{"id":5526,"date":"2011-07-14T21:32:24","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T02:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=5526"},"modified":"2011-07-14T21:36:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T02:36:46","slug":"a-beautiful-sunshiney-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=5526","title":{"rendered":"A beautiful sunshiney day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a beautiful day.<\/p>\n<p>It started with an unusual sort of morning where Alan was exercising (normal, not unusual), I did not (a little unusual), and the kids played upstairs by themselves for <em>a long time<\/em> (definitely unusual for the mornings!)\u00a0 I got breakfast cleaned up, packed for our day, and even sat down and did a little work on the computer!\u00a0 I kept looking at the clock thinking we must be late, but nope, plenty of time.<\/p>\n<p>When it was finally time to go we headed to a Weight Watchers meeting and we met my Mom and Grandma.\u00a0 With them, me, and the kids we had 4 generations at WW!\u00a0 Those of us weighing-in had good numbers on the scale and that alone equals a good day in my mind! :)<\/p>\n<p>After Weight Watchers I took my mom (and kids, of course) to our local farm for our CSA pickup.\u00a0 The weather was beautiful and the sun was shining so we hung out there for awhile and I snapped a ton of photos! (not unusual!)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5527\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3649-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5527\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5527\" title=\"baby birds\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3649-1-500x373.jpg\" alt=\"baby birds\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3649-1-500x373.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3649-1-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3649-1.jpg 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few weeks ago we saw the eggs and this week the baby birds were cheeping away.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5528\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3653-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5528\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5528\" title=\"eve\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3653-1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"eve\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3653-1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3653-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playing with photo editing. They had PYO flowers today and the kids had fun with that.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5529\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3654.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5529\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5529\" title=\"flower\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3654-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"flower\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3654-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3654-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eve decided she did not want this one and &quot;put it back.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5530\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3686.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5530\" title=\"lex on swing\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3686-e1310693191404-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"lex on swing\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3686-e1310693191404-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3686-e1310693191404-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Please ignore his funny face and enjoy the lighting.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5531\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3689.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5531\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5531\" title=\"big swings\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3689-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"big swings\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3689-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3689-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I LOVE this view!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5532\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3692.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5532\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5532\" title=\"flower arranging\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3692-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"flower arranging\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3692-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3692-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When we got home the kids arranged their flowers in little vases and a bowl of water.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5533\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3693.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5533\" title=\"beautiful\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3693-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"beautiful\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3693-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3693-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beautiful! It would have been a good night to have company over for dinner. :)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>After lunch we all had quiet time.\u00a0 The kids did a great job today of staying in their rooms for the entire time.\u00a0 They even played together upstairs for an extra half hour before coming down for snack.\u00a0 Meanwhile I got some WW soup made, food prep done, the kitchen cleaned up, and even a little down time for myself.<\/p>\n<p>In the afternoon I was hoping to bake cookies but the kids insisted on playing outside instead.\u00a0 Bugger kids ;)\u00a0 They played on the swing set (I took pictures) and then we all rode bikes for awhile.\u00a0 Yep, me too!\u00a0 They insisted.\u00a0 It was fun.\u00a0 The big news of the afternoon is that Lex decided today was the day to ride without training wheels!\u00a0 I was telling him that maybe Grandpa Tom could help him practice tomorrow and he said, &#8220;Let&#8217;s just do it today!&#8221;\u00a0 Um, OK!!\u00a0 It took him all of about three minutes to figure it out!\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 He&#8217;s awesome :)\u00a0 When I came in to pack up he decided to stay out and keep practicing.\u00a0 He still needs practice on his starts and stops, but he amazed me this afternoon!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5534\" style=\"width: 383px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5534\" title=\"upside down\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3701-373x500.jpg\" alt=\"upside down\" width=\"373\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3701-373x500.jpg 373w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3701-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3701.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upside down Lex<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5535\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3703.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5535\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5535\" title=\"chillin Eve\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3703-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"chillin Eve\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3703-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3703-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This girl needs a nap! Or a hammock :)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5536\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3714.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5536\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5536\" title=\"Eve\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3714-e1310694618583-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"Eve\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3714-e1310694618583-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3714-e1310694618583-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Here Mom, hold the baby just like this while I go on my rocketship to Pluto.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5537\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3740.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5537\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5537\" title=\"bunny\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3740-e1310694667953-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"bunny\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3740-e1310694667953-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3740-e1310694667953-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baby ended up in the &quot;back pack&quot; instead :)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alan had no car at work so we went to pick him up and decided to have dinner out.\u00a0 It was yummy, everyone was well behaved, and I managed to stay within points for the day.\u00a0 Like I said, a good day!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5538\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3758.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5538\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5538\" title=\"eve\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3758-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"eve\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3758-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/img_3758-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eve thought these flowers were as big as her head, then had to go compare. Once there she decided they would make nice pillows.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I added videos to a few older posts.  I don&#8217;t always get them uploaded as quickly as the photos. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=5519\" title=\"Back to the beach - 7\/14\/11\">Back to the beach<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=5448\" title=\"Red, white, and blue scones - 7\/11\/11\">Red, white, and blue scones<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a beautiful day. It started with an unusual sort of morning where Alan was exercising (normal, not unusual), I did not (a little unusual), and the kids played upstairs by themselves for a long time (definitely unusual for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=5526\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5526"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5551,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5526\/revisions\/5551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}