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Crystal asked for details about the conferences the kids are attending this month and I thought others might be interested.  Here’s more info:

The Fifth Annual SCSC Science & Nature Conference is being held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter on Tuesday, October 27.  It’s for students in grades 3-9 and they can pick [...]

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Victoria and Anna went to a three-day Survivor day camp hosted by the Prairie Ecology Bus Center this week.  They had so much fun!
The kids learned how to use a compass, build shelter, start a fire without matches (this was a real struggle!) and more.  They made some new friends and had a really wonderful [...]

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Oh, we’ve been busy!  I’m still sick but quite a lot is going on nonetheless.  Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to.
Maple Syrup Tapping
We took part in an annual tradition of having a big community breakfast and then learning about tapping maple trees at a nearby camp.  The girls know it by heart [...]

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Jack’s Head Start teacher asked me to host a family fun night for the local Head Start families in our town and the next. I picked March 17, with the themes of St. Patrick’s Day, Spring and green. We had the program on Monday and it was lots of [...]

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Today the kids start their new Japanese lessons.  We’re so excited.  A homeschooling dad set the class up at a college about an hour from us.  The teacher is a Japanese student at the college and she’ll be teaching the kids not only the language but also culture.  It’s a small class of just 5 [...]

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