{"id":379,"date":"2009-01-07T22:59:51","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T02:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2009-01-07T22:59:51","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T02:59:51","slug":"too-early-for-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/379","title":{"rendered":"Too early for bed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got some extra time between dinner and bedtime?\u00c2\u00a0 Why not do what we did tonight, and have a good, old-fashioned in-home field day.\u00c2\u00a0 It helps if you have enough contestants to make it interesting.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3382\/3178769638_e2d4df745f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with some piggy back races&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3258\/3178769592_0485f1456e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>past the kitchen, through the front room, back through the kitchen, and all feet on the living room carpet&#8230;timed by daddy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3469\/3178795744_965ef42073.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Girls won; they had a slight advantage, given Abbey is so much bigger than Marley &#8211; and Marley weighs next to nothing soaking wet.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3355\/3178769540_d8a07eb51d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lainey was dying to get in on the fun&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3424\/3178769264_5bf7d4441d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She liked it just a little.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3440\/3178769504_b7339b403b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Someone decided that I had to get into the competition, too.\u00c2\u00a0 I held on for dear life&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3435\/3177934307_e596995cde.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4-legged race maybe?\u00c2\u00a0 We had done the traditional 3-legged races before I thought to get the camera.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3383\/3178769336_332927cbbc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They sort-of carried her, laughing hysterically the whole way!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3303\/3177934109_043ace040f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, let&#8217;s end the evening with the boys dragging ME around, and us collapsing in a heap on the living room floor.\u00c2\u00a0 Nope, not sharing THAT picture!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got some extra time between dinner and bedtime?\u00c2\u00a0 Why not do what we did tonight, and have a good, old-fashioned in-home field day.\u00c2\u00a0 It helps if you have enough contestants to make it interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 Let&#8217;s start with some piggy back races&#8230; 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