{"id":1070,"date":"2008-07-25T14:27:05","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T22:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.wordpress.com\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2008-07-25T14:27:05","modified_gmt":"2008-07-25T22:27:05","slug":"blissfully-quiet-friday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1070","title":{"rendered":"Blissfully Quiet Friday Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think I did the impossible and wore the girls out enough to make them (gasp!) take a nap today. It is blissfully quiet around here at the moment. Addie didn’t even protest when I was marching her upstairs to the impending doom a nap usually signifies. She did tell me (a little too whiningly) “but I don’t think I am tired for a nap!”<\/p>\n

Right before she rolled over and put her head down. An hour and a half ago.<\/p>\n

So how did I do it, you ask?<\/p>\n

The beach. Eight glorious hours at the beach yesterday.<\/p>\n

Our friends are renting a house on the beach, so we crashed in on them for the entire day.<\/p>\n

The girls dug a hole to China –
\n\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

Explored the tidepools in search of some sealife –
\n\"Beach<\/a><\/p>\n

Tried to hide from the camera –
\n\"No<\/a><\/p>\n

And just contemplated life –
\n\"Taking<\/a><\/p>\n

Now if Mommy could just learn to reapply sunscreen on herself as often as she does the girls. I have some weird little sunburnt “patches” and sunburnt lips. Yeah, ouch! But, oh so worth it.<\/p>\n

Addie was not having her photo taken, though. And finally Emma asked if she could take a picture because “Addie looks so cute all there by you, Mama!”<\/p>\n

How we knew it was time to end the fun –
\n\"Just<\/a><\/p>\n

All tuckered out.<\/p>\n

We are on recovery mode from the busy week this entire weekend. We’ll see you on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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