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Dear Mama

Every day, I pack a small note in with Eva's lunch. She keeps every single one, tucked carefully into a side pocket of her lunch bag...but she never mentions them. So it was a big suprise yesterday when I opened her folder after school and found a note--just for me--tucked in with her various take-home papers. Apparently, she had some free "choice work" time at school yesterday, and she chose to spend her time writing a note to me. "A surprise for you, Mama! Since you give me a little note every day...I thought you might like it."

Oh, my sweet girl. How right you are!

"Dear Mama I like the book too. I love you! PS: Let's bring the cheker bord to Grandma's house! Love Eva."

Library Fun

End of Summer

Baby turtles, looking for their mama...

(Don't worry, they found me.)

I heart her.

Paraders

On Saturday, we attended our second parade in a week...but this time the kiddos and I were IN the parade! Eva and Sully rode on the float for a local children's consignment shop (and modeled some of the store's wares), while I walked alongside and handed out valuable coupons. This shop (called That's Adorable!) is owned by a friend of ours, and it also happens to be THE place in Eau Claire where you can buy the things I make...so it has a special place in our hearts. We were so glad to be included in their parade plans.

(This, by the way, is the happiest Sully looked until the parade was over. Dude was not impressed with the whole waving and smiling thing. He did, however enjoy the snacks we had afterward.)

Happy Weekend!

A Kitty and a Zombie

I'll let you figure out which is which.

Parade!

This is how Sully watched most of the Laura Days parade go by: standing right at the edge, holding his hands out, waiting for someone to throw him some candy. Unfortunately, his technique didn't often work out--most of the candy was thrown right over his head to the crowd of children behind him. Too close, Dude! You're tooooo close!

Guess who saw Brave?

Eva's grammy and grampa took her to see Brave in the theater as an end-of-summer treat...so we decided it was a great time to make her (and her brother, naturally) a bow and arrows set. She's a natural!