{"id":1876,"date":"2011-09-22T22:54:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T02:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2011-09-22T22:54:40","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T02:54:40","slug":"just-me-and-marls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1876","title":{"rendered":"just me and marls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homeschooling has a lot of pros and one of them came in handy today.  <\/p>\n<p>Flexibility.  <\/p>\n<p>Marley and I&#8230;along with my friend Kelley, her daughter Kylie, and two of the girls friends Brielle and Kayla&#8230;snuck away for a day.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6174124904\/\" title=\"DSC_6650 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6171\/6174124904_96662dc87b.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"DSC_6650\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Never heard of it?  Half lodge, half crazy water park.  We purchased discounted day tickets for homeschoolers and spent the day doing what we both love.  <\/p>\n<p>Marley kept herself busy with water slides, swimming, and more water slides.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6174126660\/\" title=\"DSC_6653 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6162\/6174126660_dd26a17e84.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"DSC_6653\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6173605311\/\" title=\"DSC_6665 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6156\/6173605311_495cce792a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"DSC_6665\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6173606237\/\" title=\"DSC_6677 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6160\/6173606237_ed5b5a8000.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"DSC_6677\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6174137978\/\" title=\"DSC_6689 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6175\/6174137978_6db5f6bb1b.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC_6689\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I sat in a chair and read a book.  For longer than 12 minutes uninterrupted.  And, had a conversation with another adult.  For longer than 12 minutes uninterrupted.  We also walked around and took pictures and browsed the gift shop.  It was a slice of heaven.  Oh, and I never even got wet&#8230;.Marley thinks I wasted the entire day!  <\/p>\n<p>Sorry, no pictures of us boring adults.  If you saw my FB status, you know that I wasn&#8217;t very picture worthy today.  <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6174131646\/\" title=\"DSC_6664 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6167\/6174131646_f18d7f896a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"DSC_6664\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Silly girls.  <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6174130890\/\" title=\"DSC_6663 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6171\/6174130890_ae5dce630e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"DSC_6663\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Really silly.<\/p>\n<p>I finally dragged her away, only barely convincing her that 7 hours at the water park was plenty.  She responded by falling asleep on the chair soon after we arrived home.  <\/p>\n<p>It was a great day.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeschooling has a lot of pros and one of them came in handy today. Flexibility. Marley and I&#8230;along with my friend Kelley, her daughter Kylie, and two of the girls friends Brielle and Kayla&#8230;snuck away for a day. Never heard of it? Half lodge, half crazy water park. 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