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Oh, Maddie

August 2, 2012Maddie0
This girl of mine keeps us laughing every day! She is getting funnier all the time! Recently, she wanted to wear a life jacket around the house. This was a life jacket given to us by some neighbors because their kids grew out of it. Maddie still isn’t quite big enough for it, but she...
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The Kindness of Strangers

August 1, 2012Books0
This is the book we read for July for book club. A friend of mine pointed out that it is only available for an e-reader. I did see online that you can buy a paperback copy used if you really wanted one. Here’s a little about the book. Stuck in a job he no longer...
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Leprechaun Days Parade

July 31, 2012Maddie0
Saturday, my mom, Maddie and I walked in the Leprechaun Days Parade in our city. We were walking with my MOMS Club. Maddie sat in the wagon that had banners decorated by some kiddos while my mom pulled her. I handed out candy to moms in the parade with little cards promoting MOMS Club. It...
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Gift For Grandma

July 30, 2012Products & Places0
Over the weekend, we celebrated Chuck’s mom’s birthday. We got (and made) her some things for the grand daughters (Maddie and Mira). We got her a kids table for her house. And I made her some placemats and name tags for the chairs. We also gave her a couple plates for the girls to use...
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For My Short Friends

July 26, 2012Randomness0
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The Minivan

July 25, 2012Products & Places0
You read that correctly. We are now the owners of a minivan. For so many years I said I would never have one. Then the idea of two kids without one just didn’t seem right. So yesterday we picked up our snazzy mom-mobile. It’s a Nissan Quest. I love the look of it! I especially...
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A Couple Videos

July 19, 2012Maddie0
Maddie has been such a fun, silly girl lately. She likes talking/babbling and dancing these days. Here’s one of her dancing to some music. And we were recently playing upstairs and she was cracking me up dancing, playing with a toy and her dolls. So here are a couple videos of her goofiness!
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Lake Time

July 18, 2012Maddie0
I took Maddie to a local lake yesterday. I was a little weary that she wouldn’t like it because she doesn’t like splash pads and can be hit or miss at the pool. But she LOVED it! I am definitely going back. Here are a few pictures I snapped with my phone while we were...
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17 Months

July 16, 2012Maddie0
Miss Maddie is growing up so quickly. She changes so much every day. We were discussing all the words she says now and realized I should make an updated list of all the things she says like I did when she was 15 Months Old. So here you have it. *Words (21): dance (dee dee), shoes...
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Omaha

July 11, 2012Maddie0
We took a trip to Omaha recently for Chuck’s cousin’s wedding. She is so sweet and came all the way to Florida for our wedding, so we knew we wanted to make the trip to see her tie the knot! Here’s a picture of the happy couple! (Which I took from her Facebook page.) At...
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June Photos

July 10, 2012Maddie0
Before I post some more recent pictures, I wanted to make sure I posted ones leftover from June first. So here you have it. MmmMuffins! MmmmmHummus! Such a big girl. She went to get some snacks out of the pantry and went back to eat them on the couch. Stay away from my goldfish, Mom!...
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Ding Ding Ding….Round 2

July 9, 2012Dannie1
Saturday morning I met a few of my best friends for breakfast. Two of them are also pregnant with their second kids. The one in the pink is Trisha and she is having a little boy a week after our girl is due. And the one in the middle is Brooke and she is due...
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It’s Another GIRL!

July 8, 2012Dannie0
Friday morning, Chuck and I went in to have my 20 week ultrasound. We asked the ultrasound woman not to tell us because we wanted her to write it in an envelope to find out later. Which she very kindly did! I got a text message that Chuck’s mom had a gift for Maddie so...
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Sea Life

July 6, 2012Maddie0
Maddie and I went to Sea Life at the Mall of America to meet my friend Hillary. My mom came with us, too. Maddie had a great time making a fish face at all the fish there!  
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Maddie LOVES Her Pillow

July 1, 2012Maddie0
The pillow that Chuck’s mom made for us has been a huge hit. Maddie plays on it all the time. I like to lay on it. Chuck and Maddie spend a lot of time wrestling on it. Needless to say, it has been a great addition to our living room.   Today while we were...
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Another Zoo Trip With Friends

June 25, 2012Maddie0
A few weeks ago, we met our friends Trisha and Chelsea at the Minnesota Zoo. The girls just love hanging out together. Maddie was showing Chelsea how to go through the bamboo door. Now you see her. Now you don’t! Can you see this goofy face Maddie makes? What a strange one! And this silly...
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Table

June 24, 2012Maddie, Products & Places0
Along with the other little goodies I have gotten Maddie recently (Ball Toy and Slide), I also got her a table and chairs. I found this at a garage sale. It took Maddie a little while to figure it out (it was a little tall for her), but once she figured it out, there was...
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Shopping With Friends

June 23, 2012Maddie0
A friend of mine and I took our kids to the Mall of America. She has two little girls and the youngest one is just 3 weeks older than Maddie. The older one loves Maddie and was such a good helper with her. Look at how cute they are shopping! And here are the girls...
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Slide

June 22, 2012Maddie, Products & Places0
A friend of mine got a slide for her daughter and it got my wheels turning and ready to start searching CraigsList for one. I found one and Maddie LOVES it!
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The Kitchen House

June 21, 2012Books0
The Kitchen House was the most recent book we read for my book club. Here’s a summary of the book. When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that exposes the worst and best in the people she has come to call her family. Orphaned while onboard ship...
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This little fishy friend is at the kids’ doctor’s office. He’s the friendliest little guy and just swims right up to you. Maddie named him Spiky and wanted to bring him home. 🐡
Today the kids (ok, well just Alex) celebrated the Today the kids (ok, well just Alex) celebrated the 💯th day of school. This is a big deal in kindergarten and also a big deal in general. We have done 100 days of DL at our new school. These teachers have been amazing and our kids have done an great job. We are so proud of them. Not everyday is easy, not everyday is fun, but an end is in sight.

We decided we are sending them back to school in April for the 4th quarter. Although I’ll probably cry to say goodbye to these teachers, I’m so excited for my kids to be IN their new school and make some new friends and feel like part of the Hilltop family.😁

#hilltop #hilltopprimary #westonka #westonkaschools #100daysofschool #whitehawks
We had the cousins over to celebrate Maddie’s bi We had the cousins over to celebrate Maddie’s birthday this weekend. It was so nice to see other people!! The kids ran around and played, ate snacks, had cupcakes and brownies, played in the snow on the lake, wrestled Chuck and threw balloons at the fan! 🎈🥳
Maddie created our family out of @lego people and Maddie created our family out of @lego people and they are my favorite. 🥰
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I'm @minihays. Book lover📚❤️. Includes 📚 I've read, 📚 read with my kids (👩🏽8,👧🏽7,👦🏼5) & other book related stuff. 1⭐️ to 5⭐️ ratings.

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These are the books I got for my 8 year old for Va These are the books I got for my 8 year old for Valentine’s Day. She has been really into space and loved the first book in this series. There are some pictures which she still really enjoys and she’s constantly telling me what’s happening in the story so it is definitely keeping her attention. 🚀🪐📚

#book #books #kidsbooks #spacebooks #kidsread #bookgift #bookpresents #cathyhapka #ellenvandenberg #astronautgirl
I went back and forth with this one. I really want I went back and forth with this one. I really wanted to love it. I had heard so many good things about it. Don’t get me wrong. I didn’t dislike it. I enjoyed it. But it wasn’t a favorite read for me. 

I thought the premise was so fun and unique. And I was drawn right in at the beginning. I loved the play on words (like the devil being called “Luc” instead of Lucifer) and the way she just floated through time. I enjoyed the way Addie became immortal and all of the ways she learned about her immortality, the deal she made. It was a dark, yet hopeful book. My heart hurt for her when she tried to say her name and it wouldn’t come out and when people kept forgetting her or not recognizing her. 

I thought the book dragged a bit in the middle. But with other books I felt dragged, I am not sure what could or should have been left out. It all seems important when it’s put together and looked at in hindsight. I thought it was good, but it just wasn’t one of my favorite books. As much as I wanted to love it, I’m really at a loss for the exact words as to why this wasn’t a favorite for me. 

🎧📚⭐️⭐️⭐️ (19/60) #minihaysreads2021 #book #books #bookreader #booklover #bookstagram #read #readwithkids #readtokids #readaloud #ilovetoread #ilovebooks #theinvisiblelifeofaddielarue #addielarue #veschwab
Nope. Never. Nope. Never.
My 10 year old has been loving another book by thi My 10 year old has been loving another book by this author (The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James) so I got this one for her for Valentine’s Day. I think her cover art is so beautiful and I can’t wait to read this one as well.

#kidbooks #kidsread #boos #book #bookgifts #bookpresents #ashleyherringblake #ivyaberdeenslettertotheworld
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The kids had a blast when we grabbed food from chi The kids had a blast when we grabbed food from chipotle and ate it on the floor in the house! I’m guessing there will be a few more times doing this as the build continues. So much fun! 🌮
Here was the final view of the lake from the stree Here was the final view of the lake from the street before the garage went up! 👋🏼
Saw the most beautiful little catamaran on the lak Saw the most beautiful little catamaran on the lake the other night. 🌈🤍
True story of why I’m a nutcase. While sitting o True story of why I’m a nutcase. While sitting on the boat recently, watching the kids play and listening to the house be built, I panicked. Crap! We should have put our house the other way. Left side on the right, right side on the left. That tree will be in our way! WHAT HAVE WE DONE?! 
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So I immediately text Chuck who is working and tell him about how I am worried almost to tears about this. That we messed up.
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It isn’t something we can do anything about even if we maybe should have done it the other way, which is probably nonsense. But we love this tree. And it’s going to add to our amazing view. And I want to plant another one on the other side one day anyway. And that big open spot will have a deck and porch behind the main floor garage. And what...I may have to turn my head slightly to see the lake better?🙄
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Yep. I’m a nutcase. I don’t worry about the things right in front of me. Or even things I should worry about. Nope. Just things that can’t be changed...now that’s where my worry shines! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🤪
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