{"id":6682,"date":"2011-12-03T20:13:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T01:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=6682"},"modified":"2011-12-03T20:17:04","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T01:17:04","slug":"its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas-or-friday-at-our-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=6682","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s beginning to look a lot like Christmas&#8230; (or Friday at our house)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We did some decorating yesterday.  The kids were super excited!  They helped me carry down the boxes, eagerly set up the nativity scenes and then got lost in the books.  Think we have enough Christmas books?  Seriously!  I&#8217;ve also already bought two new ones this year and there&#8217;s a book fair at Lex&#8217;s school on Monday where I&#8217;ll probably buy more.  I have a kid book addiction! :)  <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6684\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1335.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6684\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1335-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"nativity\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1335-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1335-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1335-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nativity scenes line our hearth.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6683\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6683\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1333-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"books\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1333-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1333-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1333-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Books, books everywhere.  These kept the kids quiet for well over an hour!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After dinner I had a laugh when Lex grabbed the Kindle and settled on the dining room floor, and Eve grabbed a soft Christmas book and snuggled on the couch.  Such opposites.  :)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6685\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1340.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6685\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1340-e1322960914989-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"kindle\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1340-e1322960914989-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1340-e1322960914989-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That&#039;s his &quot;Kindle touch&quot; finger :)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6686\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1341.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6686\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1341-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"eve\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1341-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1341-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1341-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snuggle bug on the couch.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Later that night we watched Alan on TV for a few minutes, then Alan and Lex played Macala (or beads and buckets as they like to call it) on a homemade game board. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6687\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1344.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6687\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1344-e1322961066200-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"alan\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1344-e1322961066200-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1344-e1322961066200-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proud Alan!  He was interviewed about energy commission stuff a few weeks ago and it aired last night.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6688\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1346.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6688\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1346-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"macala\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1346-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1346-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1346-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beads and buckets... and blocks!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We did some decorating yesterday. The kids were super excited! They helped me carry down the boxes, eagerly set up the nativity scenes and then got lost in the books. Think we have enough Christmas books? Seriously! I&#8217;ve also already &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=6682\">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-6682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6682","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=6682"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6692,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6682\/revisions\/6692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}