{"id":1831,"date":"2009-08-09T19:01:03","date_gmt":"2009-08-10T02:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2009-08-09T19:29:05","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T02:29:05","slug":"cousin-time-best-shot-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1831","title":{"rendered":"Cousin Time ~ Best Shot Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have landed, at least for a few days, in Michigan. Since our feet have hit the Michigan soil, it has been nothing but kittens, kittens, cousins, and more kittens!<\/p>\n<p>Poor Griffin. I don&#8217;t think the girls have left the poor kittens alone for more than two minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"poorkitty.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3806490104\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3018\/3806490104_b6288a4900_b.jpg\" alt=\"poorkitty.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And when all of the cats are occupied, just grab your closest cousin and give her a squeeze.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"pigtail_brigade.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3806486734\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3450\/3806486734_951e359981_b.jpg\" alt=\"pigtail_brigade.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The girls will follow each other anywhere&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"follow_the_leader.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3806504146\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2532\/3806504146_a602def09a_b.jpg\" alt=\"follow_the_leader.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And even oblige Mommy (Aunt Bean) and stop for a photo op before a thunderstorm drove us back into the house. Although they avoided actually &#8220;sitting&#8221; on the log because it is &#8220;dees-gustin!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"cousins.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3806483442\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2439\/3806483442_483a50a3e9_b.jpg\" alt=\"cousins.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This last one is my Best Shot for today because it just makes me happy when the girls can all be together. And also when they all fall into bed with pure happiness (and exhaustion) after spending the day together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traceyclark.squarespace.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i95.photobucket.com\/albums\/l134\/maypapers\/bsmstar140button.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"bsm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have landed, at least for a few days, in Michigan. Since our feet have hit the Michigan soil, it has been nothing but kittens, kittens, cousins, and more kittens! Poor Griffin. 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