{"id":690,"date":"2011-10-29T21:09:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T01:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2011-10-29T21:09:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T01:09:21","slug":"today-in-numbers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=690","title":{"rendered":"Today In Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>1. We woke up on the island that we still think of as our home to weather most yucky.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>2. Since it was yucky, my eldest stayed dry and surfed via video games instead.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>3. Then, around noon, the heavens opened up and poured forth this.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>4. In the afternoon, we had an appointment that involved the small people, exorbitant amounts of candy, games, and crafts, so the kids donned their costumes, with layers underneath necessitated by the unusually cold weather.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>5. We drove to the festivities at our church and began our Halloween candy collection at many of the well-decorated vehicles in the parking lot.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>6. Then, we got wrapped up in the crafts for a while. With so much to do, the afternoon passed quickly.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>7. On the way home, we discovered our elusive holy grail, the pink pumpkin<\/a>, at a friend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s store. Baby-girl was pleased, but honestly, I think I was even more so. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what it is about a pink pumpkin that is just so appealing.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>8, When we arrived home, we were able to catch the effects of the sunset on the ocean.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>9. After dinner, the small people, who are their father\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s children, spent an hour, with skill and savvy far beyond their years, negotiating candy trades with each other. If I had paid closer attention and had recorded the whole exchange, I suspect I could have built a business curriculum around it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. We woke up on the island that we still think of as our home to weather most yucky. 2. Since it was yucky, my eldest stayed dry and surfed via video games instead. 3. Then, around noon, the heavens opened up and poured forth this. 4. In the afternoon, we had an appointment that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[636,634,105,100,465,635],"class_list":["post-690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islandlife","category-island-parenting","tag-halloween-activities","tag-halloween-on-an-island","tag-island-life","tag-island-living","tag-island-mom","tag-pink-pumpkins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}