcppjpYmBeVUkuWcmDUB8-4Fndh1583nPci-Vb3GrFXPxu094uqImjpsNUn9VnnMzbjMaL2a9141Mgh6ZXJVekaFJMjJBOFD6zf2wp2iQ2OI8BkP6CBJw3avxxXLleKGHo8raPdXHlmnWSFGUEAgcix9b/s1963/20230217_170430.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="1963" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_9CZg6VpC93KYP6BY63O4I6ZpxV58nomcppjpYmBeVUkuWcmDUB8-4Fndh1583nPci-Vb3GrFXPxu094uqImjpsNUn9VnnMzbjMaL2a9141Mgh6ZXJVekaFJMjJBOFD6zf2wp2iQ2OI8BkP6CBJw3avxxXLleKGHo8raPdXHlmnWSFGUEAgcix9b/w400-h389/20230217_170430.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpvcd7G4g21UXamQHW6v--_q4Du85nj0XHmQQWDjJFtlxVOa4TjMCa2YsyQo7ZXk755D8WETKX5BVG3b8C0HHErzb0hzi7wiZhd_pbUumYQlG9gWBGeQbDA-MrkuFuOwUvvtf47Oj2HaiL5IQFEEumirCOi89pK-2pNZm0gXbNXHasUVipfQkCsqs/s4032/20230217_170456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpvcd7G4g21UXamQHW6v--_q4Du85nj0XHmQQWDjJFtlxVOa4TjMCa2YsyQo7ZXk755D8WETKX5BVG3b8C0HHErzb0hzi7wiZhd_pbUumYQlG9gWBGeQbDA-MrkuFuOwUvvtf47Oj2HaiL5IQFEEumirCOi89pK-2pNZm0gXbNXHasUVipfQkCsqs/w400-h189/20230217_170456.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKxZqMyroQcbPP0yxSPmuan31q9MTQ28ahpDycORwFGk5zD4JNys6Rdjtci8vqgEO4psWX-mDzrdVKy3dL9qknBr2wvp4UtpyuwrqkUPgZ7LHa03AAyORFm5j1YJnEUteqOgDAJa8otpB3OsNBwkIz3SPpp_I9aPOMU7t4YcqBajiinYJ7wPfUhDi/s3232/20230217_195728.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3232" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKxZqMyroQcbPP0yxSPmuan31q9MTQ28ahpDycORwFGk5zD4JNys6Rdjtci8vqgEO4psWX-mDzrdVKy3dL9qknBr2wvp4UtpyuwrqkUPgZ7LHa03AAyORFm5j1YJnEUteqOgDAJa8otpB3OsNBwkIz3SPpp_I9aPOMU7t4YcqBajiinYJ7wPfUhDi/w236-h400/20230217_195728.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday morning I was up early to help promote the Museum's upcoming Summer Camps. Fun fact: I spent some of my time off in January writing the curriculum and lesson plans for the camps. The morning was a complete success and I had a great time networking and speaking with families.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJdCMNajG-1b63WGJwWeGi7iN9wrRZGdhXW2MNUbp7eIEiBgvrAzKACyUSji_JpK25Dttl2z1wZKYBoxb-qT-3J1XpPrbbPzf5ef2hG3jYV6a4gx9Oxv8tAiH_7JD8-512BYcXuSFwTOKpHqSql1JLLd5a1gOk2BAid8ZO5Aw-57ardcWzvKYVRyZ/s3743/20230218_080854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3743" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJdCMNajG-1b63WGJwWeGi7iN9wrRZGdhXW2MNUbp7eIEiBgvrAzKACyUSji_JpK25Dttl2z1wZKYBoxb-qT-3J1XpPrbbPzf5ef2hG3jYV6a4gx9Oxv8tAiH_7JD8-512BYcXuSFwTOKpHqSql1JLLd5a1gOk2BAid8ZO5Aw-57ardcWzvKYVRyZ/w400-h204/20230218_080854.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_3Lq7flnZeBJ4LwrHjHvaCHee7GzsmZs4Xx-YtdirkDu2GeYcfXHTnki4NrVyUOfVmGzTxfCqIdO7BJeYP3s_yZ8gP3SQKzAbQtOQsuTHtPPP5TPhOIZCxP3Ky6iZKHhglgn3u2odz3luK0Ty46BiGvnx1EubtGxACPQAIlm0Xu8mFOGUagWbBAZ0/s4032/20230218_091221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_3Lq7flnZeBJ4LwrHjHvaCHee7GzsmZs4Xx-YtdirkDu2GeYcfXHTnki4NrVyUOfVmGzTxfCqIdO7BJeYP3s_yZ8gP3SQKzAbQtOQsuTHtPPP5TPhOIZCxP3Ky6iZKHhglgn3u2odz3luK0Ty46BiGvnx1EubtGxACPQAIlm0Xu8mFOGUagWbBAZ0/w189-h400/20230218_091221.jpg" width="189" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">From the camp fair, we grabbed a quick lunch, dropped Zeus off with my sister, and went North to Clear Lake, IA for a kite festival. I'm not used to our favorite little lake town in the middle of corn fields to be crowded with people, but the festival was so neat! The kites are huge and look more like balloons than kites. We also learned that the kites are flown by professional kite fliers (I had no idea this was an actual thing). After walking around the frozen lake and admiring each kite, we walked around the square, grabbed cookies and coffee from a local shop, and grabbed a drink at one of our favorite breweries, <a href="https://www.laketimebrewery.com/" target="_blank">Lake Time</a>. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8ssDOqZqmmN_1V6sOnO9Z2B-pe7l8LgZHA9VA1ibv6YfuUNsyCa2wsGOnxPbq4O51b-wlVhHR4UYZIzVYyNotXbWTeXWQm5owtj7hYWeUIUVY6sTN5bgSd0_twMovakPJU6rBmxsV7wm58C3lSrGdvWwWTNyOmMtn3mPj7NbxwGQrZfNfjETy7Gc/s4032/20230218_141915.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8ssDOqZqmmN_1V6sOnO9Z2B-pe7l8LgZHA9VA1ibv6YfuUNsyCa2wsGOnxPbq4O51b-wlVhHR4UYZIzVYyNotXbWTeXWQm5owtj7hYWeUIUVY6sTN5bgSd0_twMovakPJU6rBmxsV7wm58C3lSrGdvWwWTNyOmMtn3mPj7NbxwGQrZfNfjETy7Gc/w400-h189/20230218_141915.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YOLw1gxETNhHDoqaxeq69cJCKXufLM3tf43S8Gw6PyMrFtKVtq0pyN5TO6EoDAGblhbsGXq4hIwqTEDuMIc1fxcX_tbSDDd8mKFAicYfqHfwmFgtBf6YNrFD_tYpXQ-sbKNBwksbjMGOjItDfSUvMsnSnDnNsPdhc34ZJAlw6BqjpR1PvUQFbuXl/s4032/20230218_141949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We went twenty minutes east to Mason City, IA and hiked at <a href="https://www.cgcounty.org/departments/conservation/lime-creek" target="_blank">Lime Creek Nature Center.</a> AllTrails made it seem that there were only a couple of trails to choose from, but we were thrilled to find an extensive, winding trail system throughout the area, as well as a paved path that is part of the city's bike trail. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdPTm21znEUHqYnE_LZU8C4wLJl0mvt4FCfaHVOfHkhf5o7Dz2MRDBUgYZp1BvKBRxszTVkk-YMe3oLejgt4iZWG2YheXkMyvUxKeQ4i49MjZH-S27zV-Bzp0Of2rcBjMWx3i8VJHkNpZ5J4YvxuR0c0nwSye_8ZIWF-gJmlvFtO17MNYL3hYHANi/s4032/20230218_160534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdPTm21znEUHqYnE_LZU8C4wLJl0mvt4FCfaHVOfHkhf5o7Dz2MRDBUgYZp1BvKBRxszTVkk-YMe3oLejgt4iZWG2YheXkMyvUxKeQ4i49MjZH-S27zV-Bzp0Of2rcBjMWx3i8VJHkNpZ5J4YvxuR0c0nwSye_8ZIWF-gJmlvFtO17MNYL3hYHANi/w400-h189/20230218_160534.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vtJsGQUffMeAytQdgQ5Cia6EXHarZX1_6KOD0XGrd8yaXO_NyBLfwSC55iiJfvK64fh1JwUE_YVsTi4MqzrgZoW0wab9jMwQBTXmfc15MXJL7YsWTFbLIHBY3wfNn838mjAu-l2meHWgK7T5l4pfyoOAHOO5J2QJ08geDClymDCs3Xnl8bX5Elss/s4032/20230218_160537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The mini's favorite part was the trail beinMy g covered in ice, so they got to "ice skate" through the 2 mile hike. That was not a favorite part of mine since I failed to bring my ice cleats. Oops!</p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sunday was reserved for running errands, cleaning, laundry, homework, all the usual things we have to fit into one day. The middle one has been asking for a pink pineapple for weeks and we finally found one. For $10. Expensive, but it made a twelve year old stupidly happy, so that was worth it.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgID0LrtHATu64mh6ZRZmZ8VKCBOnGWWThlIC6144K7piZ9O3jNx6ldPdcWiwaF8P2Psc7TJ5oHXRLZhxV-nGZtekOqH_HdkIqoI_IHyVasU9LdSdMrq2O70wIhWTzTbq-IGPfBlqyd4fyatO8PXfVigltPW-a9_EGaLM2o9LjW1EKOwJnQrlanj7s9/s1716/20230219_181250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="1264" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgID0LrtHATu64mh6ZRZmZ8VKCBOnGWWThlIC6144K7piZ9O3jNx6ldPdcWiwaF8P2Psc7TJ5oHXRLZhxV-nGZtekOqH_HdkIqoI_IHyVasU9LdSdMrq2O70wIhWTzTbq-IGPfBlqyd4fyatO8PXfVigltPW-a9_EGaLM2o9LjW1EKOwJnQrlanj7s9/w295-h400/20230219_181250.jpg" width="295" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had Monday off for an appointment and to take my kids to and from school. I was able to have a couple of free hours in the afternoon and picked up <a href="https://crumblcookies.com/" target="_blank">Crumbl Cookies</a> for carpool. Also expensive and it also made the kids stupidly happy. Again, worth the money. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1m44I6w5zIstmmD7Ezqwj0HtxFPZ0Q_G28HuVQLFdy2TLkHXJgKJe6tkcFGRH4k24XA3-fbu3Mozwyyw5bYgBAxt7QSPQX7cRLdMPZQoZrHmekzOwsj3tbIHVDon0lMCNowEZfh5KBRPktht8QpQ5aGonE8YfWo09W0o2r9J0vydXCVDiILn79HO/s4032/20230220_151456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1m44I6w5zIstmmD7Ezqwj0HtxFPZ0Q_G28HuVQLFdy2TLkHXJgKJe6tkcFGRH4k24XA3-fbu3Mozwyyw5bYgBAxt7QSPQX7cRLdMPZQoZrHmekzOwsj3tbIHVDon0lMCNowEZfh5KBRPktht8QpQ5aGonE8YfWo09W0o2r9J0vydXCVDiILn79HO/w400-h189/20230220_151456.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was another day of nonstop movement, but I made time to also prep for Fat Tuesday. We celebrated at daycare and in the evening. Once again, for the fourth (or maybe fifth) year in a row, the middle mini got the King Cake baby!</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrBoKA6ndGUHor96Uf1kxCA2cjJ-43l_RWPtI27QqVChGavt5bH8AWlR0iKdh-Th6Nr0nhKBzWo2Hhn1OlnGlfInc-l2XS4_Ik9H67wNcsZID-EHURh8sDfozZSxHPg8u54c4wlDpynNZjq1zMwFBWWi_YAI5QmDiECKEysohE79nJyf1rjJmVXnW/s2730/20230220_174914.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="1244" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrBoKA6ndGUHor96Uf1kxCA2cjJ-43l_RWPtI27QqVChGavt5bH8AWlR0iKdh-Th6Nr0nhKBzWo2Hhn1OlnGlfInc-l2XS4_Ik9H67wNcsZID-EHURh8sDfozZSxHPg8u54c4wlDpynNZjq1zMwFBWWi_YAI5QmDiECKEysohE79nJyf1rjJmVXnW/w183-h400/20230220_174914.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qbLebhHRhn9TCcwt-MXGEKBLV-y9I8bXUFAgVg6OL3h5DGmsDOoZaDj-VoWnLtThXAISSunoSpC4jDarHULk8qjW_liaQBYtR0yBmacTNs4K74O90qSCxV_9RAyb0f5yJIPgX27-WgsSlkJuFGWNZA0qrOuj8MWS8m1I2tSSTke2FCx_gD-5d23a/s2700/20230220_184604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I followed <a href="https://bromabakery.com/giant-frosted-strawberry-pop-tart/" target="_blank">this recipe</a>. It was definitely a hit.</span></i></div>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-69654959401366527192023-03-02T10:31:00.001-06:002023-03-02T10:31:26.220-06:00Love Day (& Weekend)<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHTfmEXf_q5qADiV-FhuZuu-jzfSJmUMJ6ry8bkNKhkGz7kqkKT24qRbU4a3-PEn-R8wQGteYkcbWos1QnR93OYsKepRz2_ePG-_nYDglAnYhDJmcXQV0DXyPm5jYf6BX03IoRUpi2IxUoMsnlsvbrOavhyvuwLzGb6jwGTEfiBQr9T_uDQGeoy22/s2391/20230213_133918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2391" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHTfmEXf_q5qADiV-FhuZuu-jzfSJmUMJ6ry8bkNKhkGz7kqkKT24qRbU4a3-PEn-R8wQGteYkcbWos1QnR93OYsKepRz2_ePG-_nYDglAnYhDJmcXQV0DXyPm5jYf6BX03IoRUpi2IxUoMsnlsvbrOavhyvuwLzGb6jwGTEfiBQr9T_uDQGeoy22/w319-h400/20230213_133918.jpg" width="319" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">You know how you have your birthday, but that becomes birthday month and you celebrate ALL month long? I'm not the only one who does this, but it's okay if you don't want to admit it. Much like birthday month, Valentine's Day wasn't just a day for us. It was a four day celebration where we also celebrated my birthday, my mom's birthday, a no school day, the Chiefs Superbowl win, and love. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u9szIaP9A6-Q2yviB-yC9w9unmiUj6ITOnM1VIzWTv8-E3Vl5zfbFVX8EkM1JOtDwWllESzM-uP4zcRAALk2dGYBsPoK3EOoKNrbdBNCG21I0JmYGdRy5_hBu0NWCEcofWVcdX_x1yqfuyDJc9FB66Bw20IedcZ48QwMjbptQSq5Qmawl1ya4JO_/s2435/20230209_190651.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="2435" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u9szIaP9A6-Q2yviB-yC9w9unmiUj6ITOnM1VIzWTv8-E3Vl5zfbFVX8EkM1JOtDwWllESzM-uP4zcRAALk2dGYBsPoK3EOoKNrbdBNCG21I0JmYGdRy5_hBu0NWCEcofWVcdX_x1yqfuyDJc9FB66Bw20IedcZ48QwMjbptQSq5Qmawl1ya4JO_/w400-h289/20230209_190651.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">We kicked off the weekend with a surprise Valentine's tray: chocolate fudge frosting and treats to dip it in. Super easy treat that got rave reviews.</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJuUb2tslxLvpy1j84J4LM-gaVZmODUIPTpzPk9iu_t47Vw30DlJ67K94DqFv_Pln2aPDI5b6-RuYRYcN064gOUfOLz-DMQaXLDGjrXHH6hwNBbs0GMB13vIDU--_QwqbA6pWxAtYEAFZl5FFJcB5hADucHHTLMvV2kxNoZEGzsnueB69FVxhuy9y/s2930/20230211_095124.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2930" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJuUb2tslxLvpy1j84J4LM-gaVZmODUIPTpzPk9iu_t47Vw30DlJ67K94DqFv_Pln2aPDI5b6-RuYRYcN064gOUfOLz-DMQaXLDGjrXHH6hwNBbs0GMB13vIDU--_QwqbA6pWxAtYEAFZl5FFJcB5hADucHHTLMvV2kxNoZEGzsnueB69FVxhuy9y/w260-h400/20230211_095124.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>A quick stop at <a href="https://friedrichscoffee.com/" target="_blank">Friedrich's</a> for their cherry mocha. My usual go-to is their Aztec mocha or mocha frappe, but the cherry mocha was amazing.</i></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObvHMPw11q6sivfw48ozxL4HuVNHw49j9UpbvKTVMkenYsfQyrGwzXxnmf3VG9YXyLmpRos4fZgoDEpulncJz2p_wrdgNJhd0VZWPPHgnDCCmqCs0lo2t-z5WcoatyznDjTHW1QgqxAIqIdfvrQkZKWeaYK-l2ZUDtzKzNYzmxYKOKvePmxoE3wgh/s2544/20230211_113213.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObvHMPw11q6sivfw48ozxL4HuVNHw49j9UpbvKTVMkenYsfQyrGwzXxnmf3VG9YXyLmpRos4fZgoDEpulncJz2p_wrdgNJhd0VZWPPHgnDCCmqCs0lo2t-z5WcoatyznDjTHW1QgqxAIqIdfvrQkZKWeaYK-l2ZUDtzKzNYzmxYKOKvePmxoE3wgh/w300-h400/20230211_113213.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; text-align: left;">The oldest joined an art club at his school. His art teacher (who also runs the club) created a fundraiser for new art supplies. Art club helped design the pet photo booth and decorate it, then he worked the fundraiser. We stopped by with Zeus for a quick picture. I love seeing my kids doing things they love.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVt8lghKyDyaBC9H4drtmXMASxhchBE7V7MihooIVFS6kE1alalUQUWY5NSBBsPODCOk-hCadeUkLDtMIA36MtYhD77u0iPxzA3897oEHtmKK2quug9Zt3pbNmrVzO4aFJ1SQFT4UmYurBmzHcGC9q-d9yASR6_55gVuPy-P-ak7XRQmpzOgfVFBv/s4032/20230211_125500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVt8lghKyDyaBC9H4drtmXMASxhchBE7V7MihooIVFS6kE1alalUQUWY5NSBBsPODCOk-hCadeUkLDtMIA36MtYhD77u0iPxzA3897oEHtmKK2quug9Zt3pbNmrVzO4aFJ1SQFT4UmYurBmzHcGC9q-d9yASR6_55gVuPy-P-ak7XRQmpzOgfVFBv/w400-h189/20230211_125500.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Valentine's gifts from grandma at HER birthday party. Typical for my mom though! The lunch of choice at a joint birthday party for my mom and me was a salad bar that had a little bit of everything. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the <a href="https://www.scratchcupcakery.com/" target="_blank">Scratch cupcakes</a> for dessert.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpOf04ugtnD8DyoU_4UYIVqk1EEajFh_d9usdWtmFD-_AVImC8RPG-1Po-WusOfh7DqFmTT0bB0YMDlggJIJBttNio1aYIUNPrKICuzvtRzra71p33HvPj4nuqqQgRSqTph01xPbjufCNG0JRiMIv2OT2pyr9ni9lNkGTmZkyfGXfdMuobr4JQVIW/s3219/20230211_134802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3219" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpOf04ugtnD8DyoU_4UYIVqk1EEajFh_d9usdWtmFD-_AVImC8RPG-1Po-WusOfh7DqFmTT0bB0YMDlggJIJBttNio1aYIUNPrKICuzvtRzra71p33HvPj4nuqqQgRSqTph01xPbjufCNG0JRiMIv2OT2pyr9ni9lNkGTmZkyfGXfdMuobr4JQVIW/w238-h400/20230211_134802.jpg" width="238" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUinhk8cFvAGY8Z4tqM9rrvnLqk7odS8qCil887AIZ7oREd-FUd3tUP32OUDlO476bs-MNgPPKOt_tnfzESOUDw2nYwiYjOCQwZOJEXwfsx6AAbtxMhOszqXZ1ezeXr0usdnyk3jl6t09Qo9qBVgMBX84N6_rdrs2dL2bbPGvvObVrvGgnibEGOFy/s4032/20230211_134757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUinhk8cFvAGY8Z4tqM9rrvnLqk7odS8qCil887AIZ7oREd-FUd3tUP32OUDlO476bs-MNgPPKOt_tnfzESOUDw2nYwiYjOCQwZOJEXwfsx6AAbtxMhOszqXZ1ezeXr0usdnyk3jl6t09Qo9qBVgMBX84N6_rdrs2dL2bbPGvvObVrvGgnibEGOFy/w400-h189/20230211_134757.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMAsW5Ce_i3x5ioVE3rw4iCN3WhKhy8Oa8x0Lf28pR35Hi9D_rksnuOEKopem1eCb9x_OUQQSQpUHxVbnxHPF052SYz59lShqNJHq-YtC24DHZKq7c0cspSYrt5VR9bdzxRnuSHOWACVpz5v7CFE29FO3_mHSArD1H2BF6xV5mn_dDS5g_BroZxzm/s4032/20230211_133546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMAsW5Ce_i3x5ioVE3rw4iCN3WhKhy8Oa8x0Lf28pR35Hi9D_rksnuOEKopem1eCb9x_OUQQSQpUHxVbnxHPF052SYz59lShqNJHq-YtC24DHZKq7c0cspSYrt5VR9bdzxRnuSHOWACVpz5v7CFE29FO3_mHSArD1H2BF6xV5mn_dDS5g_BroZxzm/w189-h400/20230211_133546.jpg" width="189" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>The youngest learned a new game during her friendship party at school (yes, friendship parties because we can't celebrate Valentine's Day anymore): Conversation Heart Face. You place a Conversation Heart on your face and use your face muscles to get it into your mouth. It was interesting to watch the kids give it a try!</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6ABs3qGFRqCG_7-YI1fPPYyyfmeE5fGBh1G-bgnafrnRWmlSSsL5b4htRdaHr92JJvaPwnhSF8AIhnP_W0VWu30Gu0w3lsnPLnBUrTt56OSr45kqzzQeqAKpmA_bJqVPoWSEmXlrf0x2M5m3Pdvhfi-nOyJQiamZW3bWxSGT8gfQkhBLm5lSueAE/s4032/20230211_150356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6ABs3qGFRqCG_7-YI1fPPYyyfmeE5fGBh1G-bgnafrnRWmlSSsL5b4htRdaHr92JJvaPwnhSF8AIhnP_W0VWu30Gu0w3lsnPLnBUrTt56OSr45kqzzQeqAKpmA_bJqVPoWSEmXlrf0x2M5m3Pdvhfi-nOyJQiamZW3bWxSGT8gfQkhBLm5lSueAE/w400-h189/20230211_150356.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFobiS2Dz42S-EG0YP1KFQfpzu7pA5zq7F1wmqdi81T8MWMcyAXExOBZJCA8GsGdAnEwi0KDdN9mnrhiRaj81HQwIoinxw-ZINYRHaY0yn8H0J1T9ppdop4JE0D9_PHbB2V-rnpYdVBIiuc-44-Kx7rXmheazfn-G3r9w2Baajqh3ySWWCnO9whQj/s4032/20230211_130838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFobiS2Dz42S-EG0YP1KFQfpzu7pA5zq7F1wmqdi81T8MWMcyAXExOBZJCA8GsGdAnEwi0KDdN9mnrhiRaj81HQwIoinxw-ZINYRHaY0yn8H0J1T9ppdop4JE0D9_PHbB2V-rnpYdVBIiuc-44-Kx7rXmheazfn-G3r9w2Baajqh3ySWWCnO9whQj/w400-h189/20230211_130838.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-g95m-8NseboLTX_oxWpmsMmrvB4yCkXJSuYzBorZ9u_m7GSqdTMxgJ0PT4vcR6SvBFzToAQtjtgoY_d8yuQSohz8d8lgOrhMYEv74o4An0MUaZDr-KyX89TFSAkl_Nz7zNbLTav3WT-uY3ZUVeQg5QcyxfWTiNN79LMa1l-TNqAUI4XHkDFntGRE/s3195/20230211_151056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3195" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-g95m-8NseboLTX_oxWpmsMmrvB4yCkXJSuYzBorZ9u_m7GSqdTMxgJ0PT4vcR6SvBFzToAQtjtgoY_d8yuQSohz8d8lgOrhMYEv74o4An0MUaZDr-KyX89TFSAkl_Nz7zNbLTav3WT-uY3ZUVeQg5QcyxfWTiNN79LMa1l-TNqAUI4XHkDFntGRE/w239-h400/20230211_151056.jpg" width="239" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-Qt_A4KFVLDyWtWEUzz9YwK966yIexWTZYamnkJYDwQou2eSYj4MRC6oc7m4UGGqlsqrp1bf-CbOxOTE_38woJYHwNfZPufIlKPVlroKDMHns6Xj5HPfvwyWLSEOHk5Th-kQVGmiRB1Vp8O0yznTXjrSflzuCVf2JxUbWaSlEh5fJS37FP4OwL69/s3264/20230211_172305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-Qt_A4KFVLDyWtWEUzz9YwK966yIexWTZYamnkJYDwQou2eSYj4MRC6oc7m4UGGqlsqrp1bf-CbOxOTE_38woJYHwNfZPufIlKPVlroKDMHns6Xj5HPfvwyWLSEOHk5Th-kQVGmiRB1Vp8O0yznTXjrSflzuCVf2JxUbWaSlEh5fJS37FP4OwL69/w234-h400/20230211_172305.jpg" width="234" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_R3BLdk3Lzn9EN0l9JElpJM78RngSRcmIBsgKIF9HdnAnLSlwX5goD-V50HoDH4W84pMMphm740fDT9ySWxrIxic-fkpEN0jMfA36EFv-9WnQHA1bZmiquGbg8qjk8zM1E5AG8I_N0Bt2-aUm4pDTZteyaQFwyg61GMzn_pZVUfzh8M4dDJca--e/s3433/20230209_110044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3433" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_R3BLdk3Lzn9EN0l9JElpJM78RngSRcmIBsgKIF9HdnAnLSlwX5goD-V50HoDH4W84pMMphm740fDT9ySWxrIxic-fkpEN0jMfA36EFv-9WnQHA1bZmiquGbg8qjk8zM1E5AG8I_N0Bt2-aUm4pDTZteyaQFwyg61GMzn_pZVUfzh8M4dDJca--e/w223-h400/20230209_110044.jpg" width="223" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>We got chores and errands out of the way Super Bowl Sunday morning, so we could watch pre-game (and the actual game, of course). We tried out a harness with the kittens (that's going to take some work) and then made garlic parmesan cauliflower, chicken wings, and other kid-approved football food for the game. I will say, since the football season ended and our Sundays are wide open, we're slightly lost!</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BfnTr-kRXwPLEjcnFwv3s1s9NBberHberRrGon5sIwhYfRL5Kn2u9nlp2UNIUqaN_nBwSFs2sVSAJB7vGlbVUVPfQ0eXCgwN8LcEaiJTRT2qXNB3Jc2ETuxaQ_Fr6qUukV70a_T5OZrt7xxgtnxxzHOkIp_F9V-aKEQ8mzmxTqW6yXdCS7emwKr0/s4032/20230210_115128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BfnTr-kRXwPLEjcnFwv3s1s9NBberHberRrGon5sIwhYfRL5Kn2u9nlp2UNIUqaN_nBwSFs2sVSAJB7vGlbVUVPfQ0eXCgwN8LcEaiJTRT2qXNB3Jc2ETuxaQ_Fr6qUukV70a_T5OZrt7xxgtnxxzHOkIp_F9V-aKEQ8mzmxTqW6yXdCS7emwKr0/w400-h189/20230210_115128.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9NnZGHvWOGpww7em2GMyygjr_yglD-pkYGAI3Uaw9JYbIm5OOzgp2bjBBavSrX4AjNzlYS1-IKbb6h_MhFQD74vmUQsgXLr3kUyN74Y0vMoWqgWTwMsiATPUnR0639MpS7kvQCAne69LV_WsQYeXHygmbHigSO8J6Zr9-GqLPBd0SrGzN__63Ie1/s2703/20230212_120856.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2703" data-original-width="1791" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9NnZGHvWOGpww7em2GMyygjr_yglD-pkYGAI3Uaw9JYbIm5OOzgp2bjBBavSrX4AjNzlYS1-IKbb6h_MhFQD74vmUQsgXLr3kUyN74Y0vMoWqgWTwMsiATPUnR0639MpS7kvQCAne69LV_WsQYeXHygmbHigSO8J6Zr9-GqLPBd0SrGzN__63Ie1/w265-h400/20230212_120856.jpg" width="265" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFxjPNQ2wb1VZD5xDyc2nTzx0jo6eM5PfnV0K_gYknfKolV_thvlikebrFMq87k0sxZq7nc6WQdZB_jLYhzFxssQtV2JSaQzHrOd1GToDmG_nOoxehbsLSyelPYgZDS35hFmkViOuJeXQil8U99b41VSyL7Vi2lowIGfxA8PROtLwXOv42NLDsRhX/s2582/20230212_192141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2582" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFxjPNQ2wb1VZD5xDyc2nTzx0jo6eM5PfnV0K_gYknfKolV_thvlikebrFMq87k0sxZq7nc6WQdZB_jLYhzFxssQtV2JSaQzHrOd1GToDmG_nOoxehbsLSyelPYgZDS35hFmkViOuJeXQil8U99b41VSyL7Vi2lowIGfxA8PROtLwXOv42NLDsRhX/w400-h230/20230212_192141.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Monday was a day off for the minis and myself. We made French toast bites, hiked 3 1/2 miles, got Valentine's coffees, ordered heart shaped pizzas (our Valentine's tradition), and exchanged gifts. They requested to have our Valentine's celebration the day before since they were off school. It worked out perfectly!</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbJhOeVKYI-tWeG3iixWLl3qmbxVVBFLQkFiU1SztDOiXnC62uxUpa4Oi-IZqXsPMGpPUg5IPuiWvCekfsjzP9YqqetcLjD0xD4oWmHiuHDBc2d7U9Fiqa0xj3mQR9jmFfMHc3HaVnqkBraBmq_SNGkG8RWd8eZYCYXAPqwYnleYOkr37MOwZ9rMJ/s3648/20230213_124255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbJhOeVKYI-tWeG3iixWLl3qmbxVVBFLQkFiU1SztDOiXnC62uxUpa4Oi-IZqXsPMGpPUg5IPuiWvCekfsjzP9YqqetcLjD0xD4oWmHiuHDBc2d7U9Fiqa0xj3mQR9jmFfMHc3HaVnqkBraBmq_SNGkG8RWd8eZYCYXAPqwYnleYOkr37MOwZ9rMJ/w300-h400/20230213_124255.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-UWIC0oR-ykdAPFY044uHKSmfOOzH3H3tKa5IgCrUpt09TRyGKRVojDiBPvdn2R8PFPFgC7NyfqPAjU7W3xQ5_LRfOlu3pDm_AG9U4V2eH8xoIghgz5rgqjdHv0BLhzzVzNWwIbrQ8BZHTRV42rsKMwhDRwRD5iMeJqtXhAthmmZ2Clqwrb3UL2p/s2757/20230213_133929.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2757" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-UWIC0oR-ykdAPFY044uHKSmfOOzH3H3tKa5IgCrUpt09TRyGKRVojDiBPvdn2R8PFPFgC7NyfqPAjU7W3xQ5_LRfOlu3pDm_AG9U4V2eH8xoIghgz5rgqjdHv0BLhzzVzNWwIbrQ8BZHTRV42rsKMwhDRwRD5iMeJqtXhAthmmZ2Clqwrb3UL2p/w276-h400/20230213_133929.jpg" width="276" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7o8igCevEuTffAJzxkfLPSaxbVZ5OwJqDNDGIX9NX0N2e6TLqTQtBSzd54J5PzZrAaxOMtKABG6VjSd7i0yg2LMu4CDnm11NIbp2CAS0O3zOxqb-BDZx1tFWIBvwiKBfLv8wyhcJ52G6b0DgYr51LEvxw8o9NhGiegntefwEo2RfveIZAYHyo18Bt/s4032/20230213_125909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7o8igCevEuTffAJzxkfLPSaxbVZ5OwJqDNDGIX9NX0N2e6TLqTQtBSzd54J5PzZrAaxOMtKABG6VjSd7i0yg2LMu4CDnm11NIbp2CAS0O3zOxqb-BDZx1tFWIBvwiKBfLv8wyhcJ52G6b0DgYr51LEvxw8o9NhGiegntefwEo2RfveIZAYHyo18Bt/w400-h189/20230213_125909.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>The dog found an animal bone that I had to pry from his jaws. I also misjudged how muddy the trails would be from melting snow and ice. The youngest got her feet caught in the mud at one point and required help removing her foot.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TIPgcjpqygY040YZ9foYQWXs6TmgrJbR161ysdw_pDlhB10qwprVQNTJ0BwokoyjXf9Qvloh4glFTCFzcQEJYyWqIj5ozre1TfH0v9zs01Uit45irp2pOWQiKTZDuMY-R4YFXk0or5h8GWBuLYB9fNl6NQlwsEEuWuBZE4G9QHLtMqYiy0whuZ-q/s4032/20230213_132919.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TIPgcjpqygY040YZ9foYQWXs6TmgrJbR161ysdw_pDlhB10qwprVQNTJ0BwokoyjXf9Qvloh4glFTCFzcQEJYyWqIj5ozre1TfH0v9zs01Uit45irp2pOWQiKTZDuMY-R4YFXk0or5h8GWBuLYB9fNl6NQlwsEEuWuBZE4G9QHLtMqYiy0whuZ-q/w189-h400/20230213_132919.jpg" width="189" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiam4-0M8zC98yJBhAb_3VHEy77p3qJaA7CtlkkrGvuL59PDoXIJyyYz_YqUIaQf-VZvQlZ9mL7_yUqeQkrmTKKSlGC_cEnsLQggJvqoxWlvWPpL5VwUWYYRca0A5t0xUk5hWkcwyW8qf7GT5T8sI6EtLAEUL-fYX1zfYfE7swJ1vvyDATTGY9bn66T/s4032/20230213_132915.jpg" style="clear: right; 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There was a lot of sugar consumed, Valentine's passed out, party games, and a dance party. We got to end the day by relaxing with a movie and cuddling our pets. I honestly can't think of a better way to end the day or our love weekend.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfqqnQjZ-oDJPLtsflu6JfdAwYcS8-Pf-JRpQHACGU_sgbJUGcm61leGfL1jZNRt87adlvL6grPdnbef0KmCuYxLyzyYyQ7lBXbUqgc_pmd6RtuZFNELYhCrwqvOxqpHqZ0SXtHDw2QtVKpiQO-0S0KHgHW-gJ8II4538lSo0AASUTGCuWAag84Ho/s3332/20230214_085836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3332" data-original-width="2736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfqqnQjZ-oDJPLtsflu6JfdAwYcS8-Pf-JRpQHACGU_sgbJUGcm61leGfL1jZNRt87adlvL6grPdnbef0KmCuYxLyzyYyQ7lBXbUqgc_pmd6RtuZFNELYhCrwqvOxqpHqZ0SXtHDw2QtVKpiQO-0S0KHgHW-gJ8II4538lSo0AASUTGCuWAag84Ho/w329-h400/20230214_085836.jpg" width="329" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWjB_jbc6qmwsQ7GRxlTQ8mFSTpOrkdGjITDzUXnLyxQ0miu9jYBDa1ckkfu_F_a5zRFAkZQ4oqFXOMLeWWf81RqoBmBZLlld7AMdR6R_YLMFX-HWSZJMbV1-Vxb2dEWxpym2sAipu57XduvpjhNZrQzo33cB9hcuv7AsxCmwlEbVnVNXch0-lhXq/s2039/20230214_085702.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBC3PhIi1HBYL_SBmqrfFoKN2-cqxOg3MDCnzeMfXPheNkVPA3Xcy0AuuASP9QDIbgmV0GGvwK5s9e4I2y2UR67uG9rSFzoS9F8ffQ75h1xu9CmG4oTGsfApPSu3ANfs6g-g1APlA9DhaTyioSIpSHKE1SslvCSHl_e69EADiiVgRSBc3J2qxQcZq/s2383/20230119_182119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2383" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBC3PhIi1HBYL_SBmqrfFoKN2-cqxOg3MDCnzeMfXPheNkVPA3Xcy0AuuASP9QDIbgmV0GGvwK5s9e4I2y2UR67uG9rSFzoS9F8ffQ75h1xu9CmG4oTGsfApPSu3ANfs6g-g1APlA9DhaTyioSIpSHKE1SslvCSHl_e69EADiiVgRSBc3J2qxQcZq/w320-h400/20230119_182119.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">January's Try Day event at the <a href="https://dsmchildrensmuseum.com/" target="_blank">Des Moines Children's Museum</a> had us testing the cotton candy machine with our homemade sugar flavors.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The middle of January to the middle of February brought A LOT of illness. Croup, RSV, strep, unknown respiratory infections, and stomach issues plagued daycare and our family. That means there was a lot of snuggling kittens time.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrh_28PsBesmpYJERzTh81jcAq28Zoh8Rvl_2wi0lMJ6Po3E_Ya0oucLKabnOWoGHpVDT0GnRNsiIJRPKHSa6O6_FuTisR7xbPjjbu9tk06KcZ4b0PjvPqujG7nX3RBApYS0PVqfOw9Pq0CJWwVUYZkdt656WqSFZm5I3I_1WKZsfwlSGhpEz538l/s3456/20230122_145154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="1892" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrh_28PsBesmpYJERzTh81jcAq28Zoh8Rvl_2wi0lMJ6Po3E_Ya0oucLKabnOWoGHpVDT0GnRNsiIJRPKHSa6O6_FuTisR7xbPjjbu9tk06KcZ4b0PjvPqujG7nX3RBApYS0PVqfOw9Pq0CJWwVUYZkdt656WqSFZm5I3I_1WKZsfwlSGhpEz538l/w219-h400/20230122_145154.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm a huge fan of <a href="https://twistedbean.com/" target="_blank">Twisted Bean's</a> cherry mocha they have each Valentine's Day.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49XjDESMgOKpsHqSomldmSGReunqRouWRqkUw5AEUOt0SSkTxJjdI51ZZ89JXOqxuhndQWEojAkIJ14kPxtwb2SKBW6e5mBswWUiJhQo36kG70qTLZNQgbE2HJhtq3R_SQDZ5HtjY9zmwZzpDGY1-2nFnzPeVW_KP4kEYv0A9rvbENLHjBNdNXiQ-/s2533/20230122_153330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2533" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49XjDESMgOKpsHqSomldmSGReunqRouWRqkUw5AEUOt0SSkTxJjdI51ZZ89JXOqxuhndQWEojAkIJ14kPxtwb2SKBW6e5mBswWUiJhQo36kG70qTLZNQgbE2HJhtq3R_SQDZ5HtjY9zmwZzpDGY1-2nFnzPeVW_KP4kEYv0A9rvbENLHjBNdNXiQ-/w400-h301/20230122_153330.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Football games were our life on these weekends. I made a charcuterie board with "football food" on it: boneless chicken wings, loaded tater tots, and veggies with ranch to dip everything.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0jVeQ270j7lvdOIOdv4BBn40e31t_bBxGBWf3Tshak-dggCuRs3AVfPJPb65BgSO9jcl2dRST650BDvjVM-MQZPKai4Mh9Q_bJM6I4sPE8_HSH0QtHUsjN3wf4d80fGuwpDElN2WeaPU8qC-9D-AhxCbOjbSTItEtO-RLM0JH8db2Lc6jPo55-Nd/s2645/20230125_132441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2645" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0jVeQ270j7lvdOIOdv4BBn40e31t_bBxGBWf3Tshak-dggCuRs3AVfPJPb65BgSO9jcl2dRST650BDvjVM-MQZPKai4Mh9Q_bJM6I4sPE8_HSH0QtHUsjN3wf4d80fGuwpDElN2WeaPU8qC-9D-AhxCbOjbSTItEtO-RLM0JH8db2Lc6jPo55-Nd/w400-h289/20230125_132441.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The oldest and I have been working on a special project this winter. I can't wait until we get to present it to the public!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7U6Uk9RRqgE-vPmPemPFm-4pUH7CEpIr8wga2ll_ev2CZm_-WrFpFp9f0HW12vtk6bc_eJy6URgNfL_DzSkzYTV3IZFoZZzSEMgigtgcToZLdyGem_ILKWWdLwwBITfqsPf2OnG23Rn-XsUk22w-3BlqUXQfiZ4pIXWw-9c-_WvsfqddAiYENHfF/s2297/20230125_183252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2297" data-original-width="2154" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7U6Uk9RRqgE-vPmPemPFm-4pUH7CEpIr8wga2ll_ev2CZm_-WrFpFp9f0HW12vtk6bc_eJy6URgNfL_DzSkzYTV3IZFoZZzSEMgigtgcToZLdyGem_ILKWWdLwwBITfqsPf2OnG23Rn-XsUk22w-3BlqUXQfiZ4pIXWw-9c-_WvsfqddAiYENHfF/w375-h400/20230125_183252.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeJaNfSFM0TiyYEegFqcYonH4YwxW7LMc0yWkPzet2xwg4bPeoiDmpb3b8Wwl6HgGNHpwIO9A2t6lNr67rEtgdr1BSwtQxMXVboIhseZ77KWXV9icp-kCTL9Ok6NkFYKa5ejtAnB0kWdYlXzDwQNbKOu-0BoGZvv2zH5IlzahmpoaBwvXR1R-xT6z/s3017/20230127_085610.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3017" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeJaNfSFM0TiyYEegFqcYonH4YwxW7LMc0yWkPzet2xwg4bPeoiDmpb3b8Wwl6HgGNHpwIO9A2t6lNr67rEtgdr1BSwtQxMXVboIhseZ77KWXV9icp-kCTL9Ok6NkFYKa5ejtAnB0kWdYlXzDwQNbKOu-0BoGZvv2zH5IlzahmpoaBwvXR1R-xT6z/w400-h253/20230127_085610.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All of daycare was unexpectedly sick (as it turns out, I had croup too), so I took myself to <a href="https://wavelandcafe.com/" target="_blank">Waveland Cafe</a> on my closed day.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKSqjMDv5SNmULjzfS2HwUy7OOnOt-queH3i1etHVcj4lN5dhDekhSy39lwVg50qKs4DhczsyG6gq4wnSwfNYlGFnvOtHYW5si8jcdfgbr_XKeA2YD58nu0duseaRBqkuSROlLR_QVg3ZJ1c6ksFX-Aj9j8UeixAFEXFm-Qkt3C-l1y0uhq61AeuI/s1947/20230127_152514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1947" data-original-width="1532" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKSqjMDv5SNmULjzfS2HwUy7OOnOt-queH3i1etHVcj4lN5dhDekhSy39lwVg50qKs4DhczsyG6gq4wnSwfNYlGFnvOtHYW5si8jcdfgbr_XKeA2YD58nu0duseaRBqkuSROlLR_QVg3ZJ1c6ksFX-Aj9j8UeixAFEXFm-Qkt3C-l1y0uhq61AeuI/w315-h400/20230127_152514.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I rarely get the chance to pick up my kids and carpool. When I do, I get excited about prime parking spots.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc6PE-pYLWxCA5M4Z2036xkhK5MswsazGLmc4-PV7iTX8imEcEE3NA6UF7rVk2O-MYyrR5nazRC2ADcCgBPMxtbJXTm_CFH0sQn53czpQA9d07fFTMDXcdjjWAIDToWv1J8FYYtdJ_b8Nn_jjGH1d2u4l2iAb3OkByFLXAAMdqJZjigqFN1dBfabe9/s2870/20230128_091650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2870" data-original-width="2208" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc6PE-pYLWxCA5M4Z2036xkhK5MswsazGLmc4-PV7iTX8imEcEE3NA6UF7rVk2O-MYyrR5nazRC2ADcCgBPMxtbJXTm_CFH0sQn53czpQA9d07fFTMDXcdjjWAIDToWv1J8FYYtdJ_b8Nn_jjGH1d2u4l2iAb3OkByFLXAAMdqJZjigqFN1dBfabe9/w308-h400/20230128_091650.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpgBwA31d6mTfE0eHMORjAy1Xm7nRlDu78aqlH8XOpg2RIrCdHm-TRbvL0IzR2Vfbztc8jSpUfIPhC9Kji8keMdENPiZEW_IMuoUg7911IL3UgJKnFUsEPgZHPnyyNJd1BS74AT2v6uXkfB87ebCazRzBBnyDLK_otdFBouDh0mWYW55NG8YvyooB/s2813/20230128_163448.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2813" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpgBwA31d6mTfE0eHMORjAy1Xm7nRlDu78aqlH8XOpg2RIrCdHm-TRbvL0IzR2Vfbztc8jSpUfIPhC9Kji8keMdENPiZEW_IMuoUg7911IL3UgJKnFUsEPgZHPnyyNJd1BS74AT2v6uXkfB87ebCazRzBBnyDLK_otdFBouDh0mWYW55NG8YvyooB/w271-h400/20230128_163448.jpg" width="271" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpgBwA31d6mTfE0eHMORjAy1Xm7nRlDu78aqlH8XOpg2RIrCdHm-TRbvL0IzR2Vfbztc8jSpUfIPhC9Kji8keMdENPiZEW_IMuoUg7911IL3UgJKnFUsEPgZHPnyyNJd1BS74AT2v6uXkfB87ebCazRzBBnyDLK_otdFBouDh0mWYW55NG8YvyooB/s2813/20230128_163448.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The oldest went to Winter Formal and then had friends come over after. We sent the other two minis for a sleepover and grandma and grandpa's. Hubs and I had a spare couple of hours, so we went to dinner at <a href="https://tupelohoneycafe.com/" target="_blank">Tupelo Honey</a>. It was great!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WqaJ544A9FxYaS69xBqbsQgaA9uNdRCxx4C_lHjoNzEn-JhoWUxGZWyZesJ82tY4Wskv5pGAUjx_ho28eyFVw1KiCwkaZD9QdXdrwvAqfdalu-zM2MDrB529FzfJsqDkT2pv0Hqlhak4-fEr522ikwfzwsdpeCPpj4oYaDsD9X8Wh-rm9BBD8p78/s3528/20230128_182318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3528" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WqaJ544A9FxYaS69xBqbsQgaA9uNdRCxx4C_lHjoNzEn-JhoWUxGZWyZesJ82tY4Wskv5pGAUjx_ho28eyFVw1KiCwkaZD9QdXdrwvAqfdalu-zM2MDrB529FzfJsqDkT2pv0Hqlhak4-fEr522ikwfzwsdpeCPpj4oYaDsD9X8Wh-rm9BBD8p78/w400-h216/20230128_182318.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPFF9Q8mxfX5Z0e98qY-EpWlOBvDgBYqzDwU6YD8G9Tt75XwiSP3d9kFa72r_3cdQaJHVP9z-4-C4_6fyAicAuFktYy9cMR7s4FWZYjz5DuxFfqtLFyKObK8g1Yvzu_KPa6Vt2ciKYDAOMgXpSU_LhpPR1k1Mj0RAxBU3ggsqfkI-ySMxCPRexjr-/s2382/20230129_085114.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2382" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPFF9Q8mxfX5Z0e98qY-EpWlOBvDgBYqzDwU6YD8G9Tt75XwiSP3d9kFa72r_3cdQaJHVP9z-4-C4_6fyAicAuFktYy9cMR7s4FWZYjz5DuxFfqtLFyKObK8g1Yvzu_KPa6Vt2ciKYDAOMgXpSU_LhpPR1k1Mj0RAxBU3ggsqfkI-ySMxCPRexjr-/w320-h400/20230129_085114.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The teens woke up starving and I was ready with a pancake bar.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lkI3xEilFhqE4vE7EaQHxX8-55braYGR-m6lUM55J73jtuC4xVXscVRdjgZaehNlN4jw_Hsr6muDQDLYv5-a50Iw5bypZ9KfYHnrKRSktPZQmqpsVtu6KuX-7pubT-0gAAtrOWX3JoQiIUQuyQ_qSb892JY0TkiPg3Xlaggts6ZY2Gukwq8Lxzwk/s2863/20230129_110206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2863" data-original-width="2011" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lkI3xEilFhqE4vE7EaQHxX8-55braYGR-m6lUM55J73jtuC4xVXscVRdjgZaehNlN4jw_Hsr6muDQDLYv5-a50Iw5bypZ9KfYHnrKRSktPZQmqpsVtu6KuX-7pubT-0gAAtrOWX3JoQiIUQuyQ_qSb892JY0TkiPg3Xlaggts6ZY2Gukwq8Lxzwk/w281-h400/20230129_110206.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She made her cat listen to her practice clarinet. The cat just sat in the doll carrier the entire time, staring at her. He is by far the most patient cat on the planet.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUExkoXqKanxW_fE7Ab-l2khTMNYbxGcFoQBaLVUVC2kZq-Oeqtxw__1GviJJXEpF0WWb0ACJigbO-7EIDoVnmNjjfCYbwBGVYoqon-3jmkEDbxLVHXO5NnWCwqyV8X8DWaH6kUt1MuM11EU_vPjCFzQxtYaMyqsXafZuHRx-dZ58k926JSbqH298w/s3596/20230130_103657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3596" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUExkoXqKanxW_fE7Ab-l2khTMNYbxGcFoQBaLVUVC2kZq-Oeqtxw__1GviJJXEpF0WWb0ACJigbO-7EIDoVnmNjjfCYbwBGVYoqon-3jmkEDbxLVHXO5NnWCwqyV8X8DWaH6kUt1MuM11EU_vPjCFzQxtYaMyqsXafZuHRx-dZ58k926JSbqH298w/w213-h400/20230130_103657.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My youngest took a sick day because....wait for it.....she had a loose tooth and she wanted to focus on pulling it. While I rolled my eyes at her, I appreciated her honesty and really didn't want the fight of trying to get her to school, so a sick day it was. She pulled out the tooth halfway through the day and then enjoyed the day.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXvv-Daz1kACTJ7Keo8xg77_g1YSSA4qbVfjhCcklUFillqMMaZdpPs_TCh9w8ZWt710s7iUleFPbVvbAdKdNNTu3gKvQFDqJa5pGqse2ZhjIt3eK_vGt-xklfLpwiGVBK5BPa1vssQrWcW333uye6_IFFBve-uSx2T_UDa34osGT5xjBHlCt7pdS/s2944/20230201_191205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXvv-Daz1kACTJ7Keo8xg77_g1YSSA4qbVfjhCcklUFillqMMaZdpPs_TCh9w8ZWt710s7iUleFPbVvbAdKdNNTu3gKvQFDqJa5pGqse2ZhjIt3eK_vGt-xklfLpwiGVBK5BPa1vssQrWcW333uye6_IFFBve-uSx2T_UDa34osGT5xjBHlCt7pdS/w288-h400/20230201_191205.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnb5izCtCpXFcn_Kz3K0d8Pd24klTh55WA06CC51OKRp8n6cEKMSVcA3S-XbRpUDJsPjzcSl5LXhsD7r0a7u5qJsNQRwav3YcJMidhvHuKkbZxbGGCBzJ8xu3VZ3sDSQWw-xYdt-473bsGEc9G5evbn9ZBqiGKIVsDzP04LAFLW27PcE3Bl7y4UIl3/s3148/20230202_065608.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3148" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnb5izCtCpXFcn_Kz3K0d8Pd24klTh55WA06CC51OKRp8n6cEKMSVcA3S-XbRpUDJsPjzcSl5LXhsD7r0a7u5qJsNQRwav3YcJMidhvHuKkbZxbGGCBzJ8xu3VZ3sDSQWw-xYdt-473bsGEc9G5evbn9ZBqiGKIVsDzP04LAFLW27PcE3Bl7y4UIl3/w242-h400/20230202_065608.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I ran out of clean bowls, so I had them eating oatmeal out of mugs. One kid cried about it, the kid pictured thought it was cool, and the other kid flat our refused to eat breakfast because "you don't eat oatmeal out of a mug Mother."</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLp9i-X8QIZoOqdZnUaoiiByCpswSfNR5hhInK_TKgZ-kirkTXgQeChL7pRc9kMYCWJOS1t8ppEqTnytGjLtE1o2D6CarEk06qw7UhUS8tpvX4DcwfS984GQhxOIwie5tvIiWWvrIsF0qEmtUheQEs-jWvaergaSf4oPhKEFro9-IMvc-cIGH_l5n/s2806/20230202_163828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2806" data-original-width="2208" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLp9i-X8QIZoOqdZnUaoiiByCpswSfNR5hhInK_TKgZ-kirkTXgQeChL7pRc9kMYCWJOS1t8ppEqTnytGjLtE1o2D6CarEk06qw7UhUS8tpvX4DcwfS984GQhxOIwie5tvIiWWvrIsF0qEmtUheQEs-jWvaergaSf4oPhKEFro9-IMvc-cIGH_l5n/w315-h400/20230202_163828.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LNcwFHmOYDToR_5ZrlzvmF6Xpy9Q8cfsshgOXTVrA0ugSbEeLvKDBDP_e0HPlF2-i_DtYoD82ND-RxVbU0HzGulE1H8nLDVRmesF0iFwd9zWajdlAAQudqMa-hQXGahmswOI-uQhOnRyTDeP5PFuD3pU7iu0Ox4NrMzDmodJHXfdUchsn-nD4sOO/s3429/20230203_164656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3429" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LNcwFHmOYDToR_5ZrlzvmF6Xpy9Q8cfsshgOXTVrA0ugSbEeLvKDBDP_e0HPlF2-i_DtYoD82ND-RxVbU0HzGulE1H8nLDVRmesF0iFwd9zWajdlAAQudqMa-hQXGahmswOI-uQhOnRyTDeP5PFuD3pU7iu0Ox4NrMzDmodJHXfdUchsn-nD4sOO/w223-h400/20230203_164656.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">New bubble tea obsession. <a href="https://shakingboba.com/" target="_blank">Shaking Boba</a> is amazing and has many fun options.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyw7Y0LyUlFmhP9L4J6VXlMa2EC73O9K-mUwZRK7CNvvyFzOUhy43VwjlJWYWg9ONPZjuAA0uw3m7GVV9eJnGfwa-fXyuQo1OoVX0CIa2I8PWH1Rq_Z0hQwlERFbI5L3N3gfAEyMOmJAWtGlFanPGoNGCQ4LrDHCN4F2FKGnfaNZoXtk_Cdd_TKGa/s3443/20230204_130630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3443" data-original-width="2736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyw7Y0LyUlFmhP9L4J6VXlMa2EC73O9K-mUwZRK7CNvvyFzOUhy43VwjlJWYWg9ONPZjuAA0uw3m7GVV9eJnGfwa-fXyuQo1OoVX0CIa2I8PWH1Rq_Z0hQwlERFbI5L3N3gfAEyMOmJAWtGlFanPGoNGCQ4LrDHCN4F2FKGnfaNZoXtk_Cdd_TKGa/w318-h400/20230204_130630.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A quick snowy hike along the river. Even if we're bundled up, we're out in the fresh air and sunshine. It does wonders for our well being. We've been hiking quite a bit at <a href="https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/conservation/parks-trails/brown-s-woods/" target="_blank">Brown's Woods</a> and <a href="https://www.iowadnr.gov/Places-to-Go/State-Parks/Iowa-State-Parks/Walnut-Woods-State-Park" target="_blank">Walnut Woods State Park</a> because they're only ten minutes from our house.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lPS5btzd-sEAbgm-yuwpiSsqae4PlEexgzeQGSTyEAOPfpueoJkJlT4fPWW81wZNMt6iiXvcpfZUUBDRQF6V8iNl1sh_c1LseLyVd61KnTPm_Ufy8t4fVdJkrZyVNJ5gyynIxwxBwlgFgIUzCJHJSFRKOubLfsqvQJhOFKEg71QdsLZmNXAMUU4D/s2722/20230204_131000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="2722" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lPS5btzd-sEAbgm-yuwpiSsqae4PlEexgzeQGSTyEAOPfpueoJkJlT4fPWW81wZNMt6iiXvcpfZUUBDRQF6V8iNl1sh_c1LseLyVd61KnTPm_Ufy8t4fVdJkrZyVNJ5gyynIxwxBwlgFgIUzCJHJSFRKOubLfsqvQJhOFKEg71QdsLZmNXAMUU4D/w400-h203/20230204_131000.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLkiQvRwJotf1HOauxriFGW8dus1cRFOY3tkppOCe6wI4n6KYov9Y59H3Vgl6OM_0z6c3MB1lyaDFsVOh8M47jTa6AhRwM22tYR74v_cgIA0boQ3Ox9c8JYnNzCxDWye9KV9asRK6IpX3imQZp4gg1Brq8Llp13l_NmVvte8DaNYi0qcFkceMGkIb/s2924/20230204_131029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2924" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLkiQvRwJotf1HOauxriFGW8dus1cRFOY3tkppOCe6wI4n6KYov9Y59H3Vgl6OM_0z6c3MB1lyaDFsVOh8M47jTa6AhRwM22tYR74v_cgIA0boQ3Ox9c8JYnNzCxDWye9KV9asRK6IpX3imQZp4gg1Brq8Llp13l_NmVvte8DaNYi0qcFkceMGkIb/w261-h400/20230204_131029.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKukwqHX8HN6ukApCSONNPQ-e5w7POpqjGkywROPm4UP9a_Xp6iAbHSUd3oNMNlqhnNNxPhF1oiTKd8allFHpiFBCruqOwaQV4ATeip6kD_7lOK2kXUUNO3edWLFtONZmyIZZYkvLWV0y-kwOxyDEXpqqgNZRietq9DLa0CRi2Srx2RlU6bOQ2hI0/s2515/20230204_163451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2515" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKukwqHX8HN6ukApCSONNPQ-e5w7POpqjGkywROPm4UP9a_Xp6iAbHSUd3oNMNlqhnNNxPhF1oiTKd8allFHpiFBCruqOwaQV4ATeip6kD_7lOK2kXUUNO3edWLFtONZmyIZZYkvLWV0y-kwOxyDEXpqqgNZRietq9DLa0CRi2Srx2RlU6bOQ2hI0/w304-h400/20230204_163451.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We grabbed cupcakes from Sam's Club. We split them, so we could try all of the flavors. Scratch is still my favorite, but these were a fun try.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0gOSzaMW5Zg7pMAM4A2XnRz6JjO6GJkythGxanUXCu_Oz9EM4zo0btyNy0IGAf6STINqeaGVTvtBIIcNuUnd0tniHBeZJ8nuuS857os8EcT9rExAmdWwiUCCBe-WEk19q_WBMmOkLXZ2ft_9YVkVoPs6gHGzWCUb-Sb7B42RzzAJAvpXKFlHgwVO/s3218/20230204_184505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="3218" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0gOSzaMW5Zg7pMAM4A2XnRz6JjO6GJkythGxanUXCu_Oz9EM4zo0btyNy0IGAf6STINqeaGVTvtBIIcNuUnd0tniHBeZJ8nuuS857os8EcT9rExAmdWwiUCCBe-WEk19q_WBMmOkLXZ2ft_9YVkVoPs6gHGzWCUb-Sb7B42RzzAJAvpXKFlHgwVO/w400-h226/20230204_184505.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We went to an <a href="https://iowa.gleague.nba.com/" target="_blank">Iowa Wolves</a> game. It was a lot of fun, although the minis prefer hockey over basketball.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WvZimyC1rF2dfJ9Cn12MU-qTw5znVRNM_QLXtshlepC01vQhlcVL8Bq9zWvK65uyZE9EiEKdGsPRaJsHIlkP7nLQOWG7w0UbL2wS5sekiLAF_u_4lvXffmJRbh1E00hyS3Ero2AvHETddCr5m4g1fuybmXatV3C_FJbow8NLTGQJUmUZz-lgf-zv/s2329/20230205_103941.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2329" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WvZimyC1rF2dfJ9Cn12MU-qTw5znVRNM_QLXtshlepC01vQhlcVL8Bq9zWvK65uyZE9EiEKdGsPRaJsHIlkP7nLQOWG7w0UbL2wS5sekiLAF_u_4lvXffmJRbh1E00hyS3Ero2AvHETddCr5m4g1fuybmXatV3C_FJbow8NLTGQJUmUZz-lgf-zv/w400-h328/20230205_103941.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Homemade biscuits and gravy, tater tots (because we had an 8 lbs. bag from Sam's, but I prefer hashbrowns with biscuits and gravy), and fresh raspberries. We've been buying most of our fruits and vegetables from Sam's Club and we've been more than please with both the prices and quality.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI3uYpWHRjpZVlOPfXPzU2puWx2OAB7qCw-yVLzPNVrsTU5waSxaLxnxpMW7mNJ6EKzn2slL4M1Lx-7HyfY0LmB_o5V9jm52Wr_fdgSsgFeQVeK2DT3A4vLubI77UupGXUSEXA5YuhmN6XSQPjk7toGAgtbgseR7DnMuyC58FsdOVqHbR5QlmAEeY/s3192/20230205_114119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3192" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI3uYpWHRjpZVlOPfXPzU2puWx2OAB7qCw-yVLzPNVrsTU5waSxaLxnxpMW7mNJ6EKzn2slL4M1Lx-7HyfY0LmB_o5V9jm52Wr_fdgSsgFeQVeK2DT3A4vLubI77UupGXUSEXA5YuhmN6XSQPjk7toGAgtbgseR7DnMuyC58FsdOVqHbR5QlmAEeY/w400-h239/20230205_114119.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I made breakfast, so the boys took over making coconut cupcakes for their grandma's birthday. They did a fabulous job even if they did almost forget to put coconut in the cupcakes.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73azNinWYwmLPhY_LpWjKxtVHhCNVo7GxwORuWCmfCFmLmZvkwljjcG29y2yFHKrlvD3Ifdz8hjdg7hU6GBoNrF_CKaZ18nZ2NN8T9dPTwPF10jh1P95Ev-UEhgmn-F6SEqGuL12HYBE53ybRBjDkzM5X79t4GUDwdo4orDN0mRCKekQOoW2quuwT/s3392/20230205_134843.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3392" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73azNinWYwmLPhY_LpWjKxtVHhCNVo7GxwORuWCmfCFmLmZvkwljjcG29y2yFHKrlvD3Ifdz8hjdg7hU6GBoNrF_CKaZ18nZ2NN8T9dPTwPF10jh1P95Ev-UEhgmn-F6SEqGuL12HYBE53ybRBjDkzM5X79t4GUDwdo4orDN0mRCKekQOoW2quuwT/w225-h400/20230205_134843.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6MB30mL8LxUmTZpoMmq0VEIICiJGoDp8F89wXGbiYRksjwIzrpkDwhTLJCkmDRLtO9R7iDQ1W8tFfj91NJLHQJi6kVu8orDvG2fKQlabXlBFWuRV5xRaz7hmzLaXpb2biOBC8C1aOIEprOzTDwsAlpguSyaLUvkLiSE0RYZowmfjDrdyqen28uYG/s1932/20230205_162028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="1932" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6MB30mL8LxUmTZpoMmq0VEIICiJGoDp8F89wXGbiYRksjwIzrpkDwhTLJCkmDRLtO9R7iDQ1W8tFfj91NJLHQJi6kVu8orDvG2fKQlabXlBFWuRV5xRaz7hmzLaXpb2biOBC8C1aOIEprOzTDwsAlpguSyaLUvkLiSE0RYZowmfjDrdyqen28uYG/w400-h395/20230205_162028.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then they delivered their cupcakes later that afternoon.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7RVFZLEaSZECf_nQiBwd_AtjREYNCs8AYvyK0YaM4tg0B61Uz0HjxJXPMiJPaeuwmrnQawRxwbVumWecDqibMKhTypLm-CNUC834bVlcm0dbRaxwyFadKHLmCjZXBtI8JDCJskswdPSxXIP9XLHxeWdOA6aUp3IwSVDlbbIkVzrhOnoj1zrFsCWDO/s1700/20230205_162122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1700" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7RVFZLEaSZECf_nQiBwd_AtjREYNCs8AYvyK0YaM4tg0B61Uz0HjxJXPMiJPaeuwmrnQawRxwbVumWecDqibMKhTypLm-CNUC834bVlcm0dbRaxwyFadKHLmCjZXBtI8JDCJskswdPSxXIP9XLHxeWdOA6aUp3IwSVDlbbIkVzrhOnoj1zrFsCWDO/w400-h258/20230205_162122.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-69767727108043811692023-02-07T11:12:00.004-06:002023-02-07T11:13:07.183-06:00Notes From A Daycare Provider: Check Your Insurance Policy And Know It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6B-tHdnvhdMCKzy2JlG8vwC1Vgw6wx6Cd06Pu_OwFRDj7WT7t6LTbyn_8dK0x4FihP4Uq3CbxgF0Bk66B-ZCbG6kpk8Qtoo3qSJsfJ9_6qaeaUaygG-4wvbPMBJNDWaqh_GS3dbvUkf3CtUM0p80UhZFjKx4RHEvpibUcLXIbWHx5qJEmfr3BaHFq/s6000/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8297478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6B-tHdnvhdMCKzy2JlG8vwC1Vgw6wx6Cd06Pu_OwFRDj7WT7t6LTbyn_8dK0x4FihP4Uq3CbxgF0Bk66B-ZCbG6kpk8Qtoo3qSJsfJ9_6qaeaUaygG-4wvbPMBJNDWaqh_GS3dbvUkf3CtUM0p80UhZFjKx4RHEvpibUcLXIbWHx5qJEmfr3BaHFq/w400-h266/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8297478.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">A dozen years in the childcare business and I'm still learning new things. Whatever the kids throw at me is old hat at his point. Nothing surprises me much anymore on that front. However, I was thrown for a loop when a fellow daycare provider mentioned something that I had never once thought to check or ask about.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As with many people, I belong to Facebook groups, two of which are daycare provider groups. One is local and one is geared toward providers in North America. It's through the second group that I learned about Canada's childcare laws and have been made aware of the laws in neighboring states, federal early childhood education grants for daycares, and many other useful tips. It's been a fantastic resource and a more positive vibe than other groups I've come across.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over the weekend I was in the weekly chat. I mostly enjoy reading rather than contributing. A provider in Texas was upset because of how long she's had to be closed due to the weather there. Someone asked her about reopening and she mentioned that her insurance won't allow her to be open if surrounding school districts are closed due to liability insurance. This sparked a plethora of questions on the topic. She schooled all of us in her insurance policy and why being open in severe weather is a liability. This got me thinking, do I have such a policy written into the liability portion of my policy? I had to pull up my records and look right then.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sure enough, I DO!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not one person, insurance agent or otherwise, had ever mentioned this portion of the liability insurance. I found this new bit of information a tad concerning with a side of many questions. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">We live in Iowa. We get severe weather threats year round. Am I supposed to close every time there's a chance of severe weather? Am I supposed to call for immediate pick ups any time there's impending weather? We've had thunderstorms that led to derechos suddenly come through. What do I do then? Is it only limited to when our school district is closed or is it all severe weather? I had many, many questions. I wanted to call right away to ask for clarification because as with most important documents, it was too vague.. I held back from calling due to my past actions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I didn't want to raise red flags with my questions when I've been open in snowstorms before. Heck, I used to throw snow parties on days school was canceled and parents still had to work! Those are honestly some of my favorite memories from daycare. However, experience taught me that I actually should close when the weather is bad. I've had the pleasure of children getting stuck at daycare and bundling kids in blankets so their parents could walk them to their vehicles parked blocks away because they couldn't get through on the snow covered roads. That has liability written all over it (she says with wide eyes). Thinking back on it all, I'm really lucky nothing terrible happened and that my families are 1,000% amazing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thankfully I did change my policies in 2020 when Covid brought work from home and daycare had low attendance on bad weather days. I now close when our school district is closed due to any weather related incident. Going through my policies also made me note that there is a safety note in there as well; meaning that if our local school district is closed for a safety reason within a certain radius of daycare, I must close as well. I knew parts of that piece, but not the entire thing. It was a real, 'the more you know' scene.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The conversation in the Facebook group was a reminder of the importance of knowing your insurance policy and following it. Even if parents complain, it's better than a fine, losing your insurance, or worse yet, being told to close all because of not following your insurance policy. Not one person or insurance agent ever pointed out this section in my liability portion and I'm damn lucky nothing happened because of my negligence. Bottom line: daycare providers, know your stuff. It would be a wise decision to put a paragraph or two in your daycare contract and handbook. That way families know ahead of time what <i>could</i> happen. And parents, if your daycare has to close for a reason you don't understand, ask about it and show grace because it's likely just as inconvenient for your daycare provider to close as it is to call off of work or find drop in care.</span></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-58051761610694592642023-01-31T11:32:00.000-06:002023-01-31T11:32:33.614-06:0019 Snow And Winter Themed Activities For Kids<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzF3rWZ_MVCgDYHNOINfipBlTlYCCd_or9miBRSeNm5xAxD50dl1tL0muvP5u5gPF0_sjoSWsW6RYDEUcygGU_etcKNXN1PQEoHlXer3DsguXjPBrAY9ty1enFl0HuR2kLV4Kgil-pCUoHxb6-enGwjwDdgUZEPYNttTfO3rQJQsdDrz7UTixPWM7/s1080/white%20blue%20minimalist%20hello%20winter%20instagram%20post.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzF3rWZ_MVCgDYHNOINfipBlTlYCCd_or9miBRSeNm5xAxD50dl1tL0muvP5u5gPF0_sjoSWsW6RYDEUcygGU_etcKNXN1PQEoHlXer3DsguXjPBrAY9ty1enFl0HuR2kLV4Kgil-pCUoHxb6-enGwjwDdgUZEPYNttTfO3rQJQsdDrz7UTixPWM7/w400-h400/white%20blue%20minimalist%20hello%20winter%20instagram%20post.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Winter can be tough when you live in colder weather. Kids are inside more and it's easy to let cold, snowy days get you into a rut of, "I don't feel like doing anything." Anyone else have this issue? Over the years, I've collected enough activities, games, and crafts to keep the kids busy until the snow melts (thirteen years as a daycare provider makes that happen). Here are some of our favorites that are kid tested and daycare provider approved:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77hVbGiI42bG8WrBPsWjB1-tTZmH1Dx2s13MisqNdbUT1Ay4oVelP568DLGdB6K8zXaO9sJDemD9FmfuZbdPmwmZ_4bjzX19khdPz4rgpfB51lLVxqmM1vTBdy7HKbK48SX94lGEgX-upBOd5TX_5oQf-XwfdnLa9mizUCBF0L5tFCE-dnV3dYC9w/s3547/20230119_102734.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3547" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77hVbGiI42bG8WrBPsWjB1-tTZmH1Dx2s13MisqNdbUT1Ay4oVelP568DLGdB6K8zXaO9sJDemD9FmfuZbdPmwmZ_4bjzX19khdPz4rgpfB51lLVxqmM1vTBdy7HKbK48SX94lGEgX-upBOd5TX_5oQf-XwfdnLa9mizUCBF0L5tFCE-dnV3dYC9w/s320/20230119_102734.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>1.) Snow painting. </b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">This one is easy if you live in a place where there's snow. Literally go outside, fill up a paint cup, add whatever color of paint you wish, hand kids a paint brush and paper, and let them paint. The papers end up looking like water colors when they dry. If you don't live in a place where you get snow (and at this point in the winter, I'm jealous if this is you), a simple way to "snow" paint is mixing baking soda, water, and a drop of paint. This will have a similar texture to snow and papers come out the same water color (if you wipe off the excess baking soda kids are sure to smear on their papers).</span></i></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyuwpfWhHtv09DPAkQoCJfOttZTPuzTfE7C9d5ILCAFWJsNKJU2ZPOFmwLPsVl3J6w5MvEwLEEpJuffgdZGDV0HMyKzWG-cQTxP73FvMtcNWfbEJ0GL43OV5YjO2n0jOacuiCmhkVwrr_LBcHt6JHJLKmlUA0kARTX33c1u_UbXlxebHymIWE8wfW/s1600/091.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyuwpfWhHtv09DPAkQoCJfOttZTPuzTfE7C9d5ILCAFWJsNKJU2ZPOFmwLPsVl3J6w5MvEwLEEpJuffgdZGDV0HMyKzWG-cQTxP73FvMtcNWfbEJ0GL43OV5YjO2n0jOacuiCmhkVwrr_LBcHt6JHJLKmlUA0kARTX33c1u_UbXlxebHymIWE8wfW/w240-h320/091.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>2.) Snow ice cream.</b> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately, this can only be done if you live in a place where it snows. I like to put large bowls out on our deck and let the snow fall into it. This is <a href="https://julieblanner.com/chocolate-snow-ice-cream/" target="_blank">our favorite recipe</a> for it. Otherwise, try making <a href="https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/ice-cream-in-a-bag/" target="_blank">ice cream in a bag</a>. Not the same at all, but kids get a kick out of it.</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7RIsPV1G-8zSYH-OW4Fvrvi7Qrjnt4kGAbyqGcakGOJZ8tjl72RCVlh18Z4vukgVDa9tQL_U8kb7JDt3uub1jllJUmzBQfpMhy_CWWo6LS18kWKDRp-CJjls4Glg1zXpXb4gTBFpR2JRaKvS1gmpjXYteyAzGTcog7zSa-ksfya7T0m9xmFvVC1X/s4032/20230112_093440.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7RIsPV1G-8zSYH-OW4Fvrvi7Qrjnt4kGAbyqGcakGOJZ8tjl72RCVlh18Z4vukgVDa9tQL_U8kb7JDt3uub1jllJUmzBQfpMhy_CWWo6LS18kWKDRp-CJjls4Glg1zXpXb4gTBFpR2JRaKvS1gmpjXYteyAzGTcog7zSa-ksfya7T0m9xmFvVC1X/s320/20230112_093440.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>3.) Winter habitat.</b> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is a simple sensory bin that can be played with all winter long. Using Insta snow or baking soda snow in a Sterilite container size of your choosing (<a href="https://amzn.to/3YrRhsf" target="_blank">28 qt. container</a> is perfect for 2 - 4 kids to play in at once), add in whatever animals you want for your habitat. For example, if I'm making woodland winter habitat, I put in snow, bears, fox, wolves, owls, etc. You can use fake pine trees or if you're lucky enough to have one on your property, cut a few stems off (as I did).</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyYccNtv1AVjo23ou7M79lFHLVwFnL42OL_rAyGsjnZNO-bqIIfGKqtp1X_EHjGj76P0dHZaX9nm316K9KTq07n8ynFpsWkOcDpoLmBSlWxrO63febXtFZAMJhzMDEl09AbNngSciVICad_5t7Pa6JSopgo1q6lvropcmvtHHoTh3cIC2mFcgp-9I/s4032/20230106_095629.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyYccNtv1AVjo23ou7M79lFHLVwFnL42OL_rAyGsjnZNO-bqIIfGKqtp1X_EHjGj76P0dHZaX9nm316K9KTq07n8ynFpsWkOcDpoLmBSlWxrO63febXtFZAMJhzMDEl09AbNngSciVICad_5t7Pa6JSopgo1q6lvropcmvtHHoTh3cIC2mFcgp-9I/s320/20230106_095629.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p><b>4.) Can you build a snowman? </b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">This one is fun! I recommend using <a href="https://amzn.to/40gQ8FC" target="_blank">white clay</a>, but homemade salt dough (1 cup flour, 1 cup salt, 1/3 cup water) or white <a href="https://amzn.to/3jjp4og" target="_blank">Play Doh</a> works too. I give each kid one large ball of dough/clay and set out buttons, beads, fabric, pipe cleaners, etc. and let kids create a snowman. I love watching them problem solve, from how to form the balls for their snowman to what materials they should use for eyes, buttons, arms. We recently did this one at daycare for ages 2 - 4 and it kept them busy for 45 minutes.</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphwC-u69_oO9uAhkOOWzoPuoO0IsEpXhdOy1dtO6MQxOK4v5ooerIJKs88FysH8gHrcMDmp7D2jfPFID9cFdbpyQIJ9MItOS2v8_06A5KyuAC-Qa1uuKF9ZwvrS72dy9EmAErg2VcfSgLKpZEu7t8-m9rCHwBajhm0x-5mC8mNj2QS5hwU1LEyxzD/s1600/DSCF2091.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphwC-u69_oO9uAhkOOWzoPuoO0IsEpXhdOy1dtO6MQxOK4v5ooerIJKs88FysH8gHrcMDmp7D2jfPFID9cFdbpyQIJ9MItOS2v8_06A5KyuAC-Qa1uuKF9ZwvrS72dy9EmAErg2VcfSgLKpZEu7t8-m9rCHwBajhm0x-5mC8mNj2QS5hwU1LEyxzD/s320/DSCF2091.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><div><p><b>5.) Polar ice table.</b> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Much like the winter habitat, not only are the kids playing (and probably happily playing since it's in water), but they're learning which animals live where. I've done an Arctic ice table and a South Pole ice table, each with whatever animals and life they would find on those continents. </span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV9KuLQKmnRgRcKXPPZ8V1V_4eS1m_HNIrsU7MKHMIs1lSRd_XkfBBmp5SCguVPIAfF5FdCnsx-9mGa-7QF7brHi_m6ICfQVJP0EKORtMEz4xovvvT2bXnaKYdOiW92HcriKPLTnFi4_Ur1CHfMglBoc2U6qg7Kd2NjPdNMhC1QNAMVMk_HWyfjVl/s1600/Blog%20pic%204.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV9KuLQKmnRgRcKXPPZ8V1V_4eS1m_HNIrsU7MKHMIs1lSRd_XkfBBmp5SCguVPIAfF5FdCnsx-9mGa-7QF7brHi_m6ICfQVJP0EKORtMEz4xovvvT2bXnaKYdOiW92HcriKPLTnFi4_Ur1CHfMglBoc2U6qg7Kd2NjPdNMhC1QNAMVMk_HWyfjVl/s320/Blog%20pic%204.jpg" width="240" /></a></p></div><div><p><b>6.) Fizzy "snow."</b> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Baking soda + a little bit of vinegar makes some fizzy fun! I like to hide figurines, Hot Wheels, or other small toys in "snowballs" (your baking soda and water mixture) and give kids small cups of vinegar with droppers. Kids get to free the toys from the snowballs. </span></i></p></div><div><p><b>7.) Snowflake making. </b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">For the older kids, get scissors and coffee filters and let them get creative with their snowflakes. If they're younger, cut snowflakes out or purchase <a href="https://amzn.to/3kPy5pD" target="_blank">premade snowflake shapes</a> (that is my go to) and let kids decorate them any way they choose.</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SiD3jySeH7iTcd0qIqFe-FA34u9D5LDLmywvOExy4zj89RgUgmBpt1s5La3HOo7YgwHzhL5bk8NUll7YIY7DWCkGBU1yjYJScpLTXiG4W2wK3xVb9d_Gg60CvSW5MpbZqyK1zXSD5lsQnKMw3XpjaznD-nG_0iTsBhZFTZQcSH_f-O6lMVWTy_iM/s2455/20230113_115959.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2455" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SiD3jySeH7iTcd0qIqFe-FA34u9D5LDLmywvOExy4zj89RgUgmBpt1s5La3HOo7YgwHzhL5bk8NUll7YIY7DWCkGBU1yjYJScpLTXiG4W2wK3xVb9d_Gg60CvSW5MpbZqyK1zXSD5lsQnKMw3XpjaznD-nG_0iTsBhZFTZQcSH_f-O6lMVWTy_iM/s320/20230113_115959.jpg" width="320" /></a></p></div><div><b>8.) Homemade puffy paint.</b> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Make snowman shapes and homemade puffy paint (glue + shaving cream), then have kids paint their snowman and decorate.</span></i></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>9.) Try a STEM challenge.</b> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">We loved <a href="https://www.stemchallenge.com/2019/11/21/winter-stem-challenge-sled-slope/" target="_blank">this one</a>.</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDTexv2a0d1mFod6zQFoFTI-GTsCwo0UXOD6Us93OxBWPxRxrke5_D3PAAvjvwWcUDND--4qUONBXVVffOY8oW4TvM00SBm9To0qrIFKDtHpZL0ayHMRKlWpb8ZhDRXyir72s3UVbMsc1oRSY3iPdOt5AYOXywSBFAmoMTF5j1sP6vBrJyimgspPl/s1600/DSCF2187.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDTexv2a0d1mFod6zQFoFTI-GTsCwo0UXOD6Us93OxBWPxRxrke5_D3PAAvjvwWcUDND--4qUONBXVVffOY8oW4TvM00SBm9To0qrIFKDtHpZL0ayHMRKlWpb8ZhDRXyir72s3UVbMsc1oRSY3iPdOt5AYOXywSBFAmoMTF5j1sP6vBrJyimgspPl/s320/DSCF2187.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></i></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>10.) Frozen water beads.</b> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Not as in the <a href="https://amzn.to/3RkNgmW" target="_blank">Let It Go</a> one, but actual water beads that are frozen (we just happened to play with our <a href="https://amzn.to/3DpML56" target="_blank">Frozen figurines</a> in the frozen water beads). This isn't as messy as regular water beads, but just as fun. Have the kids wear mitten, so their fingers don't get frost!</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZpFSTKX-4QD3aMwNXfyTBOwPtMJPcMBZlqp2oncy30ptTMWixCuVep-tiKF2eyYcvWsPcZSBsBVi5Y1FzIoksf4bixSLSblavkD98qwdGS1aAlrPZMll9BvAkEHoRCGpZQR6eH9pdBTvVnQ5_YUwDWxsYFvJix1CJphyjDynsVUoIDO80TXzmLb5/s1600/20200131_082427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="757" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZpFSTKX-4QD3aMwNXfyTBOwPtMJPcMBZlqp2oncy30ptTMWixCuVep-tiKF2eyYcvWsPcZSBsBVi5Y1FzIoksf4bixSLSblavkD98qwdGS1aAlrPZMll9BvAkEHoRCGpZQR6eH9pdBTvVnQ5_YUwDWxsYFvJix1CJphyjDynsVUoIDO80TXzmLb5/s320/20200131_082427.jpg" width="151" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>11.) Fake snow.</b> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Also known as <a href="https://amzn.to/3XQ5ZJx" target="_blank">Insta-Snow</a>, this one is always a hit. Sometimes the kids pretend to cook with it, or play with animal figurines in it, or sometimes they build caves with it. No matter how they play with it, <a href="https://amzn.to/3XQ5ZJx" target="_blank">Insta-Snow</a> always provides hours (sometimes days) of fun. Also, it vacuums up easily.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>12.) The mittens.</b> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">There's so many things to do with this one. For the toddler and preschool crowd, the book The Mitten is a great read read. Kids love to decorate <a href="https://amzn.to/3HjbvNG" target="_blank">mitten cut outs</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3Jt7oBw" target="_blank">foam mittens</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3Hf45Lo" target="_blank">mitten scratch art</a>, or my favorite, hand prints and cut them into mittens (and then always have those sweet little hand prints).</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>13.) Bubble wrap snow print.</b><i style="font-size: small;"> Bubble wrap is always fun to pop, but it's fun to paint with too. I like to use construction paper, white paint, and small pieces of bubble wrap cut into squares. When the kids use the bubble wrap as a stamp, their pictures look like it's snowing. Get ideas for it </i><a href="https://www.creativeconnectionsforkids.com/2014/01/process-art-snow-stamp-painting-with-bubble-wrap/" style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">here</a><i style="font-size: small;">.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>14.) Build a den.</b><i style="font-size: small;"> This is a great challenge and fun for the older elementary kids too. You can use a variety of things: marshmallows, toothpicks, popsicle sticks (this works great for younger kids working on hand eye coordination), Dots, pipe cleaners, etc. The goal is for kids to build a structure (a den in this case) that holds a winter animal. Break out animal figurines so kids can get an idea of sizing and for playing after the dens are built. Get ideas </i><a href="https://fun-a-day.com/engineering-project-kids-dens-winter-animals/" style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">here</a><i style="font-size: small;">. </i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>15.) Frozen oobleck. </b><i style="font-size: small;">Oobleck is cornstarch and water mixed together. Many elementary teachers use it for a lesson on is it a solid or a liquid? However, it also makes a great sensory activity. It's even more fun to play with when it's frozen! Find a recipe </i><a href="https://www.instructables.com/Oobleck/" style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">here</a><i style="font-size: small;">.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSq7la8fKeIW2xganI_askZUoz4Kj-3qY-WaXQh-HCtcMtH7PFKNmMtHR9SVFLe32_I5QdpX4wM3kwdCsAxBwsMxvrnwuUtF0Gyr2P6owPdPec07MGHyqV-tEVieJfjeDKy2-R0d5JvX5Hu-c6up2z0gAYgJ7AjiSpORgeZSIltcTbqubV4ky_yDMe/s3519/20230123_100313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1906" data-original-width="3519" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSq7la8fKeIW2xganI_askZUoz4Kj-3qY-WaXQh-HCtcMtH7PFKNmMtHR9SVFLe32_I5QdpX4wM3kwdCsAxBwsMxvrnwuUtF0Gyr2P6owPdPec07MGHyqV-tEVieJfjeDKy2-R0d5JvX5Hu-c6up2z0gAYgJ7AjiSpORgeZSIltcTbqubV4ky_yDMe/s320/20230123_100313.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>16.) Ice building blocks. </b><i style="font-size: small;">All you need is food coloring, pots, pans, muffin tins, etc., and cold weather (or a freezer). You can </i><a href="http://www.thekidsperts.com/2023/01/ice-building-blocks.html" style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">read about how I made ours</a><i style="font-size: small;">. Grab some gloves and challenge kids to build with the slippery ice.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>17.) Indoor snowball fight. </b><i style="font-size: small;">Living in a warm climate? Don't want to go out in the cold for an actual snowball fight? No worries! </i><a href="https://amzn.to/3DttGPv" style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Buy these fake snowballs</a><i style="font-size: small;"> and have an indoor snowball fight. </i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>18.) Build a blanket fort.</b><i style="font-size: small;"> A classic winter or snow day activity. I like to lay out all of the available sheets, large blankets, pillows, chairs, etc. and let the kids get creative. They've built full room forts and spent the day playing in them. There's also plenty of </i><a href="https://amzn.to/3DucpWA" style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">fort building kits</a><i style="font-size: small;"> you can buy that take up considerably less room too. </i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wzNrpccxysEtWlZlm1FKr0CZxtG9glQsuL2F3RULmoq1wBUBlEClMHc4cMCXUp_9kJHrYwEaTBr_WhQ4E-dJy5KmaM3S3FhXUOra6y3rGyjCZQXXls-pJ7-gK8k-Ox4cAWWarD0CdTk88lLAvbGoF0ZglEol7-NRyC78EMDQKE72_JmwsAi4tqnz/s2842/20221221_201835.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2842" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wzNrpccxysEtWlZlm1FKr0CZxtG9glQsuL2F3RULmoq1wBUBlEClMHc4cMCXUp_9kJHrYwEaTBr_WhQ4E-dJy5KmaM3S3FhXUOra6y3rGyjCZQXXls-pJ7-gK8k-Ox4cAWWarD0CdTk88lLAvbGoF0ZglEol7-NRyC78EMDQKE72_JmwsAi4tqnz/s320/20221221_201835.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>19.) Hot chocolate board. </b><i style="font-size: small;">Think charcuterie board, but with hot chocolate. Grab whatever hot chocolate and toppings you'd like, put them on a board. Kids have a blast deciding what hot chocolate they should make and it makes for easy grabbing (which means less work for the adult in the room).</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i style="font-size: small;"><br /></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Surprise Bonus: </b>Bring snow indoors. If you don't have time (or just plainly don't want to mess with) all of the gear; I'm talking snow pants, boots, the whole deal, just break out some gloves and let the kids play. Once the snow melts you have a water activity. This can bring an entire day of fun for kids.</span></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvc783AvlyFJzgarEWxVQ1YDmBCUQa04swse6Y1z5JxqahJXnMLhm75M5XBieu9BtcMhWSptyU__x0YAl0RpAWyUiz3nsv_moX6ZP5kinmwy3ynWxrt54k-PAWYfHlSjLzCnTe5hGXUcxCcUaD7uiPXKtWFkM9yG88D-Kq3S-StjAC2dSxp_Yp36zL/s1600/007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvc783AvlyFJzgarEWxVQ1YDmBCUQa04swse6Y1z5JxqahJXnMLhm75M5XBieu9BtcMhWSptyU__x0YAl0RpAWyUiz3nsv_moX6ZP5kinmwy3ynWxrt54k-PAWYfHlSjLzCnTe5hGXUcxCcUaD7uiPXKtWFkM9yG88D-Kq3S-StjAC2dSxp_Yp36zL/s320/007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626285534504428980.post-77677766552579865862023-01-26T12:23:00.001-06:002023-01-26T12:23:48.673-06:00Ice Building Blocks<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEght2XKob0JOLZw0BHQr7uONUsT497lc0ckCAVAVUvxU18vw1qxXG41X2ZDGdJUmBzZKP5IfCEryj--GrBgr5lBqjt7o6_2cNMuRyoY9KJcUlF0oy8z4VmaeWxuCuC03oEgOn0dFktUjD4JWUKgjGW4JO053wMbqHHE_PQII5mvqyF5CdYkJNkQxnag/s4032/20230123_100316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEght2XKob0JOLZw0BHQr7uONUsT497lc0ckCAVAVUvxU18vw1qxXG41X2ZDGdJUmBzZKP5IfCEryj--GrBgr5lBqjt7o6_2cNMuRyoY9KJcUlF0oy8z4VmaeWxuCuC03oEgOn0dFktUjD4JWUKgjGW4JO053wMbqHHE_PQII5mvqyF5CdYkJNkQxnag/w400-h189/20230123_100316.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Welcome to winter! Where kids are going crazy from being cooped up, you're going crazy because your kids are crazy, and you're looking for anything to keep them busy. Our theme for the month of January at daycare is snow with a focus this week on building (to grow critical thinking skills, problem solving, and fine motor skills). I figured ice went with snow, so Monday morning I froze colored water (<a href="https://amzn.to/3kNcMFd" target="_blank">these</a> are our favorite food colors to use for projects).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I used a variety of things: <a href="https://amzn.to/3HAHn1R" target="_blank">muffin tins</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3wyWm64" target="_blank">ice cube trays</a>, our <a href="https://amzn.to/3kNdbrd" target="_blank">cocoa bomb molds</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3DdYELl" target="_blank">bread pans</a>, an old 6x6 Pyrex dish, <a href="https://amzn.to/3j6j16r" target="_blank">cupcake holders</a>. I went with anything I could easily grab out of our cupboards. I put everything on two large cookie sheets, walked them outside to our deck, let it all sit in the cold for an hour, and we had colorful ice blocks!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once the ice blocks were good and frozen, I took them out, put them in a <a href="https://amzn.to/3XV4glC" target="_blank">28 qt. Sterilite container</a>, stuck mittens and gloves on the littles, and let them play and explore. About 20 minutes in, they requested snow to go with their ice and made a castle with it all. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwRe2dD0G7BFTbCuRo_BKh6hrm6vV9GlFDowkl8d0jbRWt1w6v3V51JHI5wUm1eEXRYhj74E7jVuhV3zYzaJ3Wugk0psDHn179tjezoUsWRYjhLAw28uFEPgZIZdGlrNGEc4HlosOR0qm5j_evtX1u1BxBYvkvlI5MaEfkS8UU82wTyi8qwfelW8D/s3519/20230123_100313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1906" data-original-width="3519" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwRe2dD0G7BFTbCuRo_BKh6hrm6vV9GlFDowkl8d0jbRWt1w6v3V51JHI5wUm1eEXRYhj74E7jVuhV3zYzaJ3Wugk0psDHn179tjezoUsWRYjhLAw28uFEPgZIZdGlrNGEc4HlosOR0qm5j_evtX1u1BxBYvkvlI5MaEfkS8UU82wTyi8qwfelW8D/w400-h216/20230123_100313.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQzNR3GaXhvyjCqHuQg5fyc1M1rYQrNgkeBDx4q9ulxc_zoZLjWO7BgOGXHV2LzRafgt-NkBh6Z21BXef25ZXOXqk8HeXyw2mm9DEudRUztJ52ZSOqkd3ywJI0hl6O1oIqwMOSokL7OJugZ9BIUx3Ui3D5FzYvSL2c9ACCEvEtL5dSuzTKajaoHww/s3246/20230123_100639.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3246" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQzNR3GaXhvyjCqHuQg5fyc1M1rYQrNgkeBDx4q9ulxc_zoZLjWO7BgOGXHV2LzRafgt-NkBh6Z21BXef25ZXOXqk8HeXyw2mm9DEudRUztJ52ZSOqkd3ywJI0hl6O1oIqwMOSokL7OJugZ9BIUx3Ui3D5FzYvSL2c9ACCEvEtL5dSuzTKajaoHww/w235-h400/20230123_100639.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwe0q_D0VRxkfU82MCLpY2cQTAfuTqJ4WSfM0CiJnzBEZYhwOy2rgzO0EzL-m3IRvPOUZXHbaQoNrIkL9QhyNwj9mgBvaIACE2HVmijZDuIhC0TWvQEvbBjIlQUeX7M42Xc2MzBmd5zrTugaeJUI0YGraAFnsHHJAvGQOmPpNaNz6LSkaCyi9zA9Ig/s4032/20230123_100640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwe0q_D0VRxkfU82MCLpY2cQTAfuTqJ4WSfM0CiJnzBEZYhwOy2rgzO0EzL-m3IRvPOUZXHbaQoNrIkL9QhyNwj9mgBvaIACE2HVmijZDuIhC0TWvQEvbBjIlQUeX7M42Xc2MzBmd5zrTugaeJUI0YGraAFnsHHJAvGQOmPpNaNz6LSkaCyi9zA9Ig/w189-h400/20230123_100640.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpd3U5W0xVLB6K-160Yp8zFSPKg3vMNB4y9mVEwjeILUmxkEcNBLEZR0StubEMjutWE5W4KEVgQY3TfvDg04F6J3nGikpLCV3SVzUkZgfGvZZap1hl7qv_zh9tVBK4UAv80B0uJD0NCF1OnRhPMj2gAUyGePiZPSWAMn0AowNfOXHhnyjUoTrxVZGg/s4032/20230123_100841.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpd3U5W0xVLB6K-160Yp8zFSPKg3vMNB4y9mVEwjeILUmxkEcNBLEZR0StubEMjutWE5W4KEVgQY3TfvDg04F6J3nGikpLCV3SVzUkZgfGvZZap1hl7qv_zh9tVBK4UAv80B0uJD0NCF1OnRhPMj2gAUyGePiZPSWAMn0AowNfOXHhnyjUoTrxVZGg/w189-h400/20230123_100841.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This simple activity gave me over thirty minutes of peace and gave the kids an opportunity to play and discover in a new way.</span></p>The Kidspertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797207770496739174noreply@blogger.com