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20190703. Big day! We rolled into our new town late, and it was so awesome to see the neighborhood full of families and kids out to see the fireworks. We could see three different sets of fireworks from the house! Now we're exhausted, and I'm sleeping on
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20190703. My crew, South Bend parking lot french fry pitstop. 2/365. #365dayscinco
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20190704. First breakfast, new house: no table, but we found our laminated creatures cards, two plates, and Ritz crackers. So we're good. 3/365. #365dayscinco
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20190704. First sunset from home, before the fireworks. 4/365. #365dayscinco
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20190706. We have sequential license plates, which I think is adorable. 5/365. #365dayscinco
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20190707. Kids are in the pool, my parents just left after the Herculian task of helping us move in and get settled, and I'm feeling pretty okay about my backyard suburban lifestyle so far. 6/365. #365dayscinco
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20190707. I live in a house where we dry our swimsuits in the sun on the back deck because we might need them again in an hour. 7/365. #365dayscinco
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20190709. First trip to the beach as Michigan residents was a resounding success, full of Willem shouting over and over, "I love the water," and a trip to a magical business called Captain Sundae, where Willem made a little friend. 💕 8/365. #36
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20190709. Michiganders. 9/365. #365dayscinco
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20190711. Magical summer days, outdoor reading nook dreams. 10/365. #365dayscinco
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20190711. These two were making friends tonight, and it was the literal cutest thing I've seen in five years of parenting. Heart bursting! Max says things like, "I can do friends!" And yelling joyfully across the grass to me, "Mommy! Mommy! We are making
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20190711. "I'm a deer, and I lost one of my antlers!" 12/365. #365dayscinco
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20190711. We learned all about red flags at the beach today. Even without any swimming, we managed to spend 3.5 hours very happily, including building this badass sand hole castle thing. 13/365. #365dayscinco
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20190711. I love/hate photos where this kid looks older than he is. 14/365. #365dayscinco
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20190713. Willem's favorite parts of our first visit to the zoo today: riding the funicular and riding a camel. 15/365. #365dayscinco
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20190713. Willem got on the camel all on his own with confidence... But this mama sees that anxiously bit lip giving away his nerves. 🐪🐫 16/365. #365dayscinco
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20190714. Begrudging selfies with Max at Grand Haven State Park. 17/365. #365dayscinco
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20190717. Tonight's sunset was a thing. 18/365. #365dayscinco
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20190720. Selfie attempt for the day: in front of scary, loud warship of death with motorcycle about to start up in parking lot and massive storm rolling in. What could go wrong? 18/365. #365dayscinco
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20190723. Max and Willem flew kites for the first time today. 😍😍😍 19/365. #365dayscinco
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20190723. Oh, my heart. 20/365. #365dayscinco
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20190726. This is a ski boat, according to Willem. 21/365. #365dayscinco
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20190726. Very happy, lotta look. 22/365. #365dayscinco
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20190726. Serious business. 23/365. #365dayscinco
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20190726. Reading Halloween books in July. 24/365. #365dayscinco
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20190727. How you know beekeeping has made it to the mainstream... Meet Beekeeping Barbie! 25/365. #365dayscinco @katefranzman
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20190728. This took FOREVER, but now about 75% of our most special framed stuff is on the walls. 26/365. #365dayscinco
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20190728. We had the neighborhood pool to ourselves for a while tonight! 27/365. #365dayscinco
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20190729. We picked 4.5 pounds of blueberries today. Michigan! 28/365. #365dayscinco
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20190731. Thankful for my daily adventures with these two, always. We saw a deer and played in the lake and stumbled across (almost literally) a snake eating a (still alive) frog, and then we even had ice cream! 29/365. #365dayscinco