{"id":5528,"date":"2011-05-18T02:41:42","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T07:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=5528"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:11:38","slug":"believe-it-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/18\/believe-it-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Believe it or not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have never left Andy overnight with the kids.<\/p>\n<p>Wait- I take that back, I did each time I had another kid.  But that shouldn&#8217;t count should it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5701464940\/.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2547\/5701464940_b4e68a10d1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would say we are a little overdue, wouldn&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p>I mean who wouldn&#8217;t want to take care of 4 amazing kids, when they are nonstop fighting and stuck inside because guess what?  It&#8217;s raining again.  And the high is 49 degrees.  So that makes for major happiness all around.<\/p>\n<p>Last week my car said this- 97<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5733028707\/really.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"Really?\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2467\/5733028707_0c596f1094.jpg\" alt=\"Really?\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also gets to hang with a dog that is on major meds, yet again<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5732911395\/.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5141\/5732911395_aac1f4dcb5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of dogs, Z got a major shave, isn&#8217;t she cute??<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5732913805\/.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3192\/5732913805_78b72aa254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This always gives me hope that Summer is around the corner- when the kids tie-dye t-shirts for Supergames<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5733015291\/supergames.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"Supergames\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3132\/5733015291_10e3819f49.jpg\" alt=\"Supergames\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eva and I found the cutest insulated cups yesterday<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5733458318\/.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5269\/5733458318_4584bd344d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Middle school lax just ended, no more away lacrosse games!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5733554052\/.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2710\/5733554052_98b43265d2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I texted this to Andy last night<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5732909179\/.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2471\/5732909179_4fd2c0fc54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because guess what??  I am leaving him with all 4 kids next week for 2 nights!!!<\/p>\n<p>Think he can handle it?  I am sure he will be fine&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have never left Andy overnight with the kids. Wait- I take that back, I did each time I had another kid. But that shouldn&#8217;t count should it? I would say we are a little overdue, wouldn&#8217;t you? I mean who wouldn&#8217;t want to take care of 4 amazing kids, when they are nonstop fighting and stuck inside because guess what? It&#8217;s raining again. And the high is 49 degrees. So that makes for major happiness all around. Last week my car said this- 97 He also gets to hang with a dog that is on major meds, yet again Speaking of dogs, Z got a major shave, isn&#8217;t she cute?? This always gives me hope that Summer is around the corner- when the kids tie-dye t-shirts for Supergames Eva and I found the cutest insulated cups yesterday Middle school lax just ended, no more away lacrosse games!! I texted this to Andy last night Because guess what?? I am leaving him with all 4 kids next week for 2 nights!!! Think he can handle it? I am sure he will be fine&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5623,"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":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","category-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6.2111.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528","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=5528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19008,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions\/19008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}