{"id":3385,"date":"2010-10-05T21:01:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T01:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=3385"},"modified":"2010-10-05T21:01:14","modified_gmt":"2010-10-06T01:01:14","slug":"my-lovehate-relationship-with-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=3385","title":{"rendered":"My love\/hate relationship with leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a love\/hate relationship with leaves.  Yes, funny I know, but true.  The leaves fall, the kids are thrilled, we have fun&#8230; but then someone has to actually <em>remove<\/em> them!  Lex was worried yesterday that if we didn&#8217;t rake <em>all<\/em> the leaves in one afternoon then there wouldn&#8217;t be any more.  I promised him that we have many, many more weeks of leaves!  Many!  Our 12yr old neighbor came over yesterday and said, &#8220;You are so lucky!  You have the biggest leaf pile EVER!&#8221;  Yay me!  Sadly that &#8220;biggest leaf pile every&#8221; came from raking about a third of the leaves that have fallen from just one (of three) trees in the yard.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4518.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4518-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"eve in the leaves\" title=\"eve in the leaves\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4518-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4518-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4520-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"lex in the leaves\" title=\"lex in the leaves\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4520-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4520-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4522.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4522-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"kids in the leaves\" title=\"kids in the leaves\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4522-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4522-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m forever trying to figure out a good solution for them.  One that involves not too much work or money.  Last year, mid November, I gave up and hired a crew to remove them.  This year I&#8217;m trying to do the mulching thing again, but wondering if maybe we would all be happier (me and the kids anyway!) if I just played in the leaves with them and hired the crew again.  Tempting!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a love\/hate relationship with leaves. Yes, funny I know, but true. The leaves fall, the kids are thrilled, we have fun&#8230; but then someone has to actually remove them! 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