Magic and Mayhem

From yesterday and today!

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We’re back just for the night and then heading out again tomorrow!
We had a great little trip. Daryl taught lots of people lots of stuff about the atlatl — so much so that he nearly lost his voice by the end of the session today. He also really wrecked his legs […]

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We went on a field trip Wednesday to see “Challenger” No. 3985, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive.
It’s on a publicity tour from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to St. Paul, Minnesota, and back.  Along the way it’s stopping at tiny cities all along the route, including a couple near us.
There was already a crowd when we got […]

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We’re back from our overnight trip to Mankato and packed in lots of wonderful stuff.
We started out attending a homeschool potluck picnic, where we all ate great food and played/yapped with friends until well after dark….

We got to Grandma and Grandpa’s house pretty late, with just enough time to play a little and listen to […]

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We’re off to Mankato again, this time for a homeschool picnic, an overnight visit with the in-laws and then a Betsy Tacy historic reenactment walk tomorrow.  The girls are going to get to be old fashioned children playing in the schoolyard!  It should be a fun trip.

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Oops! Somehow this never got sent! LOL Well, now we’re back but I’m too tired to post, so here’s Wednesday’s news.
I know, at this rate we really ought to be calling it hotel schooling, but we’re off to Sioux Falls again.
It’s Daryl’s birthday tomorrow and we’re off to the […]

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We met up with friends in Sioux Falls over the weekend and one thing we did was the Sculpture Walk.  We’ve done it before and every time it is such a neat experience.
Every year they invite artists from all over to display their sculptures in downtown Sioux Falls.  They’re on display all year, but from […]

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We met up with some fabulous friends who were in Sioux Falls Friday and spent the night at a lovely hotel together.  It was so nice to see them and we had a blast!  Bigger blog post tomorrow! 

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We headed to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for a couple of days today.  We sang along to Tom Chapin in the car, stopped to do death defying and silly things (and to get a billion library books– we’re such book nerds!), and finally made it here.  I have to go save Grandma and Grandpa from […]

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Just a few photos from our trip to Sioux Falls yesterday…
At the zoo’s museum…

Horsing (er, kangarooing) around…

At the zoo…

At the battleship park…

And the drive home…

It was a good day!

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