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Brynn playing a recent favorite piano song:

Brynn being silly while eating a sucker last weekend.

This weekend our friends from St. Cloud came for a visit with their two kids. It was fun to see them again and spend time together.

Maizie helping feed Clara




Jessica snugging with a napping Clara.

Dana took them on a tour of the Case plant.

Brynn had gotten a gift card to Clay Your Way for her birthday and so she had been itching to go and try it out. It is a pottery place where you choose already-made pieces to paint. They glaze your painted project and fire it and then you pick it up within a week. Brynn thought it would be fun for Zander and Maizie to go, too. It was super busy when we first got there and there were no tables for us, so we decided to walk over to Scheels which was right across the street and fart around there for a bit until some people left at Clay Your Way. Brynn loves to 'visit' the presidents statues outside the Scheels building.




Finally...we were able to get a table at Clay Your Way.


Brynn chose this to paint for Clara.






Malts this afternoon

Dana making smoothies with our new blender. This thing is super awesome. He made some baby food in it for Clara the other night.


Big sister reading to little sister. Love it. It was so warm out today that our house got really hot despite us running the fan on the furnace and having our patio door open. So, that's why Clara is missing her pants. :-)

The kids had fun playing outside yesterday after Clay Your Way and today Brynn was outside for a while again. It's so nice to be outside and enjoy the great weather right now.



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carrington said…
Love to hear Brynnie play the piano - great job!!!!
Sweet photos. What a wonderful gift idea for Brynn: Clay Your Way. Looks like a wonderful place and you all had a fun weekend.
March 9, 2015 at 8:27 PM
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