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Here is our raspberry bush. We better get out and pick the raspberries before the critters (aka cho) get them!

>We visited the Capitol Building today. Here you can see the future Speakers of the House, and of course the expert testifying at the Supreme Court! I dont think you can see this, but we saw a full rainbow over the capitol building this morning, which is what led to our impromptu visit. As soon as we walked into the rotunda Bee says, “wow, this place is so clean! Does the governor clean it herself or does she get some help?” ha ha.

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I had a group of kids at a bike awareness talk today… and they showed this video. It fooled me. You see what you look for i guess!

>We had dentists appointments followed by swimming lessons yesterday afternoon. Anyhow, when we were waiting for Frankie’s turn to finish up at the dentist, Bee asked me if i ever took swimming lessons as a kid so I said yes! Then she asked me what level i got to and I told her that i got through all the levels and became a lifeguard at the pool when i was in college. She then asked me if i was also a dentist in college. ha ha. In case you are wondering, no cavities! Here are the girls at swimming!

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Bee and i did a taste test this morning. We closed our eyes and tried berries from the garden and from the store. Here is what Bee reported: “Strawberry A is jucier and yummier” and “strawberry B tastes OK but not as good.” And now, the answer….

Strawberry A: our garden
Strawberry B: store

YAH!!!!!!!

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It’s the Beech St Unicorns versus the Bull Creek Koompas! The Unicorns won by a score of 4 – 3. It was a nail biter. The Bull Creek Koompa’s kept getting called on charges because Cho Cho kept eating the ball.

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So 3 years ago we planted strawberries. The first year we had abut 2 or 3 strawberries. Last year we dont really know how many made it to the juicy red stage because we were in scotland. this year we have probably over 100 that are good or getting reading for the picking. Still, we have more that have been eaten by birds, critters or dogs, and so we’re not sure it’s worth the garden space. But for now we are enjoying those we have picked for the family. We still have a ton more to ripen… and they look like they will be ready in the next few days! Here are some we are enjoying today!

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Happy Birthday Frankie!!! (OK it was yesterday but every time i tried to post blogger was down!). We had a great birthday. After school we headed over to the children’s garden where Frankie and Bee got to hold some baby turtles. Then we headed over to the MSU Dairy store. Yum!!!

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I cant believe we are so delayed in posting athlete of the week from the first week in may! The winner is…..

Drum roll please….

Kevin!!

Here he is crashing into Spartan Stadium wrapping up his first 5k of the season, in the rain no less!! It was no ordinary 5k. Look at the obstacles he had to get by! Go Kevin!!!!!!!!