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Author Archives: Allyson

our swingset adventure… part 2

Once the foundations were set, we were ready to have the swingset arrive! So on Thursday at 1pm, we watched as the steel frame arrived on a flatbed truck (thank you Prairie State Steel!), and was lifted off and transported to its new home in our backyard (thank you Broeren-Russo forklift!).  The girls didn’t like […]

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our swingset adventure… part 1

For the girls’ birthdays this year, we decided to give them a swingset (from us and both sets of grandparents)… and it’s finally happening! Here are a few shots from last week, when Sky got the footings poured…  Oh, did I forget to mention that this is going to be the most over-designed swingset ever? […]

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Averhy’s first sleepover

On Friday after school, Addi and Mikiah came over to play for the afternoon (Molly and I swap childcare once a week) and then Addi spent the night with us!  The girls were excited about their first sleepover, complete with all the fun things that a sleepover must include… a movie (Disney’s “Valiant” that we […]

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neighborhood friends

Eden loves her friend Maggie, who lives right across the street.  Nearly every day Eden asks “Maggie house?” and wants to go play in Maggie’s sandtable… or playroom… or now, to visit Maggie’s new baby brother!  We’re going to have a fun summer ahead of us, I can just tell!

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more spring fun

We love being outside on these gorgeous days… and picking flowers is always on the agenda…

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learning to read

Last Wednesday, Averhy read a book all by herself!! It was called “See Otto” and we got it from the library – actually we got 3 Otto books and I’m looking forward to her reading more of them!  To celebrate, we went to Nitaya (she calls it “Thai Restaurant”) for lunch on Thursday with Daddy… […]

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