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Solon’s Space-Themed 5th Birthday

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As promised in my previous post (found here), here are some party action shots from Solon's special party day!After the kiddos arrived, we started with a few games. The first activity was called "Meteor Shower" (crumpled up computer paper and a string line). 2 teams try to get all their

Happy 5th Birthday Solon

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Dear Solon,You are 5 and are so proud of it. You have been telling everyone you see that you are 5 now. This was the first birthday, you just couldn't wait to celebrate and we celebrated for weeks, it seems. Your extended family loves you so much, they all wanted to celebrate with

Madelynne Visits IA {State}…

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After our 4th of July vacation, my cousin Madelynne came home with us to IA. She stayed with us for the week and we introduced to what we do everyday. We spent time at the pool, playing outside, hanging out with the neighbors, catching frogs, and the list goes on and on. I also

Football and Cheerleaders Joint Birthday Party

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This year we did a joint party for our kiddos. Our good friends are moving to Africa and we wanted to make sure they could celebrate with the kiddos so alas the double birthday was born. I actually was going to do a football theme for Solon and found in this birthday invite on Etsy and

Our First Home

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I am a nerd and took pictoral evidence of our home pre-staging....what does that mean, we are moving along in the process....it is no where close to being in the finished folder but we are working towards that way. I have to say my body is already tired, a twitching eye and well some

Wonder Pets Birthday Party

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If you haven't heard of the Wonder Pets you are not alone...It was once a show on Nickelodeon but it is no longer on. We don't have cable so Solon watches most of his viewing pleasures on Netflix. All 4 glorious seasons are on there! It is actually really cute and most days I will