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Just another day in paradise...: First Grade!
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Just another day in paradise. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. This school year was amazing. We switched schools before first grade so we were unsure what it would be like. Em is also doing the Chinese Dual Immersion program where she spends half of her day hearing and speaking nothing but Chinese and the other half of her day in English. We were unsure how THAT would be! But Emily ended the year with 100% on every single spelling test the whole year! Her teachers use this behavior tracking app called "Class Dojo...
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Just another day in paradise...: January 2014
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Just another day in paradise. Wednesday, January 1, 2014. The Happiest Place on Earth! Okay, so about three months ago we surprised our kids with a trip to Disneyland! It was quite possibly the best trip we've ever been on. After we returned I had MANY. People ask a lot of questions about taking young kids and small babies to Disneyland. Was it hard? Were you actually able to do anything? Was it worth it? Plan ahead-kids take planning. Just a fact. I am a planner by nature but I really feel like ...Where...
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Just another day in paradise...: May 2014
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Just another day in paradise. Thursday, May 1, 2014. I'm getting complaints from grandmas about not updating this thing so I said I would do a photo dump of the kids. So here you go! This dates all the way back to Chase's birthday so.yeah. This girl. We had some rough times over the fall. Our pumpkins. L-R oldest to youngest. Our new piano. Well not new, actually extremely old but new to us! And brought a new toy! I mean seriously. I love this kid. A little light reading. After his first haricut! Simple ...
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Just another day in paradise...: Preschool Graduation
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Just another day in paradise. Saturday, July 18, 2015. Chase finished his second year of preschool and Carly finished her first year! They had a Pete the Cat theme for their graduation. So stinkin cute. This little girl is so in love with Chase. It's hilarious. I think she finally convinced him that he loves her too. :) She always talks about when they get married, when they have kids, etc. Too funny. These three blondies were in the same class and became friends. Cutie pies! So much fun this year!
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Just another day in paradise...: September 2013
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Just another day in paradise. Friday, September 13, 2013. Summer is over. Yay! So I think I've said this 100 times but I really don't like summer. 1 It's hot. And this past summer now holds the record for the hottest summer ever for Utah. So when I say it's hot, it's hot. I don't enjoy being hot. If you do you should seek mental help because you are not normal. Nothing more miserable to me than being sweaty and gross. Go to the zoo. Hold your baby brother. Never comb your hair. Hold all kinds of snakes.
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Just another day in paradise...: May 2015
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Just another day in paradise. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. A Day In The Life. I've been thinking a lot lately about how quickly this phase of our life is flying by. In a little over a year from now, there will be days when I have zero kids home with me! That just boggles my mind. I wanted to do a better job at documenting our day to day life because it's those little details that you forget. Alas, a typical day in the Cottrell house in spring 2015! 8:15 am-say prayers and leave to take Emily to school. 2:30 ...
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Just another day in paradise...: June 2015
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Just another day in paradise. Thursday, June 25, 2015. This year Emily was on two different competition teams. A jazz team and a hip hop team. This was her first time ever doing hip hop. And she loved it! She asked me if she could quit her jazz team and just do hip hop. Haha.NO. But being on two comp teams made competitions even more work than they already were! She competed four dances at each competition. Feel Ur Beat-hip hop dance to this dang song that gets stuck in your head like no other. Such a fu...
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Just another day in paradise...: Summer Reading
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Just another day in paradise. Monday, July 13, 2015. Every summer we participate in the library's summer reading program and we are actually already finished with it for this summer. Well I have one more book to read but I'm waiting until tomorrow because I pre-ordered "Go Set A Watchman." I've never pre-ordered a book in my life! But I'm excited for it. Who am I? Where The Wild Things Are. The Monster at the End of This Book. The Paper Bag Princess. The Light in the Attic. Harold and the Purple Crayon.
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Just another day in paradise...: April 2013
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Just another day in paradise. Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Unfortunately our entire family had the stomach flu the day before so we didn't get to fully enjoy the day and no one got to wear their new Easter clothes. :( But we still had a fun time with Robert's family. Tuesday, April 9, 2013. We had planned to go to their house that night for dinner anyway but we certainly didn't anticipate taking up their Sunday with car repairs. We're so grateful for awesome friends! Chase likes to pretend he's a dinosaur.
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Just another day in paradise...: July 2014
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Just another day in paradise. Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Logan's Seussical First Birthday! My little baby boy turned 1 at the end of May. I can't believe how fast the last year went. This boy is just the sweetest, most adorable kid. Gosh I love him. A little about him at 1 year:. On his birthday he had four teeth. Two top, two bottom. He now has six. Four on top, two on bottom. Has always been a chunk. 23 pounds at his 1 year check up. Short and chubby. :). Another kid that talks all the time! He loves music...
