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The Saturday 7

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1. Hi ho, hi ho, it's back to school we go! I went back last week, hosted our Back to School event, and got the library set up.  Levi tested out my photo "booth" for me. 2. We had one last cousin fun day before school officially started though. Niki took her grandkids camping and invited us to come spend the day with them on Friday. There was a cool water park, playground, trampolines, and ice cream. We spent all day there. Lena was not feeling the brotherly love 3. As I was driving there on Friday morning, we got a text that my niece was in labor! It was fun to be with my sisters all day speculating about when the baby would be here and what they'd name her. Get ahold of this cuteness . . . Welcome to the family, Bella! Next year, you'll be in those cousin pictures! 💓 4. And then, it was off to school.  This is our last year of having one kid in elementary, one kid in middle school, and one kid in high school. They all had a great first week, and Levi actually t...
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The Saturday 7

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Another week of cramming in all the things before school starts! 1. Wednesday was our last day of Aunt Sadie's Summer Camp. We crammed the day full of fun as one final hurrah (and because they're all a little sick of each other, and fight nonstop if they're not constantly entertained). We started the day with a DIY Escape Room. I spent allll day Tuesday coming up with ideas, then put it all together for the kids . . . and they escaped in 20 minutes. Lol. But it was a lot of fun for all of us. I wrote an entire entry with the details. Check it out here .  Their prize for escaping the room was McDonald's for lunch. Then we went to the park, followed by bowling! He dresses himself 🤷 2. I had a very uncomfortable experience at the bowling alley. When we got there, there was only one other person in the whole place. He was sitting at a table with a pitcher of beer . . . not bowling. And which lane did we get assigned to? The one right next to him. 🤦 At first he just said h...
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DIY Escape Room

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After a summer of themed activities for Aunt Sadie's Summer Camp, I wanted something really out of the box for our final week. But I also didn't want to spend a ton of money . . . enter the DIY Escape Room. Pinterest was a huge help in giving me ideas and getting the wheels turning in my head. Don't get me wrong - it was a huge endeavor. It took me most of the day on Tuesday to plan everything out. But the kids loved it. And let's be honest: I love using letting my creative juices flow on projects like this. Lucky for you, I also like to share.  An Escape Room is different than a regular treasure hunt, because the clues don't build on each other or go in any kind of order. Instead, there's a goal to achieve, and the clues help you get there. In this instance, I decided to have the kids find 9 keys that were hidden throughout the house. I made 8 clues that were stationed around the living room. Some of them were obvious. Some took the kids a few minutes to recogn...
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