{"id":8401,"date":"2014-11-24T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=8401"},"modified":"2016-09-07T19:23:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T00:23:39","slug":"weekend-shenanigans-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=8401","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Shenanigans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was a slow, rainy weekend. I knew going in there would be little in the way of excitement or plans. A little Thanksgiving prep (grocery shopping and cleaning and planning), a lot of laundry and fort-building. It was quiet time, which everyone needed. But I’m always surprised by how lethargic this type of time makes me feel. I suppose it has to do with social interaction. Being in the house and not interacting with many people makes me feel completely drained — I suppose I am more on the extroverted side after all! It’s a huge change from this summer, where we would find ourselves surrounded with neighbors and friends at the playground even when we didn’t plan official social engagements. I would always walk back with Andrew feeling like my energy had been renewed (and my mood).<\/p>\n

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That’s not to say that spending time with just my immediate family is not completely and totally gratifying — it is!!! But after a few days of indoor time, I crave a different kind of banter. I think I’ve always been that way, becoming crabby as a child if kept indoors too long. I’m still not sure if it has more to do with fresh air or fresh people. It fascinates me, this introvert-extrovert thing, and I tend to believe the “continuum” theory of it, that we fall somewhere in the middle on a scale from extrovert ——— to ——— introvert. Anyway, Emil and I got out of the house on Saturday morning for a little Mama-Emil time at the Science Center (his choice), then I took Oliver out for hot chocolate on Sunday morning. Both were really gratifying experiences, as I rarely have the opportunity to give one child my full attention. They are each so different in such wonderful ways, all three of them! I really enjoy learning what is going on inside their heads.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_0007\"<\/a>\"DSC_0012\"<\/a>\"DSC_0027\"<\/a>\"DSC_0028\"<\/a>\"IMG_0640\"<\/a>\"DSC_0063\"<\/a>Really looking forward to the holiday season now! Hope you enjoyed your weekend and are getting those fat pants ready for some pie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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