{"id":1595,"date":"2011-03-21T22:42:12","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T02:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2011-03-21T22:45:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T02:45:05","slug":"ah-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1595","title":{"rendered":"Ah, spring&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"flickr-image aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_2144\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/5548819762\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5307\/5548819762_5ac859a725.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2144\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Signs of spring. \u00c2\u00a0Bumblebees are zooming around all the newly blossomed flowers. \u00c2\u00a0The annoying black ants that love our front walkway are back. \u00c2\u00a0(anyone know how to get rid of big, black ants?!?) \u00c2\u00a0Our nebulizer machine is doing overtime, with Ethan&#8217;s asthma hitting him hard. \u00c2\u00a0Others are sniffing, allergies gone haywire. \u00c2\u00a0The good, the bad, and the sneezy.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_2122\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/5548244831\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5299\/5548244831_7be8aa7baf.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re definitely spending more time outside. \u00c2\u00a0This time of year in Florida, we&#8217;d already be sweating. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;m enjoying the nice, slow fade into spring and eventually summer. \u00c2\u00a0Is it just me, or does Lainey look almost pre-teenish in this picture?! \u00c2\u00a0Eeek.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_2131\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/5548242443\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5149\/5548242443_9f8a7386d6.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2131\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Someone swished his tootsie in Lake Norman for the first time this past weekend. \u00c2\u00a0I held on tight as we stretched his leg into the water&#8230;he seemed to have no fear of falling in!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_2128\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/5548243627\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5303\/5548243627_c9c0f50e09.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2128\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope he loves the water this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_2139\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/5548820922\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5143\/5548820922_08970137fa.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The kayaks got dusted off , with the boys taking a spin. \u00c2\u00a0They even jumped in the water&#8230;.brrr.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_2123\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/5548245999\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5097\/5548245999_ab45ab8bc2.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2123\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re feeding seed to all the birdies and Mr. and Mrs. Duck daily&#8230;several times a day. \u00c2\u00a0Marley stays on top of it all. \u00c2\u00a0Afterall, they are HER ducks. \u00c2\u00a0She thinks they are.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flickr-image aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_2136\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/5548239989\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5068\/5548239989_cb89fba407.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the negative parts of spring, we&#8217;re squinting our way through it. \u00c2\u00a0Dodging bees, grabbing tissues, and watching as the world explodes with color.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signs of spring. \u00c2\u00a0Bumblebees are zooming around all the newly blossomed flowers. \u00c2\u00a0The annoying black ants that love our front walkway are back. \u00c2\u00a0(anyone know how to get rid of big, black ants?!?) \u00c2\u00a0Our nebulizer machine is doing overtime, with Ethan&#8217;s asthma hitting him hard. \u00c2\u00a0Others are sniffing, allergies gone haywire. \u00c2\u00a0The good, the bad, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}