Since my last post was about summer activities, and we just encountered our first winter snow storm today, I figured it was about time for me to post an update.
In September, Olivia and Violet went to their first birthday party of the school season. It was a party for one of their classmates, with a Disney "Frozen" theme. It was probably the most elaborate birthday party I've ever been to, and included an appearance by Anna and Elsa themselves. I've never seen so many excited girls belting "Let It Go" all in unison! Anna and Elsa played games with the girls, read them stories, and posed for pictures. Olivia and Violet thought it was pretty awesome!
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| Violet with Anna and Elsa |
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| Olivia with Anna and Elsa |
The girls and I also went to a Minnesota Twins game on September 19th. I received some free tickets from work, and the seats were in a special area that had its own concessions. When we were inside the concessions area getting some food, TC Bear walked in! He walked up to us and pretended to start eating our food. The girls thought that was pretty funny! They were pretty excited to see him. They also received free Twins hats as a giveaway item, which matched the hat TC Bear was wearing. It was a fun night with my girls!
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| Violet and Olivia with TC Bear |
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| Girls night at Target Field |
We had our first conferences of the year on October 7th. It was nice to have them early in the year so we could touch base with their teacher and see how things were going. We are very proud of both Olivia and Violet, they are doing well in school and are really enjoying first grade.
On October 25, we celebrated Olivia and Violet's 7th birthday along with their cousin Emma's 9th birthday. The party was at Emma's house, and we had a Halloween theme so most of the kids wore their Halloween costumes. Olivia was dressed as Princess Anna and Violet as Queen Elsa, both from the Disney movie Frozen. Both the Thronson and Suchy families were there, which was really fun. The kids went on a scavenger hunt for candy, and of course played outside with each other.
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| Olivia as Princess Anna |
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| Violet as Queen Elsa |
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| Time for cake! Birthday girls Olivia, Emma and Violet |
During the months of September and October, Olivia and Violet participated in swimming lessons. Due to the time the lessons started, Jamie was the one who took them. I made it to the last week though and was amazed at how far they've come! They could swim the length of the pool doing actual strokes. They really enjoyed it.
Now that swimming is over, they are doing separate activities. Olivia went back to tennis, and Violet is trying lacrosse for the first time. Olivia says tennis is her favorite sport, and Violet loved her first week of lacrosse.
Olivia and Violet had a fun Halloween too. They had a party during the day at school, and we carved a pumpkin before trick-or-treating. Well, Daddy actually carved it, but Olivia and Violet drew a picture of what they wanted it to look like. I think they had a pretty fun day!
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| Olivia & Violet's class on Halloween |
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| The pumpkin Olivia & Violet designed, and Daddy carved |
