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With less than a month left before school starts, Emerson and I got out-of-town for a day to visit the Sioux Falls zoo. We had so much fun exploring all of the different habitats and of course nature girl here schooled me all things animal trivia. Highlights of the day were mining for gold, riding the train, hot dogs & cherry ICEE’s’, and a very stinky rhino!...
I must have been daydreaming about Christmas early this year because we never got around to carving our pumpkins; it was a beautiful fall nonetheless....
In the final weekend before Halloween, we squeezed in several fun activities and still made time for plenty of relaxation. Here’s our weekend review in reverse order. Emerson pretty much summed up our afternoon yesterday when she said, “My feet are schfeating (sweating)! I can’t believe I’m saying this… I am too hot outside!” It was the most beautiful day we’ve enjoyed outside for months it seems. We played until the sun went to bed, mostly gathering or raking leaves. E has been making these lovely leaf bouquets lately which are actually really pretty in their own rustic way. She also gathered a variety of leaves that fit into the...
The whole point of Labor Day weekend is to say goodbye to Arnold’s Park, right? ...
Summertime! It’s finally here and this past week we enjoyed as many summer activities as we could possibly squeeze in. Sunday I took Emerson to the new splash pad in town — judging by the amount of people there, it’s a huge hit. I only had to run through the sprinklers (in my clothes) with her once before she was brave enough to run wild on her own. We went to Taco House and dried off with some nachos and burritos before calling it a day. Later in the week we had our first trip of the season to Arnold’s Park. Emerson was psyched to get her season pass and...