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 Let's see, what happened this week? 

Tuesday we did science for school and we learned about weathering and erosion. We made mountains out of play dough and weathered them with water and ice and wind. Rea also did an extra presentation on how ice splits stone apart, putting two grey cushions next to each other and putting a balloon in the crack and blowing it up to simulate water expanding as it freezes. It was great. All of the kids did wonderful science presentations.

Wednesday the girls planned an Old Fashioned Party for them and the Plastows. They dressed up in old fashioned clothes, featuring fake mustaches. They played Pin the Tail on the Donkey and lasso the cow swing. At the end, they had root beer floats. They are getting to be very good party planners.

Thursday we went to the farm at Thanksgiving Point. Grandma Julie invited us there, and the kids had a lot of fun. The pony ride is the best part of the farm, but it was so crowded that we had to wait for an hour to get a turn. The kids still loved it; even Boo got to ride, and it was very fun.

Friday was beautiful weather, and we went to nature group and Wildflower Park all day. Mike ended up doing an 18 hour day of work and homework, since we were gone so long. We need to not do that again.

Saturday night Alison finally felt good enough to play Pandemic Legacy again. It's been almost a year because the last time we played we had atrocious draw luck and died in about three turns and killed off half the board, and Alison hated it. But this time, we had normal luck and were able to win another round. Hopefully we'll be able to play it again in less than a year.

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