tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83133823998882653182024-03-13T07:38:42.348-07:00The DeYounge LifeLiza DeYoungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04895590301427275487noreply@blogger.comBlogger309125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313382399888265318.post-15125465586693675402020-01-28T09:25:00.001-08:002020-01-28T13:50:01.318-08:00PLAY DOUGH INFO!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey, Friends! I'm so excited you want to learn more about this super-rad play dough. Making it is <i>so</i> fun! I am just starting to venture into making it available for purchase, so although some of these things may change over time, this is where I'm at right now...</div>
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<b>A few precautionary sorts of things...</b></div>
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Let's all use common sense, okay? Dough is recommended for kids 3+. Adult supervision is required. Keep it away from your eyeballs, and don't eat it. Play at your own risk! I'm not responsible for any accidents or injuries associated with the use of this product.</div>
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<b>Caring for your dough...</b></div>
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In ideal conditions, it can last for several months! For best results, store in an airtight container (ziplock is great!) and at room temp. Over time, the consistency of the dough can change a bit, but never fear! If it's too sticky, add a little flour. If becomes dried out, add a few drops of water or oil. Finding some white patches? It's not mold!! This is salt crystallization and can just be kneaded back into the dough.</div>
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<b>Custom orders...</b></div>
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I would love to make something fun for you! PM me on Facebook or email me at ltegeler@gmail.com. We can talk details and turnaround time. </div>
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<b>Pricing...</b></div>
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Just dough (no loose parts) - $15 for 16 ounces or $8 for 8 ounces.</div>
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Dough with loose parts - $15 for about 12 ounces of dough and three types of loose parts. Or, $8 for about 6 ounces of dough and two types of loose parts.</div>
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Party Favors! I'd love to experiment with you to make some smaller party favors. Price will vary depending on sizing and numbers, but let's talk!</div>
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<b>Delivery + shipping...</b></div>
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Pick up in Sioux Center is always free!</div>
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I'll gladly deliver to your house IN TOWN in Orange City or Sioux Center for a $5 flat fee.</div>
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Due to the weight of the dough, shipping is a little pricey, but buying tubs in bulk helps! I can ship 1 16 or 12 ounce tub for $10, or 2-5 tubs for $15.50.</div>
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Let me know if I can help you with anything else! <br />
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The past year or so, our neighborhood posse has continued to dwindle. Many of the kids are getting too old to "play," have actual jobs during the summer, can drive now, and would rather be inside instead of playing with 5 and 6 year olds. <div>
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I'm scrolling through old pictures and remembering the days when we had almost <i>too</i> many kids in the cul de sac wondering what to do on rainy days. Every once in a while we'd haul out some random things and play in the garage together.</div>
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We painted box cities, made iron bead creations, designed a whole farmstead, colored on paper rolls and, of course, watercolored our summer away.</div>
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I miss those days, but I'm loving these new days, too. </div>
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I'm no art teacher, but I know what works for my kids. And, let me tell you, watercolors WORK. <br />
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They are completely foolproof - especially if you use this paper - and even the messiest paintings turn out beautiful. Two year olds end up with abstract beauties and eight year olds add a sharpie to make something more detailed. In the end, they all end up fridge-worthy.<br />
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I've said this before, and I'll say it again... Using actual watercolor paper makes all the difference. It's much more forgiving for younger kids who tend to add a little too much water, and makes every painting more rich and substantial, regardless of age. (Versus wet and falling apart card stock...)<br />
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Happy painting, friends!Liza DeYoungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04895590301427275487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313382399888265318.post-75394683678579689132019-09-05T08:08:00.000-07:002019-09-05T08:08:17.873-07:00Will's How To Train Your Dragon Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh, Will... You have grown up more this past year than any other year I can remember. I think it had a lot to do with welcoming Wes into our family. The very first day we brought him home from the hospital, you started talking deeper, putting your hands in your pockets more, mimicking your daddy more, acting like a big brother and protector... AND, you grew four inches! </div>
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You love to run and "play sports" with Daddy and "work" out in the garage. Lately, you've been using your sister's baby stroller outside to "mow" too. School has been a hard sell for you, but you're slowly warming up to it. You look forward to recess so you can play dragons with your whole troupe of dudes, and you love rest time where you can just chill for a bit.</div>
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Your dad and I can't sneak ANYTHING past you anymore. You have quickly caught on to all of our code-speak and spelling words. You don't miss a thing. You are highly aware of just about everything, but would still misplace your head if it wasn't attached. You remind me of myself in that department... <br /><br />You ask big questions about God and the world, want to look up everything on Google and are highly curious. You have great taste in music and have started your own playlist on Alexa, our Echo Dot. </div>
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I just love who you are becoming. You are so very sweet and <i>so</i> very cool. We love you, Will-Bug!</div>
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The first year of Wes's life has been marked by grace upon grace upon grace upon grace. There are too many instances to list right now (especially when kids are tugging at my ankles), so I will just leave it to your imagination and my own memories when I reread this some day. The Lord fulfilled so many of his promises to us throughout this year and has been so faithful. </div>
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Wes is a delight. He is cute and feisty and chill and naughty and sweet all at the same time. Sometimes I have to grit my teeth when I snuggle him for fear I'll squeeze him too hard. He is the best and <i>just</i> what our family needed. Happy birthday, little bear.</div>
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Almost four years ago, Mark and I had felt some restlessness in our hearts knowing our family wasn't "complete" (whatever that even means). To us, it felt like there were more child/ren intended for our family, but we were confused about what that would look like for us. Adoption? Biological? Soon? Wait a while? At the time, I was in the throes of panic attacks + generalized anxiety - much of it related to trauma we had experienced with our first two kids. The thought of another child and becoming pregnant again was way, WAY too much for me to handle or process.<div>
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During that season, we sort of tabled the "baby or not?" discussion and just tried to take some wise steps toward health, freedom and fullness - lots of prayer and wrestling with the Lord, lots of counseling, support from a small group of friends... We also chose to investigate some things from a physical health perspective - wondering what sorts of underlying things had potentially caused some of our past pregnancy and labor complications and what, if anything, was contributing to the continued panic attacks and anxiety. Around Christmas of 2016, we felt like we had considered almost every perspective, and gone to every appointment and doctor's visit - except for one.</div>
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The last doctor visit I had been putting off for <i>years</i> was with the midwife who had cared for us during Will's pregnancy and delivery - someone I had thought the world of, but couldn't bring myself to face because it meant reliving and confronting some really hard memories. I dreaded that appointment big time, but somehow (by the Lord's grace) I managed to go and get through it without throwing up. I wish I could say that meeting with our midwife was helpful, but in walking out of her office that evening, I was filled with <i>more</i> questions and uncertainties and fears. Reliving those memories and talking about the prospect (and potential dangers) of being pregnant again was my worst nightmare. Given our past experiences, I was sure I would die in labor and leave my family alone forever, or that our future baby would be very sick. Through I should have driven straight home after the appointment, I was in the middle of warring against a full-fledged panic attack and beside myself, so I decided to drive around town for a while to pray and collect myself a bit.</div>
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In my tizzy, I felt like I <i>couldn't</i> pray or process, so I turned on the radio and said to the Lord, "Just pick a good song for me right now, okay?" I should mention here that this was extra out of the ordinary because I rarely listen to the radio and tend to hate our local stations. Yet, as I turned the on the dial, the Christmas song "Mary, Did You Know?" was playing which (even funnier) is a song I really <i>don't</i> like. Before I could change the station, the lyric that played said, "Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new? This child that you deliver will soon deliver you." </div>
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That line hit me like a ton of bricks, and I recognized the Lord's voice. Your baby boy has come to make <i>you new</i>. This child that <i>you deliver</i> (aka: not adopt, but have biologically, I took it to mean), will soon deliver <i>you.</i> I'm not saying I thought I'd bear the Messiah :), but the word that came to my mind was "balm" or like a soothing salve you put on wounds or cracked skin to help heal and make it new. I felt like the Lord, in that moment, had told me he would bless us with another biological baby - and that the journey would help heal and soothe our hearts after the past trauma.</div>
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Though the Lord's voice was clear, it was still WAY too scary for me to fathom, so I never said anything to Mark and pushed it to the back of my mind.</div>
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Just a few days later, I was driving home alone from Sioux Falls and, despite my best efforts, couldn't stop thinking about it all again. "Fine," I told the Lord. "If you really meant what you said a few days ago, then make the song play again."</div>
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"There's no WAY that one song, of ALL songs will be playing again, anyway," I thought to myself.</div>
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And of course by now, you've guessed that when I turned the radio on again - twice in only about a week (a record for me) - that same damn song was playing immediately.</div>
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Still, I didn't tell Mark. In my fear and faithlessness, I still needed more from the God.</div>
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"I don't think I can emotionally handle being pregnant again unless you <i>promise</i> me I will <i>not die</i> and <i>live</i> to watch Will and Charlotte grow up. I can't leave them alone. I don't want to leave Mark alone. Promise me!" I asked the Lord to have someone else - who had NO idea the journey we were on, to blatantly come and tell me we'd have another baby. I figured (and sort of hoped) I'd be waiting forever and not have to take any steps out in faith in the near future. BUT OF COURSE I got a Facebook message from an old friend just a couple of weeks later.</div>
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She had a dream - a dream about me having another baby, surprise, surprise. And, even better, both baby and I were very much alive and healthy.</div>
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This time I told Mark. Turns out, he had been praying and fasting for a long time asking the Lord to confirm another pregnancy in my heart. Of course.</div>
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I will fast forward through quite a bit now - about eight months later, we <i>were</i> pregnant, with a baby <i>boy</i>, but true to some of my fears, I was very sick again. Through the weeks and few months I spent in bed and on the bathroom floor, the Lord continued to speak the word "deliverance" to us in many ways - he knew we needed the reminders!</div>
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Anyway, the rest of the pregnancy was largely uneventful and normal, praise the Lord. On the 29th of May, we had a c-section in Sioux Falls, I did not hemorrhage AT ALL, the bleeding clotted right away and no transfusions! I was fully awake to welcome our baby and <i>did</i> get to enjoy his first moments - something that I had not gotten with our other two kiddos. </div>
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Wes Harvey was born healthy, strong, and adorable.</div>
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The name Wes means "meadow" or "green pastures." In addition to being Mark's grandpa's name, Harvey means "blazing" and "battle ready." We love the spectrum of these two names, especially in how it's represented in Psalm 23. We continue to pray the Lord will lead Wes in green pastures beside quiet waters and give him seasons of blessing, rest and refreshment in his life. But that in seasons of walking through darkest valleys, his heart would be steadfast and courageous, blazing and ready for battle - not fearing evil, knowing the Lord is <i>with him</i>. Even more, we pray the goodness and steadfast love of the Lord will <i>pursue</i> and <i>follow</i> him all the days of his life.</div>
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Now to him who has done immeasurably more than we could have ever asked or imagined, according to His power at work within us, to the glory of Jesus Christ - in this generation (and in Wes's generation) and in <i>every </i>generation to come. Now and forever! Amen!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This little red bike helmet was first Will's, and now has been passed from Charlotte down to little Wes. Thinking of how many adventures and miles this red helmet has already seen, and excited for a few more.<div>
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Liza DeYoungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04895590301427275487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313382399888265318.post-90108580417236970822019-08-30T20:05:00.001-07:002019-08-30T20:06:05.618-07:00Cubey's Birthday<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PWDwlT4RrOE/XWniGROJ2TI/AAAAAAAAKpY/aptC_pQh2YEWq2aH_dG3G-TdPmBcl7wtACLcBGAs/s1600/F13C7B38-75BB-4001-AD0A-20A3BA3641BC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UomZxKrkbg8/XWniDcjAGaI/AAAAAAAAKpM/OecRYUwJxvcBCLUCTbnbdyIj0-GzMBKOwCLcBGAs/s1600/C769F13F-82D1-4443-8959-5455B99F3F40.JPG" /><br />
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Tonight, I'm remembering the birthday party we threw for Will's treasured lovie, Cubey. Will's birthday was a day earlier, and he insisted that Cubey was <i>also</i> celebrating growing a year older. He was just so cute about it, I kept playing along.<br />
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Will thought it would be fun to have a snowball-themed birthday party for Cubey and that, for a party game, we could throw snowballs at each other. After some compromising, we decided to throw balls of paper and <i>pretend</i> they were snowballs since we'd be inside and all... He was so serious and thoughtful about planning the celebration. </div>
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As I write this, Will is three years older now. So is Cubey, I guess. And you know what? Right now, they are both asleep, snuggled in for the night <i>still together.</i> Cubey and Will are inseparable.<br />
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I hope it stays that way for a long time yet.<br />
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Charlotte's birthday dream for MONTHS was to have her own lemonade stand. Did I feel a little tacky asking our friends + family to stop by and give us quarters? Yes. Yes, I did. Was it worth it? Yes. Yes, it was.<br />
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She had the time of her life and won't soon be forgetting all her "people" coming to say hi. Thanks, everyone for joining in our fun!<br />
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Today, on the fifth day of school (and tenth day of worrying about it), Will walked all the way to his classroom <i>by himself</i>. This is a big deal for our slow-to-warm-up, anxiety-prone, sensitive kid. <br />
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The last few days he has been crying about it, clinging to me with a death grip, overanalyzing every tiny detail... He and I are so alike.<br />
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I told Mark that I wished the world worked the way <i>we</i> worked. I mean <i>shouldn't</i> the world revolve around us?! ;) Will and I can be confident, outgoing, and brave - but only when we're <i>ready. </i> Until then, there's no convincing us, no rushing us. Not even a chance.<br />
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Unfortunately, we live in a world where kindergartners need to walk themselves through three long hallways weaving between bigger kids twice their height. They need to go to their classrooms on the first day and stay there and let go of your hand and be brave after just a quick kiss goodbye. They need to jump in to a completely new room and routine and atmosphere at 8:15AM without looking back. They need to trust an adult they've barely met to keep them safe for the rest of the day away from home.<br />
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That's not the way I work, and it's not the way Will works either.<br />
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I wish I would have been able to stay in his kindergarten room for the first hour - just the first hour - sitting in the background, letting him stay close to me in his safe bubble... Letting him just observe and take in a new environment and get acclimated. After an hour or so, he'd warm up and feel comfortable and be <i>ready</i> and he'd join in the fun. I could sneak away, and we'd skip all the tears and tantrums and nervous tummies.<br />
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That's not the way the real world works, damn it. And so, instead, it takes five days of school and ten days of worrying about it to fight through the anxiety and to muster up the courage to choose to be brave in the real kindergarten world.<br />
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Anyway, I'm so proud of him for pushing through. He earned himself an adventure bike ride with Dad, a whole night of having Alexa (our Echo Dot) in the garage (his happy place) pumping his favorite jams (he really has great taste in music, by the way), <i>and</i> Tropical Sno this weekend. <br /><br />We are proponents of bribery, obviously. Liza DeYoungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04895590301427275487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313382399888265318.post-50628205363285027242019-01-24T20:36:00.000-08:002019-01-24T20:36:03.226-08:00"See Ya Later, Summer" Slushy, Snow Cone Celebration!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am so pathetically behind on blogging, these are pictures from when we moved Will <i>out</i> of the nursery and let Charlotte move <i>in.</i> Let's please just forget, for at least a few seconds, that now Charlotte has moved <i>out</i> of the nursery and a whole other child has moved <i>in. </i>Yikes.</div>
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This room was a haphazard attempt to make Will's navy blue walls work for a girl. Mark gave me the evil eye when I mentioned repainting, and I am wise about picking my decorating battles around the house so navy it was!</div>
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My mom made a beautiful triangle quilt for Charlotte a while back - isn't it grand? I would also like the point out the curtains I found in the tackiest junk mail magazine I have ever seen in my life - BUT THEY WERE FIFTEEN DOLLARS so who cares.</div>
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And here is a picture of me doing what I love most. Mark says "Send help."</div>
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This was a pretty independent activity. I just gave the kids bug nets and asked them to fish around to find letters of the alphabet they recognized - or really to find any treasures! If time would have allowed, I think they would have played for a full hour.</div>
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I remember Charlotte needing to have a new backpack, just like Will. Her wishing she could go to school. Him wishing he could stay home. Bribing him with cupcakes if he made it through the whole day without crying. Sure he'd cling to my leg and freak out. Stunned when he <i>didn't</i> cling. He was timid, but okay when I left! How happy I was to be able to leave him in Miss Becca's class, trusting her completely. How happy <i>he </i>was to earn his blue-frosted cupcake at the end of the day.</div>
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I remember dressing him in a real, collared shirt...gelling up his hair...giving him a "smile nice, not silly" pep talk. Then, hopping in the car, catching a glimpse of him in the rearview mirror and seeing a TEENAGER in the backseat. </div>
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A grouchy teenager, maybe.</div>
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The kids had so much fun swimming in Grammy's old cow tank - the same one I swam in growing up! I still have such fond memories of finding drowned squirrels + dead bugs to be scooped out. We were such a classy family.<br />
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Where do you wake up and immediately go outside, jammies still on, go for a four-wheeler ride, and come back with a belly full of raspberries and hands full of wildflowers? Grammy's house, that's where.</div>
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Charlotte ate all the berries before she could bring any home. And when I say "ate the berries," I mean she shoveled them by the fist-full into her stained little mouth. </div>
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The little park in Elkader is so fun. Sand, rocks to throw in the river, fishing for daddy + Will and pretty falls to look at.</div>
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Will + Charlotte had a fun little jam session at Auntie Nomie + Uncle Casey's house a while back. They have a real-deal recording studio and lots of fun instruments to play with. </div>
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Will has a natural stink face. I am so proud of him.</div>
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And look at that view, folks. Auntie's bedroom window overlooks the turkey river + the keystone bridge. I'm pretty sure you could go fishing from her bed. That's convenience right there.</div>
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We started fireworks at Grammy's on the runway. There is really no better place to shoot off paratroopers than on the runway, friends. Highlights include Mark picking up Will + Charlie and running around wildly, determined to catch one falling from the sky <i>with</i> the kids in tow.</div>
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Will had the time of his life, in case you can't tell from this smile on his face. He is so much like his papa.</div>
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Okay, I still love him here, but seriously.</div>
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Next stop, the Mississippi river for the <i>real deal</i>. I grew up thinking this was normal - getting to watch all the boats gather with their little lights, sitting on the banks of a cute river town with popcorn + sparklers, fireworks shot off a big barge in the middle of the river. Now, I realize it was a special treat all along.</div>
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So glad we get to share it with the next generation.</div>
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Charlotte and I had a few pep talks about the fireworks + about how she could be brave + about how it would be <i>worth it</i> + about how she could wear big earmuffs in case it was too loud + about how, no, the earmuffs don't hurt your head or squeeze out your brains.</div>
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Such a fun couple of days. Now I can't wait for summer!</div>
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