{"id":2450,"date":"2010-05-11T22:50:14","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T05:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2010-05-11T22:51:22","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T05:51:22","slug":"weve-got-ants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=2450","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve got ants!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>E: &#8220;<em>Daddy! My ants came today! 50 of them!<\/em>&#8221;<br \/>\nD: <em>&#8220;Um&#8230;aren&#8217;t we generally trying to keep ants OUT of the house?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"DSC_0019.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/4600140927\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4031\/4600140927_1f159a0a6f_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0019.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Ant Hill was one of Em&#8217;s purchases with a birthday gift card. We anxiously awaited the arrival of the ants through the mail, and once they finally came, Em studied the instructions to make sure the ants got into the Hill with no incidents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0021.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/4600759674\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1040\/4600759674_00a00571c4_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0021.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And we&#8217;ve just been waiting for them to get accustomed to their new surroundings.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0037.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/4600144821\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3365\/4600144821_3ea385374e_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0037.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They&#8217;ve provided hours of entertainment already&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0042.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/4600146575\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3339\/4600146575_44b3c86414_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0042.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;and have even inspired this week&#8217;s creative writing entry for Em&#8217;s homework.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0035.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/4600143215\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1164\/4600143215_3032bfa45c_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0035.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Clearly it is the most exciting thing going on around this place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E: &#8220;Daddy! 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