{"id":1971,"date":"2009-10-06T21:18:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T04:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2009-10-06T22:12:39","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T05:12:39","slug":"me-my-girl-and-some-cocoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1971","title":{"rendered":"Me, My Girl, and Some Cocoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a chilly, fall-like morning, well, I know it is all relative, but it was chilly for us. I was enjoying a big cup of coffee and Addie had moved all of her Polly Pockets to the one spot where the sun was streaming in through the windows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0007.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3989328832\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3432\/3989328832_0095e97182_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0007.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mama? Do you want to play with me? You can bring your coffee over here and be the Mom?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0084.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3988583043\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3441\/3988583043_005ff8b00d_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0084.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey, wait! When it is cold outside we should have some hot cocoa! Can you have your coffee and make me some hot cocoa? Please, Mama?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0040.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3988577943\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2451\/3988577943_6b5080c771_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0040.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who can say no to that? And she &#8220;helped&#8221; make the cocoa with very specific instructions. &#8220;I need the Winnie-the-Pooh cup, Mama!&#8221; I have had this mug for over 10 years, 15 maybe? Wait. I may have had it in college&#8230; At any rate, it&#8217;s been around a long time. And I love that the girls like to use it. It is definitely a good hot cocoa mug.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0053.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3988578865\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3517\/3988578865_f44f1cf47a_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0053.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is also nice when there is only one girl around, so there is no fighting over the Pooh mug.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0038.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3989331556\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2576\/3989331556_2d9841497b_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0038.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And no fighting over the camera either. I decided as long as it was all sunny and my girl was being sweet that the camera needed a little bit of love, too.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0065.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3988581257\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2551\/3988581257_13e7babda3_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0065.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So the camera got some shooting time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0063.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3989335178\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2467\/3989335178_901068117d_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0063.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Addie got some Polly Pocket playing time with Mommy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0067.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3988582121\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2457\/3988582121_ce87f94b18_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0067.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Mommy got some warm fall sunshine, good coffee, and girl time with her favorite 4-year old.<\/p>\n<p>Does it get any better than that? 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