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Fall Break

 We had Clara's parent-teacher conferences right before fall break/teacher's convention last week. We got a great report. Clara really loves her teacher.


We had to hit up the book fair too.


I should also add that we recently had Brynn's conferences as well and she is doing great also. We're so glad high school is off to such a good start for her.

The girls had Thursday and Friday off for teacher's convention, so Clara went to spend a few days at the farm with Grandpa and Grandma and had a blast.






Brynn is a night owl which also translates into a late-night baker. ;-) Chocolate chip pumpkin cookies - YUM!




And in other BIG news, Brynn got her driver's permit! So exciting!

Brynn and I had been wanting to hit up Black Coffee Waffle Bar downtown and were finally able to make that happen when we went there for dinner on Friday night. It was super delish.


Then we knocked another movie off our watch list: Baby Boom. One my fav 80's flicks! Brynn liked it she said.

Since Brynn was at the church retreat when I took Clara to the pumpkin patch, Brynn's pumpkin patch experience took place at Cash Wise. haha.


She usually fills gas for me now too - what a bonus!
We were cackling - I surprised her with my picture-taking. hahahaha.

Pretty Brynnie.

We also did some other shopping and she found a 1000-piece 'Stranger Things' puzzle to work on. She started on it right when we got home at around 4:30...



Clara returned home and the girls spent the night in, working on Brynn's puzzle, while Dana and I went to Mezzaluna downtown....another place I had always wanted to go. It was really great.

Our dessert.

Brynn sending us an update on the progress...

I think she's got about 6 hours into it by now or something like that. 




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theweckerlys said…
Yay for good conferences and the book fair! Great job, girls! We have both going on this week here. As a fellow night owl, I think Brynn and I could do some good late-night baking together. So excited for her to get her permit! Hope the puzzle progress is coming along :)
October 24, 2022 at 11:42 AM
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