{"id":4848,"date":"2013-04-22T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=4848"},"modified":"2016-09-26T21:17:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T02:17:00","slug":"weekend-shenanigans-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=4848","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Shenanigans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"DSC_0124\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8405\/8667757651_1d2198d6cd.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8405\/8667757651_1d2198d6cd_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0036\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8400\/8668852602_dfc8407c9e.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8400\/8668852602_dfc8407c9e_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0036\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0051\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8399\/8668853148_88d86594da.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8399\/8668853148_88d86594da_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0051\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As promised, this weekend was full of plans and fun and ridiculousness, as well as a lot of work (mostly in the garden&#8211; but more on that tomorrow). We walked to Washington University for their annual Thurteen Carnival (see last year&#8217;s pictures <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=2495\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and the year before <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?m=201104\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). The weather was beautiful, sunny, and cool, and we ran into plenty of friends (who turned out to be much more courageous than me when it came to riding those rides!).<a title=\"DSC_0062\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8392\/8667750907_d6e0b9f768.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8392\/8667750907_d6e0b9f768_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0062\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0006\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8406\/8667748449_e11310d65b.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8406\/8667748449_e11310d65b_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0006\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0074\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8386\/8667751567_a27f5b3834.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8386\/8667751567_a27f5b3834_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0074\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0045\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8399\/8667750333_3d3cc54915.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8399\/8667750333_3d3cc54915_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0045\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0027\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8396\/8667749629_206deb959b.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8396\/8667749629_206deb959b_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0027\" \/><\/a>Oliver ran into his <em>soulmate<\/em>, Estella, and no, I do not use that word lightly. Those two are crazy in love.<a title=\"DSC_0023\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8406\/8667749329_0f50fc17ca.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8406\/8667749329_0f50fc17ca_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0023\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0086\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8380\/8667752941_12f7616e9b.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8380\/8667752941_12f7616e9b_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0086\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0082\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8394\/8667752481_42b871fbae.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8394\/8667752481_42b871fbae_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0082\" \/><\/a>We also shared the traditional funnel cake, covered in powdered sugar and grimy hands. It was gone in less than 2 minutes. I timed us.<a title=\"DSC_0079\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8387\/8668854470_a66f786fa6.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8387\/8668854470_a66f786fa6_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0079\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0094\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8402\/8668855706_798a4e6561.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8402\/8668855706_798a4e6561_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0094\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0096\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8381\/8667754685_81c5d13f60.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8381\/8667754685_81c5d13f60_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0096\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0095\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8396\/8668856460_8e37a22293.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8396\/8668856460_8e37a22293_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0095\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0018\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8385\/8667748971_d70074c17f.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8385\/8667748971_d70074c17f_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0018\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Emil&#8217;s first ride! He loved it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0106\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8386\/8668858042_3de525a569.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8386\/8668858042_3de525a569_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0106\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0103\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8389\/8667755377_fe9ae8f2dd.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8389\/8667755377_fe9ae8f2dd_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0103\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0114\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8391\/8667756889_15b9f1c1bf.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8391\/8667756889_15b9f1c1bf_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Poop ^<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The rest of the weekend was solid. We rested Saturday afternoon, then put the boys to bed early so that we could go out with some friends to see Josh Ritter play (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Quq7OdPQsU\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> are a few of my favorite songs) and stayed out way past our bedtime getting into all sorts of mischief. It was the most fun I&#8217;ve had in a long time, and laughed so hard my sides hurt yesterday. Not like this:<a title=\"DSC_0139\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8398\/8668860744_16f2950176.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8398\/8668860744_16f2950176_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"DSC_0143\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8405\/8668861576_6f50f6e1c6.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8405\/8668861576_6f50f6e1c6_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That&#8217;s better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Have I mentioned that Emil is a complete papa&#8217;s boy? It&#8217;s all\u00a0<em>Papa this\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Papa that\u00a0<\/em>all day long with that one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But onto the fun! We nabbed this picture on our way into the show:<a title=\"DSC_0150\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8379\/8667760005_93e2f54fc0.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8379\/8667760005_93e2f54fc0_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And did not take any after shots because we were too&#8230; um&#8230; silly to do so. There may have been a serious ping-pong game using our hands instead of paddles. Which, if you were wondering, is strangely effective and hilarious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Milo got a new magnetic body puzzle which is absolutely amazing and I can&#8217;t recommend it highly enough. Find one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B004MMFBL0\/?tag=googhydr-20&amp;hvadid=25192993591&amp;hvpos=1t1&amp;hvexid=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=18381224011224176323&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=b&amp;hvdev=c&amp;ref=pd_sl_86e7wftd7t_b\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> if you&#8217;re interested! (Plus, you can hang it on the wall. It&#8217;s so cool.)<a title=\"DSC_0003\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8121\/8669358293_638d1fa3da.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8121\/8669358293_638d1fa3da_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0003\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"DSC_0037\" href=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8242\/8664045348_8c849a450c.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8242\/8664045348_8c849a450c_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0037\" \/><\/a>And just one last shot from our weekend, when the boys had gathered all of the red items they could find and placed them on the step as an offering to the monster they heard upstairs (who only drinks blood: and having no blood to offer, they thought he would be happy with red things). Those boys.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hope you had a great weekend. Man, life is good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">P.S.- Today Andrew and I celebrate 6 years of marriage! I couldn&#8217;t be a luckier gal. Love you, darlin&#8217;!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, this weekend was full of plans and fun and ridiculousness, as well as a lot of work (mostly in the garden&#8211; but more on that tomorrow). We walked to Washington University for their annual Thurteen Carnival (see last year&#8217;s pictures here, and the year before here). The weather was beautiful, sunny, and cool, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=4848\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekend Shenanigans&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,187],"tags":[74,58,88,90],"class_list":["post-4848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-motherhood","tag-adventures","tag-friends","tag-st-louis","tag-walk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4848"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12197,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848\/revisions\/12197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}