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A Long Stretch

This long Labor Day weekend was full of fun, productivity, and plenty of rest, too...my favorite type of weekend. I'd say our weekend really started Friday morning since we had a treat--two art museums + the children's museum with Oma, followed by lunch at Chipotle!
These pictures don't really represent our weekend at all, they're just cute. We love to spend time at Pioneer's Park hiking their trails, seeing the wild animals, and especially playing in one of their two nature centers. Here the kids are 'damming up the river water' (water coming out from under that brick) by one of their fun hands-on creations.

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Saturday morning I got to spend a whole day sewing with a friend, Mia (Piccolina Designs!) and later, one of my best friends, E. I made three things in 7 hours, so I knew making these things I'd need a long stretch of uninterupted sewing time. More on those later this week. :)
Sunday was a lazy where we didn't do much but have dinner at Oma + Opa's (Stefan's parents) house and then watched too much Prison Break after the kids went to bed.
Monday we took a killer 20+ mile bike ride through the city, onto the Mopac trail, and back again. I was exhausted and I wasn't even the one carrying 60lbs of children in the trailer. Other than that we picked up our CSA box for the week, and I ran about five errands by myself in an hour and a half. Followed by more Prison Break and some reading and then off to bed and back to reality.
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