{"id":1850,"date":"2009-08-24T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2009-08-24T07:56:34","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T14:56:34","slug":"you-might-be-a-big-fish-in-a-little-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1850","title":{"rendered":"You Might Be A Big Fish In A Little Pond."},"content":{"rendered":"

Inevitably every time we get into the car Addie will pipe up with, “Can you play You might be a big fish, in a little po-oond?<\/strong>” <\/em>(Otherwise known as Lost<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, by Coldplay.)<\/p>\n

She loves that song and I love to hear her sing it, so I gladly turn it on and feed her obsession.<\/p>\n

That exact phrase popped into my head when I opened up this photo last week. She really is struggling right now with wanting to be a big fish<\/strong>, but also wanting to be treated like the baby fish<\/strong> in the family, too.<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/a><\/p>\n

And no, she didn’t really test these fins in the water. She was actually very un-fishlike<\/em> while we were at Nana and Papa’s. Emma more than made up for Addie, though. Em didn’t seem to mind the chilly water one bit, and I was forced to drag out of the pool every night. (Remind you of someone else years ago, Mom and Dad?)<\/p>\n

I think that Nana and Papa don’t believe Addie really can swim, however, they do finally see that she is very<\/strong><\/em> stubborn.<\/p>\n

She will swim when she feels like it. And not a minute sooner.<\/p>\n

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