{"id":5450,"date":"2011-05-10T08:09:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T13:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=5450"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:11:47","slug":"brothers-are-good-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/10\/brothers-are-good-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Brothers are good for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big big pushes on the swing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5703340512\/img_1743.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_1743\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2676\/5703340512_f829a549ac_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1743\" width=\"584\" height=\"383\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nobody can push as high as the middle brother<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5703343468\/img_1747.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_1747\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2357\/5703343468_699e05562a.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1747\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5702776307\/img_1753.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_1753\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5144\/5702776307_08edd9e8f9.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1753\" width=\"500\" height=\"413\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nobody is as sweet (and crazy combined) as the youngest brother<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5702779043\/img_1778.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_1778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5024\/5702779043_6c9b0cfa69.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1778\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The biggest brother was at lax practice- for some reason he is her current fave<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5702782055\/img_1787.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_1787\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2373\/5702782055_76eefb04d3.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1787\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5702784405\/img_1788.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_1788\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3482\/5702784405_9c3e0b62b3.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1788\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This brother likes to spin her- which is a big no-no.  While she laughs with delight while doing it, the second she stops she pukes.  No spinning Eva is our rule, but of course he always tries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5703356842\/img_1791.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_1791\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3245\/5703356842_7f1e891d96.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1791\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5702790361\/img_1800.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_1800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3273\/5702790361_d04a8edbed.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1800\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love this next one<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5703362376\/img_1807.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_1807\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3216\/5703362376_4c5223e2dc.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1807\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eva is going through a stage where she wants nothing in her hair- she pulls it out almost immediately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5702795315\/img_1810.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_1810\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3501\/5702795315_00e4afb450.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1810\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know how it doesn&#8217;t drive her crazy to have her hair in her face.  It makes me crazy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5702799265\/img_1827.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_1827\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2247\/5702799265_6ff9dfe15c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1827\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5702802145\/img_1830.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_1830\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2707\/5702802145_12a4ab29fb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1830\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, almost forgot.  I use my sewing machine to make the custom page protectors.  Usually a zig-zag stitch but not always, and then cut them down.  Most of the time I leave the top open just like a normal page protector unless it is something I know I won&#8217;t ever take out and then I just sew it up on both sides.  If this doesn&#8217;t answer your question please let me know and I can do a step by step and show you exactly what I mean.  Or&#8230; a quick search and I found Ali Edwards showing exactly how to do it- cool!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/11285046?portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/11285046\">Stitching On Page Protectors<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/aliedwards\">Ali Edwards<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big big pushes on the swing Nobody can push as high as the middle brother Nobody is as sweet (and crazy combined) as the youngest brother The biggest brother was at lax practice- for some reason he is her current fave This brother likes to spin her- which is a big no-no. While she laughs with delight while doing it, the second she stops she pukes. No spinning Eva is our rule, but of course he always tries. I love this next one Eva is going through a stage where she wants nothing in her hair- she pulls it out almost immediately. I don&#8217;t know how it doesn&#8217;t drive her crazy to have her hair in her face. It makes me crazy. Oh, almost forgot. I use my sewing machine to make the custom page protectors. Usually a zig-zag stitch but not always, and then cut them down. Most of the time I leave the top open just like a normal page protector unless it is something I know I won&#8217;t ever take out and then I just sew it up on both sides. If this doesn&#8217;t answer your question please let me know and I can do a step by step and show you exactly what I mean. Or&#8230; a quick search and I found Ali Edwards showing exactly how to do it- cool! Stitching On Page Protectors from Ali Edwards on Vimeo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5654,"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],"tags":[229,642],"class_list":["post-5450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","tag-eva","tag-swing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6.41.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450","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=5450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19014,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450\/revisions\/19014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}