Day 2728 | Tennis Time
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Look who came to visit for a tennis match today! We felt so lucky to be able to watch Lily play—it’s been too long. Such a beautiful afternoon for it, too.
Day 2727 | Another Day, Another Mural
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I know, I know…another mural. And this river-themed one is right across the river from our house. Crazy, right? I’m a fan.
Day 2726 | Book Festival
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That’s right. The book festival is back and it is consuming most of my work time these days. I do really enjoy doing it but, man, sometimes it’s a bit much.
Luckily, I have two more feline friends to “help” with my random projects. Take this book photo shoot, for example. Murphy had a lot of suggestions to improve the shots (most of the suggestions just included inserting himself into the set up).
Day 2725 | Canoe Bay
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My super smart and talented husband managed to hook us up with a sweet weekend away at a fancy northwoods resort, Canoe Bay. It was a couple of days of doing basically nothing except all of the nothing things we never have time for: reading, playing games, chatting, sleeping in, sauna-ing, hiking, and even canoeing [on the bay!]. I managed to sneak in a massage AND a nap, too. Can you handle it?
Special thanks to my mom and dad for entertaining the boys all weekend. We were all living our best lives. Minus the kittens. They really missed us.
Day 2724 | We’re Back
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After a weekend away (more details on that tomorrow, I promise!), I think it’s safe to say that the kittens really missed us.
Day 2723 | New Murals
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Robbe and I took a different bike route to school today and discovered a new set of murals. Have I mentioned how much I love murals?
Day 2722 | All Together Now
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It doesn’t happen very often but all three of our furry friends put aside their differences to hang out with Chase at the same time. Sometimes dreams do come true.
Day 2721 | Litter Box Bed
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When you find an extra [clean] litter box on the floor, obviously it becomes a new favorite cat bed.
Day 2720 | Fall Festival
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We worked the 4-H booth at yesterday’s Fall Festival downtown. It was a beautiful (if not a bit too warm) day and they had a great turnout.
On the way home, I snapped this photo that captures the personality of our youngest pretty perfectly.
Day 2719 | Watch the Dealer
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He’s a tricky one.
Day 2718 | Bike to School
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Extended summer weather means extra motivation to bike to school instead of drive. And what a beautiful morning for a bike ride it was!
Day 2717 | Final Swim of the Season?
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It’s been crazy warm here lately. Weirdly warm. And it looks like it’s sticking around for a bit. Maybe today will be the last swim…or maybe we’ve got one (or more!) yet to come. Who knows with this crazy weather. We’ll keep you posted.
Day 2716 | School Photos
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Look at these handsome dudes! They might be our best school pictures yet! And so fast this year, too. Wins all around.
Day 2715 | Mt. Simon
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It wasn’t quite like the hike we did in Denver (2.5 hours), but we did get out to enjoy the beauty weather today. Mt. Simon even had this new addition—someone (or a group of people?) built incredible structures out of sticks and vines. It was really impressive!
Day 2714 | Fall Soccer
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We’re back for a new soccer season. A brand new team. A new coach. And a renewed sense of excitement. Robbe even scored a goal! The beautiful fall morning didn’t hurt either.
I think it’s going to be a great season.
Day 2713 | Birthday Coffee
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My grandma turned 96 (!!) yesterday so a birthday coffee was in order! What a treat to spend some time with my grandma, great aunt, two aunts, and my cousin. We’ve been back in Wisconsin for eight years (!!) and it’s moments like that these that brings a renewed appreciation for living close.
Day 2712 | Kitty Antics
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I just love cats.
Day 2711 | First Day of 5th Grade
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And now we have a 5th grader! A final first day at Montessori and we’re all very excited (and a little emotional) about the whole thing. Robbe has the same teacher, in the same classroom, with half the same kids so it’s about as easy of a transition into a new school year as you can get. No complaints about that.
Day 2710 | First Day of 7th Grade
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Big [HUGE] day over here. Chase started 7th grade (!!!) and Robbe had his last Welcome Back Day as an elementary student (!!!). How are these kids so old? And how is summer officially over? And who am I going to hang out with now?
Clearly, I’m working through a lot at the moment.
Day 2709 | Volcano Erupting
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Robbe made this sweet volcano as a 4-H project and today was eruption day. It took a few tries, but it we figured it out and put on quite a show. Science is fun!
