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Lots of holiday spirit around here! So fun to see the kids excited about the holidays. We've been listening to (and singing & playing along with) Christmas music, watching Christmas movies, enjoying the winter lights (as Oli called them when he was little) around the neighborhood, and eating a few too many holiday sweets.

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Both the kids have been sick the last part of this week so lots of time spent in pajamas and too much screen time (here they are watching a movie with popcorn, which they both love).

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Halloween '15

We had a super fun Halloween this year. We went to our friends' neighborhood and went trick-or-treating with them, then dropped by a few friends' and neighbor's houses on the way home, and ended the night by handing out some candy and of course surveying and eating candy. At the end of the night Oli said his favorite part was handing out candy to other kids. 

Oli and his friend James

Oli designed the front jack-o-lantern

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working on her Halloween loot

drinking Hi-C
(which he got trick-or-treating)

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Jo turns 2

Hard to believe my baby is 2! She's spunky, sweet, and smart. She has the softest skin, the most kissable cheeks, and the best comedic timing. We love her so!

For her birthday Shell and family joined us for the weekend and we had a really fun time. We spent the morning at Oli's soccer game, then played at the park, opened presents, went to Punch Pizza, and ended at Izzy's ice cream. The next day we went to Cafe Latte for a cupcake, which is where we took Oli for his second birthday (when I was pregnant with Jo). It's also hard to believe she's almost the age Oli was when I had her! 

a follow-up to her first-year-of-life photos with Bandit

ice cream!

new teepee

a few decorations

Lots more photos from her birthday via the link below.

Friends

Chris took Oli and his friend James to the park this afternoon and got some great photos of the two of them. Love these two and love the fall colors!

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Autumn in Minnesota means we're spending as much time as possible outside before we hibernate for winter. Also they both learned how to use a "big kid swing"!

Oli's 4!

Oli's 4! In some ways it feels like he was just born and in other ways I can't remember my life without him. We're really proud of him and so excited (and a little emotional) about watching him develop.

We didn't have any big celebration this year but we celebrated a little bit over the whole weekend. After his soccer game on Saturday we went to Punch Pizza and then Como Town with some friends. He LOVED the rides!

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I love how determined her walk is.

This face is hard to say no to.

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