{"id":6347,"date":"2011-10-31T20:49:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T01:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=6347"},"modified":"2011-10-31T20:56:21","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T01:56:21","slug":"a-few-random-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=6347","title":{"rendered":"A few random photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Going through the pictures on the camera I came across a few random photos I meant to post over the past few weeks.  I didn&#8217;t get around to it then, but here they are for you now&#8230; <em>(turns out it was more than a few and mostly about Eve!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eve made her <a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=4720\">magazine debut<\/a> last spring, but once again her face is around town.  Here is a picture hanging on the wall outside her old preschool classroom&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0481.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0481-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"eve on the wall\" title=\"eve on the wall\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0481-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0481-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0481-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and here she is promoting a Good Beginnings lecture earlier this month.  When I asked if she minded seeing her face on posters in the schools and around town, she shrugged and said, &#8220;nope.&#8221;  She&#8217;s cool like that.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0482.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0482-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"eve in posters\" title=\"eve in posters\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0482-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0482-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0482-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love her artwork.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0579.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0579-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"eve drawing\" title=\"eve drawing\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0579-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0579-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0579-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lex made a really cute treasure box in Pre-K art class and Eve has waited two long years to make one of her own.  Sadly Pre-K this year doesn&#8217;t get art class (apparently they normally don&#8217;t, Lex&#8217;s year was an exception) so on a whim we decided to make her a treasure box at home.  With  an empty milk carton, scissors, paper, and lots of tape we went to work.  The closure isn&#8217;t great, but otherwise it&#8217;s a pretty cool treasure box.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0596.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0596-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"treasure box\" title=\"treasure box\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0596-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0596-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0596-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t think I forgot about the other artist in the house.  Here is a picture he drew of the aquatic center.  We got a membership this month and they start taking swimming lessons again (starting tomorrow, in fact!) They&#8217;re both pretty excited.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0601.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0601-374x500.jpg\" alt=\"aquatic center\" title=\"aquatic center\" width=\"374\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0601-374x500.jpg 374w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0601-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0601-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0601.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grampy Don came to visit a few weeks ago and brought Eve a make-your-own book kit.  She got right to work.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0603.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0603-e1320110621249-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"author eve\" title=\"author eve\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0603-e1320110621249-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0603-e1320110621249-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Page one says &#8220;This is mom baking a cake.&#8221;  I especially like the crown. And the legs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0607.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0607-e1320110672611-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"baking mom\" title=\"baking mom\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0607-e1320110672611-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0607-e1320110672611-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every night I lay down with the kids at bedtime.  Most nights they argue about who I should lay with first.  I like to think I&#8217;m a genius mommy, but sometimes it comes to me slowly.  After many months of this, and all kinds of lame threats on my part, I finally solved the problem.  A simple sign.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0694.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0694-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"sign\" title=\"sign\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0694-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0694-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0694-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We got our first snowfall last Wednesday night.  Eve wanted to play outside all morning.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0699.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0699-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"snowy toys\" title=\"snowy toys\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0699-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0699-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0699-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0703.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0703-e1320111174238-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"trees\" title=\"trees\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0703-e1320111174238-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0703-e1320111174238-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0706.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0706-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"trees 2\" title=\"trees 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0706-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0706-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0706-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A (pretend) nap at the bottom of the stairs?  Yes, please!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0698.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0698-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"nap\" title=\"nap\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0698-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0698-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0698-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eve&#8217;s weefy puppy had NO stuffing in her, at all.  Eve has been asking me to do surgery on her, just like I did on Lex&#8217;s doggie years ago (I tried to find a link for this but instead found this <a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=1166\">adorable photo<\/a> and this post about <a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=2047\">previous surgery on Eve&#8217;s puppy<\/a>, I&#8217;d forgotten about that!)  Yesterday I got brave and donned my surgical hat (figuratively!) and fattened puppy right up.  Eve says she is feeling much better now.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0882.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0882-e1320111648613-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"puppy surgery\" title=\"puppy surgery\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0882-e1320111648613-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0882-e1320111648613-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lex filled our living room with puzzles yesterday and then took pictures of them all :)  He is definitely a budding photographer.  A boy after my own heart.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0890.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0890-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"puzzles\" title=\"puzzles\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0890-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0890-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0890-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eve had a playdate this morning with two little girls from her class.  She has been so looking forward to this day.  It went fairly well.  The girls were all nice and well behaved and they played really nicely together.  It was fun.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0902.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0902-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"girls\" title=\"girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0902-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0902-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0902-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lex brought home his pumpkin pot home today.  He made it in art class at school.  They&#8217;ve been working on it for weeks and I get happy every time he tells me about it.  Mostly because I love hearing him say &#8220;pumpkin pot.&#8221;  :)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0911.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0911-e1320112146357-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"pumpkin pot\" title=\"pumpkin pot\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0911-e1320112146357-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0911-e1320112146357-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, I guess that&#8217;s enough random photos for tonight.  Now on to the Halloween photos!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going through the pictures on the camera I came across a few random photos I meant to post over the past few weeks. I didn&#8217;t get around to it then, but here they are for you now&#8230; (turns out it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=6347\">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-6347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347","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=6347"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6370,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347\/revisions\/6370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}