tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000039954963030172024-03-13T10:40:04.505-07:00double dutchMom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.comBlogger533125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-40383813019474699722014-12-02T13:14:00.003-08:002014-12-02T13:16:56.421-08:00Rasa BeaLast night Rasa was standing in the kitchen peeling a little clementine while balancing on her tippy toes. She told me today at lunch the teachers were franticly peeling all of the hot lunch kids oranges because "they were hard to peel and the teachers kept saying if the kids peel them they'll spend their whole lunch peeling the orange and not have time to eat and then they'll be hungry".<br />
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I said, "It sounds to me like those teachers care an awful lot about you kids"<br />
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Rasa smiled and said, "yeah, they're teaching us to be grown ups"<br />
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This made my heart sad because it's actually true despite my efforts to keep them kids the world is kind of against you by always pushing forward too far into the future you can't hold on to today for even a second.<br />
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I looked at her standing there looking so grown up. I could picture her at 14 looking just exactly as she was standing there only bigger.<br />
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I said, "But don't grow up too fast, okay? It's REALLY special being a kid"<br />
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Rasa, "I already know that………plus, I want the moon to stay special"<br />
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Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-16610166392539091542014-04-04T13:24:00.000-07:002014-04-04T13:24:58.497-07:00spring break!Spring break started off beautiful in the 40's and 50's and we spent lots of time outside on bikes and walks. We've made it a habit to walk to Seward Co-op to pick up a treat and burn the calories on the hilly walk home.<br />
We had Abbi over for the day and hiked up to Cupcake for a treat and after playing at Pratt. The girls got to play at Remy's and see a fairy house and a bald eagles nest. Later in the week they had their friend Nova come to play, went to Soren's to play and brunch at Nana's with a couple cousins. Today we are holed up in the house as it's chilly out again (20's) and we got about 8 inches of snow last night into the morning!<br />
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Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-9017986763309356232014-03-30T14:09:00.000-07:002014-03-30T14:09:39.127-07:00adventure's in preschoolI wanted to have a place to put (phone) pictures of the girls and their preschool friends. They've made some pretty special friendships this year!<br />
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x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-58493306331021674022014-03-17T17:22:00.001-07:002014-03-17T17:22:24.003-07:00Baker day at school!I got to parent help in the classroom on the day that a baker came to school to tell the children all about his life as a baker. He is now retired and goes to schools to tell stories to children. The kids thought he was wonderful and actually I found him to be very sweet and quite entertaining!<br />
Here is Adia and her best friend Abbi taking a peek into the bakers bowl :)<br />
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Here's her new smile (for now!).<br />
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This has been a fun and busy winter for us! The girls are doing amazing in school and it's so surprising to me what they are able to learn going only three days a week for three hours! <br />
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I LOVE age 5! It seems like overnight they went from being very dependent on me to help with their needs and all of the sudden they are they cool, fun, silly and independent little kids who I happen to love hanging out with! They are so capable and I believe preschool has given them an immense amount of confidence to do new things and try to take care of themselves first without asking for help (which they are usually able to do!). <br />
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The biggest change over this year is the girls love for playdates. Playdates where someone else picks them up from school and they spend the afternoon's at friend's houses. They love hosting playdates here and I love that when I bring kids home with us from school that the kids have the ability to play together without guidance or help from me. What a difference from 4 to 5! All of the sudden Rasa and Adia have a social life of their own and it's given them so much more than I would have ever thought possible. They have their own identity, their own unique friends and they share a few too. For twins I believe this is a big deal in them developing into their own person, that of which is not a pair. We've had a lot of help in doing this from the families in our school that just "get it" and invite the girls both together and separately. Does it sounds like I'm beaming? I am!<br />
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I'd be lying if I said I wasn't extremely saddened by the thought of them going off to school next year all day, every day. I worry about school killing their imagination and thirst to create and play. I hope to be able to nourish those things in them evenings and weekends! <br />
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We moved! Yes, you read that correctly. We moved, again! We are back in the city we LOVE and treasure and SO unbelievably happy to be Minneapolis residents again! We are up on a hill in Prospect Park and I could gush about it all day long but you get the point. The biggest gift in moving here is we already had a community of friends and families that we love and now we're closer to them and taking advantage of it. Royce is less than 2 miles away from his work and we like seeing him for lunch everyday! We are also one block from Pratt Community School which is likely where the girls will go to Kindergarten next year.<br />
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Rasa has been in dance with her friend from last years summer preschool, Amelia. She started in September and has really loved being on stage the most. It's funny for us to see her SO comfortable and happy in front of a crowd when typically she shy's away from attention. She LOVES dance. Her best friend in school is Nova who is widely outgoing and fun. She has the eyes of Soren on her, a boy in class the teacher's tell me and his Mom is "in love with Rasa" :)<br />
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Adia is hesitant to start activities but has agreed to play t-ball with her friend, Remy, from school this summer so we signed her up! I'm excited to watch because just playing around in the back yard last summer she's definitely capable! Adia loves her best friend, Abbi but REALLY enjoyes her playdates with the boys in school because they like to wrestle and so does she!<br />
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I'm really enjoying the time I have with my two little buddies. They're little helpers and great kids and I realize that more and more everyday how lucky I am to have been blessed with two wonderful and beautiful little girls. <br />
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So COME ON OVER! Bring your kids!<br />
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Five seems SO huge! I don't know why. They're only in preschool, they still spend more of their time with me than with anyone but something about five is just big. Maybe it's the anticipation for this year and all of the HUGE changes in store for them.<br />
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The girls birthday was on Thursday and my parents decided to take them out as their birthday present. They picked them up and brought them to Mall of America. The girls got to pick out an outfit from the disney store, go on rides at Nick Universe and have lunch at Rainforest Cafe! LUCKY GIRLS!! <br />
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We had a birthday party for the girls with their friends at Rainbow in Bloomington. It's a huge indoor playground where the kids just get to run and play. Their friends that were there were: Amelia, Abbi, Devan, Soren, Gabby and Isaac, Olivia and Owen, Adam and Andrew and Nova. They had a great time! Sadly, I decided to just enjoy the party and not take pictures and Royce's point and shoot camera malfunctioned so we didn't get one single picture that turned out! We did get a short video clip at least…lesson learned! <br />
Royce's vocals to Happy Birthday overshadow everyone else's ;) Click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mib4baIFUxc&feature=youtu.be">HERE </a>for video.Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-91066834097434495952014-01-06T12:06:00.003-08:002014-01-06T12:36:59.585-08:005 year old questionnaireI do this every year, ask the same questions and it's been fun to see the changes over the years!<br />
Third birthday answers can be found here:<br />
<a href="http://adiarasa.blogspot.com/2012/01/3-year-old-questionnaire.html">http://adiarasa.blogspot.com/2012/01/3-year-old-questionnaire.html</a><br />
Fourth birthday answers can be found here:<br />
<a href="http://adiarasa.blogspot.com/2013/01/4-year-old-questionnaire.html">http://adiarasa.blogspot.com/2013/01/4-year-old-questionnaire.html</a><br />
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what is your favorite food?<br />
Rasa: "apples"<br />
Adia: "peas" (she NEVER eats peas)<br />
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what is your favorite toy?<br />
Rasa: "Violet, my cutest baby"<br />
Adia: "baby lion" (NEVER plays with this toy…Rasa sleeps with it)<br />
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what is your thing to wear?<br />
Rasa: "my belle dress"<br />
Adia: "a t-shirt"<br />
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who is your favorite person in the whole wide world? <br />
Rasa: "Momma"<br />
Adia: "Abbi"<br />
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What is your favorite thing to play?<br />
Rasa: "Go down the slides in spring"<br />
Adia: "anything with Abbi"<br />
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can you tell me your favorite song?<br />
Rasa: "poppin tags"<br />
Adia: "Rhianna"<br />
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Where is your favorite place to eat?<br />
Rasa: "Rainforest Cafe"<br />
Adia: "Cupcake Cafe"<br />
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Who is your best friend?<br />
Rasa: "Nova"<br />
Adia: "Abbi"<br />
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What is your favorite part about you?<br />
Rasa: "my heart"<br />
Adia: "I'm going to say that I'm little again"<br />
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Whats your favorite movie<br />
Rasa: "My Neighbor Totoro"<br />
Adia: "Finding Nemo" <br />
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What's your favorite color?<br />
Rasa: "pink"<br />
Adia: "pink"<br />
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Do you know what love is?<br />
Rasa: it means you love somebody<br />
Adia: "it means you love a friend"<br />
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What is your favorite thing about having your 5th birthday?<br />
Rasa: "my birthday party with Nova"<br />
Adia: "playing with Abbi"<br />
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What is your favorite thing to do at school?<br />
Rasa: "tough one. it is circle time?"<br />
Adia: "play with Abbi and do you know sometimes we play in the loft and I be the baby and Abbi be's the mom and guess what we made the cushions a crib…in the loft"Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-40575023373388201282013-11-03T11:06:00.001-08:002013-11-03T11:06:21.042-08:00barefoot and beautiful<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D1CNnuZ_XSLJBT3kiRNhKP7BdDQDrK9FlRY2nRIw13ywyywF-SNHj_9EKvTsOE9xJjbtX3Uk6BA75Rj0KUlxlmPMnU3DkxWhKychFYBBxERCzCUHt-jBpr6PzJeyL5VNOWfZU2pFv_fP/s1600/hippies.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D1CNnuZ_XSLJBT3kiRNhKP7BdDQDrK9FlRY2nRIw13ywyywF-SNHj_9EKvTsOE9xJjbtX3Uk6BA75Rj0KUlxlmPMnU3DkxWhKychFYBBxERCzCUHt-jBpr6PzJeyL5VNOWfZU2pFv_fP/" /></a>Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-71895862416791692042013-11-01T19:06:00.000-07:002013-11-01T19:12:48.342-07:00Happy Halloween!The girls had a fun Halloween! Both girls wanted to be WonderWoman but since WonderWoman stuff is hard to come by we had to settle for "amazing girl" with WonderWoman hair clips. They were totally cool with that ;)<br />
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They had a party at school (even though it wasn't a day they normally go to school), we carved pumpkins together, ate a BIG healthy dinner and then headed out trick or treating when Royce got home from work. Adia got scared when it got dark out and decided she wasn't going to go but I talked her into it and two houses in was running down the street screaming, "THIS IS GREAT!!!!" They had a lot of fun and we let them go up to the houses themselves this year while we stood back and reminded them (over and over and over) to say thank you.<br />
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After getting their fill of candy they both agreed to trade their stash in for a barbie at the end of the night and that was that.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlrHtgvdKHm0k9Ob0VEquXE2wxeSnqW2SAaYOUydWW6Xa3mxtKYwKIcy-A4NIQq8mSSKwuiwVlAAzayM4pC83_Uc02QIkNjVuyQ5MelZft-5CFuVQMnLdz4PVa0q4ML4UK8TdHDCL1t2l/s1600/amazing+girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlrHtgvdKHm0k9Ob0VEquXE2wxeSnqW2SAaYOUydWW6Xa3mxtKYwKIcy-A4NIQq8mSSKwuiwVlAAzayM4pC83_Uc02QIkNjVuyQ5MelZft-5CFuVQMnLdz4PVa0q4ML4UK8TdHDCL1t2l/+girls.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJplkng5ZQ-wepfkCuZFMrmhc2rK-i1eLjr0qJ3-h-0SjZ8VylyNGaIh9VIbGjoQ9-0vXHnaBLCL2qSODIgg8enDOyR-bTSn29VckU38G3GP-o5t9TxHTvrwQM58cibfmOBPK_JzRiOli0/s1600/DSC_6420.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJplkng5ZQ-wepfkCuZFMrmhc2rK-i1eLjr0qJ3-h-0SjZ8VylyNGaIh9VIbGjoQ9-0vXHnaBLCL2qSODIgg8enDOyR-bTSn29VckU38G3GP-o5t9TxHTvrwQM58cibfmOBPK_JzRiOli0/" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG_VgCFTduS5DND3id7tDwRtz-fbpvUd-0eTAQNmHtsyPhmXeqX5GADaN9RYCnL0Nodh3YqBedI3AdoQkYHvJJQ32Gr1-lAVOt6lEsJ08Ochnt1UehLeGfyNhhB1IOrozLkHu3e0uVIrz/s1600/DSC_6425.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG_VgCFTduS5DND3id7tDwRtz-fbpvUd-0eTAQNmHtsyPhmXeqX5GADaN9RYCnL0Nodh3YqBedI3AdoQkYHvJJQ32Gr1-lAVOt6lEsJ08Ochnt1UehLeGfyNhhB1IOrozLkHu3e0uVIrz/" /></a>Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-49252812713412322802013-09-27T06:51:00.001-07:002013-09-27T06:53:15.807-07:00a day at the orchardThe girls week in prek is all about apples so I decided it would be an excellent day to take them to an apple orchard just south of us here. It was a beautiful day, sunny and almost 80! We really had a great time together. <br />
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Unfortunately our day was cut short when I received phone calls and text messages alerting me that my Mother-in-law, Debi, was diagnosed with cancer and hospitalized. We are just starting to find out whats going on with her but prayers and good thoughts are definitely appreciated. Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-12307151952700950182013-09-04T06:48:00.001-07:002013-09-04T06:48:42.496-07:00coolest kids in school!first day of pre-k Bright Prospects style :)<br />
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part of me wants to jump up and down and the other part of me thinks "did I seriously just ship my kids off into south minneapolis to fend for themselves!" ok that might be a little dramatic but it did cross my mind.<br />
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the girls woke up very excited to start at their new school. they're going to rock it!<br />
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Our first home wasn't big by any means but it was super tall and we were all spread out. The lofted area was where the girls playroom was while the kitchen, dinning room and living room where I worked were on the main level. The bedrooms were upstairs together but not facing each other so even though the girls were in the room next to us we were never connected. <br />
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The first thing I noticed after a week of being in this house was how connected my family felt. We have two levels again but the basement is the basement, mostly storage even though technically there's bedroom and bathroom down there, laundry too. We all spend all of our time upstairs and in the yard. The girls bedroom is right across the hall from us and when I finally go to bed I see them, sleeping in their beds. We have conversations with each other at night from our beds. It's amazing. When they play, they bring their toys from room to room but it's all cozy and connected. When I work (from my dinning room table) I'm right in the living room too, I can see the kitchen and hear the girls playing, even if they're a back room. <br />
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Something about little houses. Everything I always wanted in a small simple space. This is all I ever want.Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-76003404023712323882013-07-05T18:45:00.002-07:002013-07-05T18:45:36.999-07:00urban camping!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPd7dZJpkE6tmsl1IUNIB91OH7n5lY7zIXw7j5kkG1VlvM_nhOxBCY2Fyhyzff1E_anpk1Byv-yHzV7ZOvfm_kBh1UNQkU1YPR2pbCnoS4Q9d1tYEeU8Z2x2bGpabQgF_YLn-e3Q3lNia/s1600/DSC_0373.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPd7dZJpkE6tmsl1IUNIB91OH7n5lY7zIXw7j5kkG1VlvM_nhOxBCY2Fyhyzff1E_anpk1Byv-yHzV7ZOvfm_kBh1UNQkU1YPR2pbCnoS4Q9d1tYEeU8Z2x2bGpabQgF_YLn-e3Q3lNia/" /></a><br />
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The girls and Royce and I played in the sprinkler and snugged inside the house. We had a busy 3rd of july!<br />
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Amy, Uncle Chad, Amelia, Haley and one of their friends came with us to the bloomington fireworks on the 3rd. We had a fire and bbq before hand. It was a blast!! We are all planning on a new tradition of this every year. Amy snapped a few pictures (below). Rasa thought the fireworks were "magic" and Adia loved Mimi's smore's snack mix and mini donuts and of course the show. The girls insisted on wearing their princess dresses and they danced in the park almost the entire time. It was SO.MUCH.FUN.<br />
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Two days later they are back in action with more energy than they had before! Nana came down today to get them out of my hair so I could get some work done and rest (summer cold) and even with a trip to the pool couldn't wear them out!<br />
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After the girls go to bed (around 8:30 every night now) they stay up in their room, each of them facing each other at the end of their beds) and they talk, sing and goof around for about 45 minutes before they fall asleep. Royce and I finally get some time to relax and enjoy each others company before we go to sleep at night and I love it, I really do. Every single night, even though it's always unplanned, we talk about the girls. They are so cool. I tell him things they said and did that day while he was at work and he tells me things they said and did while he was playing with them after dinner. It's funny because the newness of having children has sort of worn off. We feel like even though half the time we still don't always know what we're doing, we know THEM well. We don't have that hard time fathoming that we are parents and they are actually our own kids like we did in the early days. It's cool. Even cooler is that feeling of being overwhelmed with love for them remains the same, and I'm sure it always will. <br />
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Knowing who they are now it's even more exciting as we wonder, what will they "be". What things will excite them. What will they do. Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-41737963521498075842013-06-07T14:04:00.001-07:002013-06-07T14:05:22.858-07:00"summer"Last year at this time we were roasting in the sun hanging out at the community pool everyday....enjoying and loving every minute of it. This spring has SUCKED weather wise! Today I was bound and determined to spend the day outside because it's the first day in a long time that it has been dry. Even though it was 59 degrees we decided to walk Richfield's finest Penn Ave and take in a couple playgrounds before heading to Cone Brothers for some homemade ice cream. The girls and I have fun and you know what? It did actually feel like summer.<br />
Happy Weekend!<br />
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We had our last ECFE class last week. The girls gained so much from this class and I did too. They loved their teachers and made a lot of friends that we have really gotten to know. We had lots and lots of playdates outside of school during the session and we're so happy we've got so many new and wonderful friends all within Richfield and Bloomington! The girls just blossomed in school and have really enjoyed having friends over to our home and going to their houses too. What an incredible blessing to all of us!<br />
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Here's a picture of the girls class that Daddy took when he brought them to school a couple weeks ago so I could work.<br />
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So a group of us decided we should put the kids in summer preschool! It's through the school district in the same school ecfe was in (only 3 miles away), two days a week for 2.5 hours......yeah, that's right, two and half hours alone twice a week!!! Woohoo!!<br />
The girls best friend, Amelia, is in class, their friend, Adam and another friend Hayden. They LOVE it!! Rasa wakes up on school days before Royce even gets up and is dressed and ready to go before 7 am! I couldn't be happier with the teachers and what they spend their time doing. Its wonderful! <br />
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We are still getting together Wednesday's with the old class because we all got so close we want to see each other all summer. This morning we spent the morning with them at a really fantastic park in Bloomington and took the kids for a nature walk to a wading stream. The kids loved it. They loved finding snails and throwing rocks in the water. We're excited to go back again with Daddy.<br />
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Amelia's Mom, Kaitlin and I have become friends (after all between ecfe, preschool and playdates we were seeing each other four plus times a week!). They live super close and we all love hanging out together during the day. Kaitlin has a one year old boy who Rasa is in love with and everyone gets together so well it's almost like a break spending the days together. We plan on seeing each other a lot all summer!<br />
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Along with Kaitlin, Hayden and Adam's Mom's, Shelly and Amy and all are all having girls night out next week. We all have a lot of fun together and it's nice to have their friendships. We really couldn't be happier in this place right now. It was an adjustment, for sure, but things have really been one blessing after another this past year and the best part is being able to watch the girls build new relationships with new kids and their parents and have a community of people they enjoy to be around. <br />
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We've really gotten to know our neighbors as well and both sides love their visits from the girls. It feels like home....FINALLY! <br />
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On a business note: I landed a commercial photography gig for a company called Gibout Toy's. I had a lot of fun shooting this project and while it was a ton of work it was amazing to work with the girls in the studio and wrap this thing up. I love that they can watch me work and run my business and part of me hopes it will plant a seed for them to know that they can make what they want out of their lives and do whatever feels good to them. It doesn't have to be a cookie cutter job or something that isn't fufilling to them. It's always going to be tons of work but it is possible to balance it all. <br />
Here's one of the final images this company used to do an 8x8 foot banner of for the 2013 hollywood celebrity and vip only toy fair!<br />
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luckiest mom in the world right here!Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-81420037052268248822013-05-01T19:45:00.000-07:002013-05-01T19:45:13.178-07:00my gorgeous girls :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PpOF8bQnry3LpLKrsUoZM2Pmjpgtax7sUCjK9xtmJFGuEcEPjzfFG7WaKv9OpUIrqcety8s-4_yGGT5jKSVi4qfcn_ZClrbt5mk4vuwMpNiwdl_e1TZuxovT-xtNfI-ILlF1iCQlNpR-/s1600/DSC_0854.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PpOF8bQnry3LpLKrsUoZM2Pmjpgtax7sUCjK9xtmJFGuEcEPjzfFG7WaKv9OpUIrqcety8s-4_yGGT5jKSVi4qfcn_ZClrbt5mk4vuwMpNiwdl_e1TZuxovT-xtNfI-ILlF1iCQlNpR-/" /></a>Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200003995496303017.post-798825109914834352013-04-17T12:13:00.000-07:002013-04-17T12:13:05.022-07:00One fine day.....I couldn't title this everyday things because, well, this might be the first day this year the girls could actually play with sidewalk chalk barefoot on the driveway (even if they did have to be in hoodies). <br />
Winter storm warning is in effect tonight and tomorrow....WINTER....yeah.....April 17th, 2013.Sigh.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzxxYFpWsdQSSB9-qKaiLbrlstx3H0hiJUswLfI1dmH60nYSzVDqyYC6Acy5q9yfTpVr-HTNcUNn0BAbs2pGv1sF3ljFlLuxOnrLsD-A0NC8MISUwJM7JFEq2QsAfe4nhn0zRaPU8o6y8/s1600/Page-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzxxYFpWsdQSSB9-qKaiLbrlstx3H0hiJUswLfI1dmH60nYSzVDqyYC6Acy5q9yfTpVr-HTNcUNn0BAbs2pGv1sF3ljFlLuxOnrLsD-A0NC8MISUwJM7JFEq2QsAfe4nhn0zRaPU8o6y8/" /></a><br />
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PS that's a 60 year old tree in our front yard packed full of tree pollen. Even with this horrible spring we're having that tree knows just how to stick it to me.Mom x2http://www.blogger.com/profile/07501308675663794969noreply@blogger.com1