{"id":1433,"date":"2009-03-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2009-03-11T20:49:34","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T03:49:34","slug":"restful-theme-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1433","title":{"rendered":"Restful ~ Theme Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I give the girls a bath every night before bed. I realize it probably isn&#8217;t ecologically sound (although I do bathe them together, so it is only one bath, not two!) and they definitely don&#8217;t need it every night (I don&#8217;t wash their hair every night!). But I mostly give them some tubby time because it calms them down. It is part of our &#8220;on the way down&#8221; routine, and also &#8211; the most <strong>restful<\/strong> time of the day.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0041.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3348496976\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3456\/3348496976_d8ec4f2081_o.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0041.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the time change this past week, we have been having some <em>getting to sleep<\/em> and <em>getting up<\/em> problems around our house. But, on the plus side, it is light still at bathtime again. So the wonderful natural light lends to some good photography practice times. (Which is <strong>restful <\/strong>for Mommy!)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0026.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3347660367\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3583\/3347660367_e62df429a2_o.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0026.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0089.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3348497156\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3646\/3348497156_4de8e1839f_o.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0089.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0036.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3347660585\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3614\/3347660585_3ee0296ff7_o.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0036.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pigtails? That is how we tried to get her hair out of her way for dance class today. What you can&#8217;t see is all the hair falling out of the pigtails on the back of her head!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0142.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3347661519\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3450\/3347661519_f86567eee7_o.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0142.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taking baths usually makes me feel like this too, Addie! For me there is nothing more relaxing or peaceful than a nice, long soak. Pure heaven. And the proof of a good soak? Some good &#8216;ol pruney toes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Kickin' back by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3347661311\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3572\/3347661311_16777f94b0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Kickin' back\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to stop over to Stacy&#8217;s to soak up some other <a href=\"http:\/\/thelandofka.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">restful photos<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I give the girls a bath every night before bed. 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