{"id":1031,"date":"2009-03-25T08:22:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T13:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2009-03-25T08:22:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T13:22:04","slug":"we-keep-him-a-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/25\/we-keep-him-a-box\/","title":{"rendered":"We keep him a box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/3384222493\/we-keep-him-in-a-box.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"We keep him in a box\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3464\/3384222493_7336571a3b_b.jpg\" alt=\"We keep him in a box\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just easier that way \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/3384208803\/shiloh.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"Shiloh\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3558\/3384208803_e9ea0d80a6_b.jpg\" alt=\"Shiloh\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We have had such nice weather and today it is rainy.  I am actually happy about it.  Love these crossed paws- I just love this weird dog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/3384206139\/shiloh.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"Shiloh\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3471\/3384206139_463f37f1dc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Shiloh\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every now and then I love a good rainy day.  An indoor day.  The bad part is that I scrubbed all the hardwood floors yesterday and rain means muddy dog paws and lacrosse practice is going to be messy.  It&#8217;s like when you wash your car&#8230;. <\/p>\n<p>Towels are stacked up by the back door in preparation of all the paw wiping I will be doing today.  But the other great thing is that it is Wednesday and that means no rec center classes for Cole so no gym for me.  Yay, I&#8217;m still sore from getting back into my routine after being sick and having sick kids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/3384215525\/c.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"c\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3628\/3384215525_44340d6078.jpg\" alt=\"c\" width=\"430\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/3385037800\/c.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"c\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3616\/3385037800_38b5dfabbd.jpg\" alt=\"c\" width=\"430\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Our playset is half finished, and for those that want to know- it is a Rainbow system and we bought it at Costco.  Really great price there for a decent playset.<\/p>\n<p>After looking at my pictures lately you would think that I have only one kid and one dog \ud83d\ude42   They are the only ones that will cooperate when the camera comes out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/3273323986\/austin-and-his-fave-dance-partner.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"Austin and his fave dance partner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3372\/3273323986_7a5ec9e183_b.jpg\" alt=\"Austin and his fave dance partner\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But since I do have other kiddos- here is a story about the oldest.  Yesterday after school we went to get him new cleats for lacrosse.  On the way home we get a phone call from my cousin.  Her daughter is Austin&#8217;s age and goes to a different elementary school.  One of her good friends is the girl that Austin liked from Cotillion.  <\/p>\n<p>So this girl wanted Austin to come to see her in a play last night.  I let him skip lax practice and he and I went to watch her.  It was cute, she was good.  They could barely speak to each other after, their faces blushing bright red.  I saw her older brother who was home from the navy come up and grab her and swing her around and said, &#8220;which one is he?&#8221; as he messed with her hair.  So cute.  Her dad wanted to meet Austin, since apparently he had heard a lot about him.  My cousin and I tried to keep straight faces.  In the end they maybe said two words to each other and then exchanged email addresses since they don&#8217;t go to the same school.<\/p>\n<p>Crazy.<\/p>\n<p>And since I don&#8217;t want to leave out the forgotten middle child, he has been doing a lot of this<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/3384290529\/img_0325.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0325\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3636\/3384290529_3c7d41e304_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0325\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/3385106162\/img_0323.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0323\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3655\/3385106162_1bd1a0978a_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0323\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>and this<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/3385110356\/b.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3641\/3385110356_b08f9577d1_b.jpg\" alt=\"b\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/3385107552\/b.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3620\/3385107552_206b55df52_b.jpg\" alt=\"b\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/3384294863\/b.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3135\/3384294863_32a96b959b_b.jpg\" alt=\"b\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Whew, that was a long one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s just easier that way \ud83d\ude42 We have had such nice weather and today it is rainy. I am actually happy about it. Love these crossed paws- I just love this weird dog. Every now and then I love a good rainy day. An indoor day. The bad part is that I scrubbed all the hardwood floors yesterday and rain means muddy dog paws and lacrosse practice is going to be messy. It&#8217;s like when you wash your car&#8230;. Towels are stacked up by the back door in preparation of all the paw wiping I will be doing today. But the other great thing is that it is Wednesday and that means no rec center classes for Cole so no gym for me. Yay, I&#8217;m still sore from getting back into my routine after being sick and having sick kids. Our playset is half finished, and for those that want to know- it is a Rainbow system and we bought it at Costco. Really great price there for a decent playset. After looking at my pictures lately you would think that I have only one kid and one dog \ud83d\ude42 They are the only ones that will cooperate when the camera comes out. But since I do have other kiddos- here is a story about the oldest. Yesterday after school we went to get him new cleats for lacrosse. On the way home we get a phone call from my cousin. Her daughter is Austin&#8217;s age and goes to a different elementary school. One of her good friends is the girl that Austin liked from Cotillion. So this girl wanted Austin to come to see her in a play last night. I let him skip lax practice and he and I went to watch her. It was cute, she was good. They could barely speak to each other after, their faces blushing bright red. I saw her older brother who was home from the navy come up and grab her and swing her around and said, &#8220;which one is he?&#8221; as he messed with her hair. So cute. Her dad wanted to meet Austin, since apparently he had heard a lot about him. My cousin and I tried to keep straight faces. In the end they maybe said two words to each other and then exchanged email addresses since they don&#8217;t go to the same school. Crazy. And since I don&#8217;t want to leave out the forgotten middle child, he has been doing a lot of this and this Whew, that was a long one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[123],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-life","tag-boys-boys-boys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}