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More work, work, work this week...not much fun. But today is a special day...it's our wedding anniversary! Twelve years ago, Scott and I got married on a rainy, cool, autumn day in Minnesota. Someone told me that it was good luck to have it rain on your wedding day...I maintain that's just something people tell the bride so they aren't focused on the crappy weather! I think you make your own luck...and happiness. I've learned so much about compromise, respect, and love in the last twelve years (ok, I've been with Scott for 17 years, so the learning started even longer ago!)  While things have not always been perfect, I'm happy with where we are right now, and I look forward to spending many more years with him! Ava and G both had good weeks...there was baton twirling, picture day, and an exciting Minecraft update for one kid this week, and the letter "s" toy (soccer ball), constant reminders that your picture day is NEXT week ("not today, be p...

I'm having a hard time remembering what we did this week, other than go to work, school, and daycare. I guess every week can't be filled with super exciting activities! Ava started her baton twirling class again this past Tuesday...there are only two kids in the class, including her, so she'll receive some solid attention and direction in the instruction. I'm glad she decided to keep taking the class...it's good for her to have a non-school activity that she can participate in. Since G moved classrooms recently, he gets to bring in toys from home to share with his class. This week, he brought in a Paw Patrol book, and also a toy that started with the letter T. We talked about bringing in a toy tiger, a trumpet, a train, and then G found a truck to bring in. I had no idea we had so many toys that started with the letter T! Yesterday, Ava, my mom, and I went to a local craft show. It was very small, but amazingly, we still found stuff to buy...of course! We ran ...

We're back at it! The routine has been re-established and it's sooo good. Now that Ava's older, we made a few changes in her school routine...she is now responsible for packing her own lunches and snacks every day. After packing a lunch every single day for her this past summer, I am quite happy to pass the torch along for this task! Our little G has now taken to getting up earlier, and likes to hang out while Ava and I are getting ready in the morning (previously, he would hang out in his room and sleep until I came to wake him up after Ava already had her breakfast.) That change has also altered the morning routine a bit...Ava is now getting most of her breakfast ready, while I'm tending to G and getting him ready for the day. I'm grateful that Ava can take care of that part on her own, but I do miss the one-on-one time that it gave to us each weekday. We just need to find another time slot for that to happen! Ava had a great first week of 4th grade. She l...

It's the last week of summer, what?! We had a very busy Wednesday night planned, and then I realized we also needed to squeeze in a trip to the elementary school to drop off Ava's school supplies. Ava was able to get everything settled into her desk, and then we zoomed off to the library, Target, and shoe shopping. Yesterday I added money to her online school lunch account, have the lunch menus ready to go, and even have our calendars filled in with all upcoming activities. I need to buy a few clothes for her online, and we are set! Luckily, she has plenty of clothes to get her by until I'm able to finish that up. Lol. Ava is ready and excited for school to start...and I'm excited to get back into a normal routine. And for my morning commute to go back to normal...I was driving her 20 minutes away every morning for childcare, and now she'll be back at her school, which is only a few miles away. Scott's pretty happy about that, too, since he does the pick...