{"id":1218,"date":"2009-01-09T01:06:50","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T09:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.wordpress.com\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2009-01-09T01:06:50","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T09:06:50","slug":"glad-to-be-california-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1218","title":{"rendered":"Glad to be California Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is clearly a time and place for cold weather and snow. And according to these girls…the snow should only be around for a very short period of time and far away from our everyday life.<\/p>\n

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Em didn’t seem to mind the snow too much and I think really loved our sledding trip with the cousins.<\/p>\n

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But Addie, she is not a fan of the white stuff. I managed to keep a jacket, hat and mittens on her about 50% of the time, but it was torture, pure torture I tell you! It was as if the mittens were scalding the very skin off of her hands.<\/p>\n

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My sis (or bro-in-law, I’m not sure which) managed to get a picture of me *loving* the chilly weather for about 2 minutes.\u00a0 I think maybe my blood has thinned a bit in the past three fair-weathered years we’ve been in So Cal.<\/p>\n

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The first thing Emma said Tuesday morning as I was getting her ready for school? “Mama, I’m so glad to wear my tennis shoes, I don’t like wearing boots all the time!”<\/em><\/p>\n

And Addie squealed, “Mama! I get to wear a dress now ‘cuz it isn’t snowy! Right?”<\/em><\/p>\n

You can take the girl out of California, but you can’t take the California out of the girl!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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