I have a first grader

Which is just so wild for me to think about. She’s ready though. She’s very excited to be a first grader. Olivia is actually now in a classroom with first, second, and third graders, so she’s the youngest now, instead of being one of the oldest in Children’s House. She…

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The end of summer: Part 2

Here’s part two of the summer events! Food truck fest I’ve never been to a food truck festival. I was always like, I don’t get this. Do you just literally walk from truck to truck and order food and just sit around eating it wash rinse repeat? Turns out, yes,…

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The end of summer: Part 1

We’ve had some fun outings and I was on the ball taking photos, so alas, I have something to blog about again. Our day trip to Stillwater We’re lucky to live relatively close to Stillwater, MN, an amazing historic town on the St. Croix river. We went with my parents,…

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Summer concert in the park

So Olivia’s been doing these Art in the Park nights where she gets to do an art class and then there’s a free concert for the public afterward. We went to another one yesterday. The kids just have so much fun going to them and dancing. Last night, we went…

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2022 Freelance Income Report: Q2

Half the year is over already. Work doesn’t look a lot different now than it did prior to the start of summer. I’ve still got the little one in daycare and the bigger one is in summer camps, so we’re still chugging along. I was actually convinced the assignments would…

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