{"id":4684,"date":"2010-12-28T21:46:03","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T02:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:12:40","slug":"4684","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/28\/4684\/","title":{"rendered":"I posted this without a title- oops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andy took off around around 2pm today to hit Ikea- which is in Cincy, which is almost two hours away.  But we promised Blake a new bed for Christmas and tomorrow he has basketball most of the day and well, you know how it goes.<\/p>\n<p>Blake and Cole share a room.  When we remodeled our house, we added another bedroom but we turned Blake&#8217;s old room into our master bathroom.  We didn&#8217;t have Eva then, plus Cole and Blake <em>wanted<\/em> to share a room, and were even sharing a room back when they didn&#8217;t have to.<\/p>\n<p>But now Blake is 11.  And his 7 year old brother bugs him.  At least part of the time.  So as a compromise (instead of making Eva give up her room- because lets face it, we want the girly sleeping in her own room) we told him we would get him a cool loft bed so he could have room underneath that was all his.  A guitar playing hang-out.  <\/p>\n<p>Currently we have bunkbeds that we bought when Austin and Blake were very young.  I still love those beds so they are going to the basement for sleepovers.  <\/p>\n<p>So of course this means Cole gets a new bed too.<\/p>\n<p>But the good thing is that Ikea is a great place for inexpensive furniture.  We just don&#8217;t have one close by.<\/p>\n<p>I was looking forward to a day of hanging with the family but instead it has been me hanging with the kids, or more like me keeping Eva away from the boys.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302073118\/img_8808.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8808\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5043\/5302073118_7c71aa23e6.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8808\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Because let me tell you, this little chica is a crazy little thing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302075852\/img_8814.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8814\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5281\/5302075852_db07a6cbb0.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8814\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>If anyone pulls out a computer, she is on you like glue<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301484051\/img_8825.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_8825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5049\/5301484051_d7d16e9db2_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8825\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Poke poke poke- she tries to type, she tries to shut it, and as a last resort she will throw something at you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302080312\/img_8829.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8829\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5085\/5302080312_22a826dfdc.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8829\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And she will pull out all stops to get a laugh- like biting her pee-pee diaper to make her brothers yell &#8220;GROSS!&#8221; and she just laughs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301488505\/img_8838.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8838\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5086\/5301488505_f1e58cdf2b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8838\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And of course there is a fit, or two<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301490739\/img_8839.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_8839\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5243\/5301490739_9f0e675268_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8839\" width=\"583\" height=\"824\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And she plays.  With dried Annie&#8217;s mac and cheese on her face.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302087684\/img_8843.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8843\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5201\/5302087684_c443302b8a.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8843\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301495123\/img_8855.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_8855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5050\/5301495123_ae254d357d_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8855\" width=\"633\" height=\"824\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But she&#8217;s cute, and these toes sticking out??  Oh man<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302091730\/img_8868.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8868\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5043\/5302091730_4e1dff24ee.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8868\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And she does a lot of naughty things- like this.  She knows this is bad.  And she looks at me and just smirks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302093864\/img_8879.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8879\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5123\/5302093864_c43fbae475.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8879\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And the dog sleeps sitting up<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301505907\/img_8880.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8880\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5208\/5301505907_983483fbf8.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8880\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>So Eva tries it too<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302101978\/img_8881.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8881\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5089\/5302101978_2653d3dfb3.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8881\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But then it&#8217;s back to play<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302104516\/img_8883.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8883\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5124\/5302104516_8f11070dcc.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8883\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>She always uses both hands so we can&#8217;t tell if we are gonna have another leftie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302107028\/img_8891.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8891\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5161\/5302107028_fea231dcef.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8891\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And then she finds Austin- who can&#8217;t get away from her because his computer has to be plugged in to work.  So he builds a barricade around himself to try to keep her away<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302109910\/img_8896.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8896\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5001\/5302109910_53da1924c1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8896\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But of course it doesn&#8217;t work<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301518705\/img_8897.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8897\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5202\/5301518705_67d8212f26.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8897\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And soon he is surrounded<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301521291\/img_8900.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5206\/5301521291_13d34ac8f9.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8900\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But he tells her to go away<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302118544\/img_8903.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8903\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5207\/5302118544_e803942b98.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8903\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And she gets sassy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301527281\/img_8904.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8904\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5207\/5301527281_37b2b905bf.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8904\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s back to play<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302123792\/img_8913.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8913\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5001\/5302123792_dcb12decd5.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8913\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301533683\/img_8916.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5087\/5301533683_111cee2dbe.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8916\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301535755\/img_8923.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5007\/5301535755_6dd5305227.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8923\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And of course another fit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301537817\/img_8927.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8927\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5084\/5301537817_a5ba525e53.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8927\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But then it&#8217;s ok again<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301539961\/img_8928.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8928\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5086\/5301539961_f5302147a4.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8928\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301542605\/img_8943.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8943\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5122\/5301542605_a04bb4387c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8943\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And she has to wear her sassy boots again<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302139454\/img_8965.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8965\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5166\/5302139454_f70d210427.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8965\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And put them on all by herself<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301547269\/img_8968.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5043\/5301547269_2bdee9c7c1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8968\" width=\"396\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301549665\/img_8972.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8972\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5166\/5301549665_c57d0d7c7c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8972\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5302146100\/img_8974.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8974\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5290\/5302146100_e6a1846503.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8974\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>My fave pics of the day<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5301554051\/img_8976.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_8976\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5130\/5301554051_7933682296.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8976\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy took off around around 2pm today to hit Ikea- which is in Cincy, which is almost two hours away. But we promised Blake a new bed for Christmas and tomorrow he has basketball most of the day and well, you know how it goes. Blake and Cole share a room. When we remodeled our house, we added another bedroom but we turned Blake&#8217;s old room into our master bathroom. We didn&#8217;t have Eva then, plus Cole and Blake wanted to share a room, and were even sharing a room back when they didn&#8217;t have to. But now Blake is 11. And his 7 year old brother bugs him. At least part of the time. So as a compromise (instead of making Eva give up her room- because lets face it, we want the girly sleeping in her own room) we told him we would get him a cool loft bed so he could have room underneath that was all his. A guitar playing hang-out. Currently we have bunkbeds that we bought when Austin and Blake were very young. I still love those beds so they are going to the basement for sleepovers. So of course this means Cole gets a new bed too. But the good thing is that Ikea is a great place for inexpensive furniture. We just don&#8217;t have one close by. I was looking forward to a day of hanging with the family but instead it has been me hanging with the kids, or more like me keeping Eva away from the boys. Because let me tell you, this little chica is a crazy little thing If anyone pulls out a computer, she is on you like glue Poke poke poke- she tries to type, she tries to shut it, and as a last resort she will throw something at you. And she will pull out all stops to get a laugh- like biting her pee-pee diaper to make her brothers yell &#8220;GROSS!&#8221; and she just laughs. And of course there is a fit, or two And she plays. With dried Annie&#8217;s mac and cheese on her face. But she&#8217;s cute, and these toes sticking out?? Oh man And she does a lot of naughty things- like this. She knows this is bad. And she looks at me and just smirks. And the dog sleeps sitting up So Eva tries it too But then it&#8217;s back to play She always uses both hands so we can&#8217;t tell if we are gonna have another leftie. And then she finds Austin- who can&#8217;t get away from her because his computer has to be plugged in to work. So he builds a barricade around himself to try to keep her away But of course it doesn&#8217;t work And soon he is surrounded But he tells her to go away And she gets sassy And it&#8217;s back to play And of course another fit But then it&#8217;s ok again And she has to wear her sassy boots again And put them on all by herself My fave pics of the day<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-4684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4684","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=4684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21088,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4684\/revisions\/21088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}