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HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY! .After we had cake and I opened presents we had an Easter egg hunt. Thanks for coming everybody! |
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For my mom's birthday we went to the Landmark
Center again to check out the St Patricks Day Irish activities.
The whole building is beautiful but the glass ceiling totally rocks! the dancers were great and could really make noise with their shoes! Outside there are snoopy character statues all over to clown around with...the dinosaurs that were here have migrated I guess... |
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Look! it's wiggly! REALLY! How can I get it
to fall out!
The secret is Cheetos! After 5 days that popped it right out! Time to cash in with the Tooth Fairy! |
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This week at school we learned about
teeth. I'm making a pair of dentures.
If you need any work done you just let me know! |
I'm helping Lauren have a big smile.
I'm happy she is here to play! |
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It's hard to amuse yourself all winter! Winters
are long. Thank goodness for bubble baths and puppy dogs!
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Belle's "it"...
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Dad's "it"...run, run!
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SANTA DID COME HERE TOO!!! YIPPEEE!!!
I really wasn't sure...no-I mean I was really good this year but I already saw him at my friend's last night... |
Holiday Barbies!!! YEAH!! Liberating Barbie
from the package
takes a long time-and a pair of sissors! Where did they think she was going to run off to anyway? |
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I love the Nutcracker. It was the first Ballet
that I got to see this fall and now I have a collection of 6 Nutcrackers!
Wait there is more in my stocking! Merry Christmas!!
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Twas the night before Christmas...and that
means that at Church all the kids get to pick a nativity member
and dress up in costume and go to the front of the church when our
big part comes. Every year I play an angel. This year I considered
being part of the herd of sheep but I just couldn't do it. How many
chances do you get to wear a halo with wings???!
Then after the service we stopped through my friend Lexi and Ava's place to drop off some cookies and books that mom was done reading. I also wanted to show them the biggest icicle that I had ever managed to get into the car in one piece...it was from the south side of the church building. But then-guess what?! You'll never guess! Santa stopped by! He really did! for REAL!!! He knows everything! He even knew that he would find me at their house, that I wear a size 6 and my favorite color is pink!!! He is the absolute best! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! I can't wait until the candlelight service at church tonight! I get to wear my new dress! |
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It is the FIRST day of Christmas break and
we get snow! Can it get any better than this???!
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| At school we had a Christmas concert! we stood on risers and everything! I know all the words of every song and even got to ring the sleigh bells! | ||
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Christmas is always fun with the Peterson clan. |
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Santa dropped off a bag for us early!
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This one has my name on it!!
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How did he know?? The little petshop nursery!
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Looks like everyone got something!
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The entire littlest petshop collection!
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Santa remembered little cousin Will
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| Uncle Paul can be as much fun as presents! |
If I get this cousin trained in right she will
be fun!
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Natalie didn't have any dolls before-now she has
Triplets!
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She likes tools too!
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Will just likes milk!
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Adults just sit around and eat and talk!
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Looks like everyone had fun!
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Back and forth! Back and forth!
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I still occasionally fall, that's ok.
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This is my new friend!
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Where's the tow rope!
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Dad it's not that bad!
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I thought you said go!
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Of course I'm warm enough!
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This outdoor rink in Rosedale is the world's
largest artificial ice surface and is called "The Oval".
My dad's company rented it for two hours and even some of my old
pre-school friends came. I haven't seen Tori like forever! We are
swapping kindergarten stories. I skated until way after my bed time!
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Trick or Treat! Sorry Tiki no one has doggy
treats!
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This was voted "best house" hands
down!
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Pumpkin guts are gross!
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We have so many leaves!
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All the better to JUMP in!
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I can stand in this pile!
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Busy weekend! Today we went to
the Gibbs Museum click the logo above to see it all. For the first 5 years they lived in a house with grass on top! how cool! I bet there were spiders! |
There was a school house that was
moved to the property for the museum. They had to go to school too but it had a strange black board and no computers in this class room! There was room for 24 students. |
I made a
candle by dipping a string into beeswax like 20 times! |
Then we made ice
cream by mixing milk, cream, eggs, sugar and vanilla and turning this handle...allot! |
The mother of the Gibbs
family knew many of the Dakotah from growing up by Fort Snelling so they stopped through the farm each year on their way to harvest rice! |
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| My friends Ava and Lexi introduced me to a great new place! At this park you can feed ducks, geese, llamas, ponies, funny furry cows, pigs and deer. The deer had pens too to keep us out but when they wanted food they jumped out to visit! Click their logo to visit. |
 just to the east of Taylors Falls Wisconsin |
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Can you tell that is my mom?! She is the fairy
with purple hair and eye lashes! ! Sometimes she is silly like that
with me!
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This was the first time
that I saw a dead guy that was the star of the show! Ded Bob was funny...for a dead guy! |
At the end of the day a
beautiful enchantress was dancing near the drum jam that was trying to trick and capture fairies...beware fairies! |
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Back to the Renaissance!
This time I'm a belly dancer! |
The Queen had time for stories this time!
She was able to tell us two stories! They were about a fairy in a blackberry bush and the smart princess Beatrix. |
We haven't seen this before!
Does his mom know he does this? fire & a tightrope? |
The day isn't complete without a
hug from Lady Spicer! |
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I am soooo ready!
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Oh boy, the bus is at the neighbors!
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I'm ON THE BUS!
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Bye mom, I'm off to school!
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I hope they are ready for me!
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We got here in time for the opening cannon!
That is a record!
I'm going to be a fairy today! |
Lauren (my best friend) joined us and we had
a great time on the rides. We rode the Picolo Pony and the swinging
boats. It is great to have a friend come along!
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With a friend you can pet snakes that you wouldn't
want to alone!
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We've come to the Renaissance lots of times
but I've never ridden a camel before!
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After having my face painted
I needed to take the pledge to be good all day! |
Of course we had to visit the secret garden
and the trail where all the fairy houses are. I found a house that
would be perfect for a little fairy like me!
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We also ran into my favorite fairy
of all time! Twig is beautiful! |
A day isn't complete without
a hug from Lady Spicer! |
Lady Spicer even took a picture of mom and
me!
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The drum jam was a good place to work on my
belly dance!
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It's hard being the oldest cousin and
then the neighbor kid climbed in! Can I get a little help around here?! |
This is one of my second cousins visiting from
Hawaii. Her name is Samantha.
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Time for a break!
It's almost the end of summer. One more week until kindergarten! |
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| First thing you have to do at the fair is get your rides in! I have 40 tickets to burn! I also rode the ferris wheel with dad and did the big slide with mom! Boy 40 tickets went fast! |
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The little farm hands place is always fun.
I fed my seeds, planted coins and even saw what real wool was like.
In the end I earned my cereal..
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The state fair is always a fall favorite. There is so much to
see and do...and eat! The butterfy house is one of the things I always have to do and cotton candy is one of the things that I always have to eat! We also watched performers and visited the biggest boar. We saw animals of every color and smell. We visted the miracle of life building again this year and while the cow was in "labor" things weren't moving fast enough for me so we moved on. We stopped back to visit cow #3505 later and saw the baby. It was cute. |
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It's that time of year again!
That's right the Renaissance Festival is here! Pansy the Unicorn was there again! |
It's nice being a personal
favorite of the Queen! She even remembered my name and we talked about school coming up |
I always enjoy catching up with Lady Spicer as
well. She has a special surprise for me next time we come. The day
ended early when it started to rain and the faire shut down early!
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| My friend Ava went with me to the Minnesota Zoo. We had a great time and saw many of the same animals we have seen in the past like the Mercats, tigers and Ava's favorite the Prairie Dogs. But now the Minnesota trail is open so we saw some new animals like the Eagle, Puma, Lynx, frogs, turtles, fish and other animals that live right here in Minnesota! | |
 
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| After looking for a month we finally found the perfect
dog. Her name is Tequila but I like the nick name of Tiki. She is
either a rough coat Jack Russell or a Wire Fox Terrier. I don't really
care-she is just cute! Thank you Allyson and David for trusting us to take care of Tiki. I've been dreaming of a dog to cuddle with, watch movies with and go with me on adventures. I think we are off on another one right now! See ya later! |
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Mom is starting to call them "Adventure
Fridays" This time we went to the Kelley farm in Elk River.
There is a really big beautiful house although it wasn't finished
by the Kelley's.
As head of the grange he wanted to show that farmers could live and do well here. |
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Guess where we are now!? The cherry should give it away! we
are at the Sculpture Garden by the Walker Art Center. |
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Lauren and I also visited the Mill Museum in
Minneapolis and learned about how flour is made and how it
was loaded onto boats and floated down the river. We had it so that nothing could go down this river! We also went across the Stone Arch Bridge, played in parks and ate lunch at a nice place. Then we went home and rode Goldie. Lauren likes to come riding with me. |
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I couldn't believe they let us onto the roof
of the State Capitol! We could get real close to the
gilded quadriga called "The Progress of the State". I just call it the "golden horses" |
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Lauren also came and played in my back yard
during my week off school!
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Happy 4th of July from Fort Snelling!
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This is the old fort at Fort Snelling. It
has a nice layout but we were switching up the design
a bit in the classrooms and playing with the types of clothes they wore. |
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The soldiers marched around the parade grounds,
blasted the cannons and put on a funny play
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What makes you think we were really going to shoot it? We were just kidding, really! We haven't even found the gun powder or cannon balls! Besides did you hear how loud the cannons were in the parade grounds!! Imagine how loud they would be here in the gun towers! REALLY MOM! |
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We also made flags that we could bring home! and that is exactly what we did next! HAPPY 4th of JULY!! |
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This is my soccer team. We are the HAWKS! we are
pretty good. I think we won this game!
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I know I look good in soccer gear but
you also have to play good. |
Here I am playing defense. They can't get
by me to get to the goal. |
At the end we all say congrats
and get treats. I like soccer! |
The big day is finally here! I graduate from pre-school
today. But I still come here tomorrow and
more days after that until kindergarten in the fall. These are all my friends in class with me.
First we all came in wearing our special gowns and hats. We had to sit without fidgeting (it is harder
than it sounds!) until our name was called. When my name was called I marched up and Jill gave me my diploma!
It was pretty cool. After that we hung out with our friends (my best friend is still Lauren) and had some cake. I ate mom's piece too!
more days after that until kindergarten in the fall. These are all my friends in class with me.
First we all came in wearing our special gowns and hats. We had to sit without fidgeting (it is harder
than it sounds!) until our name was called. When my name was called I marched up and Jill gave me my diploma!
It was pretty cool. After that we hung out with our friends (my best friend is still Lauren) and had some cake. I ate mom's piece too!
Memorial Day week trip to South Dakota- I didn't go to school the week after Memorial Day so we could go on vacation! We had a great time in the Bad Lands and Black Hills. I woke up to mom slipping sweat pants on me and then was so excited I couldn't go back to sleep...well I went to sleep in my car seat after a few miles. When I woke up we were well on our way to South Dakota. We made it to the Bad Lands in time to set up our tent and hike before sunset. We headed onto the Black Hills the next day. Take the trip with us! Follow this link... |
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Welcome to the Kinderdance Dance Recital-here
are a few things I learned, pointe, and 1st and 4th position
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Mostly I like dancing with my friends like
Paige and Gianna. First we stretch and warm up and then we dance
ballet and tap.
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My teacher is really nice she dances with us
and at the end we got treats and a diploma suitable for framing!
I want to be a dancer when I grow up. |
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I got to wear my new dress
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when I went to church with mom on Easter
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there was an egg hunt
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I was only supposed to find 5
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don't tell-I found a few more!
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