{"id":9267,"date":"2011-07-03T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T19:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=9267"},"modified":"2011-07-02T09:25:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-02T17:25:02","slug":"packing-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=9267","title":{"rendered":"Packing adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I could only laugh and shake my head when I saw Q fling his (empty) suitcase on the bed and begin to pack for our get-away to Phoenix &#8211; several hours before our flight and about five days after I started putting together the one for me and the girls. It&#8217;s easy for Q &#8211; he can just throw in some shorts, t-shirts and toiletries and call it a day &#8211; but my to-pack list is a bit lengthier. (I&#8217;m the one who packs for the girls, because there&#8217;s no way I could let it go until the last minute.) Diapers; diaper cream; wipes; thermometer; baby Tylenol; sippie cups; blankets; Hippo and Baby; food and juice for the trip; swim diapers; sunscreen; beach toys; inflatable rafts; and activities, toys, snacks and extra outfits for the plane &#8211; and that&#8217;s in <em>addition to<\/em> the necessary clothes, shoes, pajamas, etc.  It&#8217;s enough to make a parent never want to take a trip!<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to readying for our vacations, I&#8217;m often exhausted before the plane even leaves the ground. (In fact, on my grumpier days I&#8217;ve been known to tell Q that traveling is a real pain.) But yet I know that my efforts will be worth it when the girls are happily splashing in the water, and Q and I are by the pool with a drink in our hand!<\/p>\n<p>(Happy Fourth!)<\/p>\n<p>-M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I could only laugh and shake my head when I saw Q fling his (empty) suitcase on the bed and begin to pack for our get-away to Phoenix &#8211; several hours before our flight and about five days after I started putting together the one for me and the girls. It&#8217;s easy for Q &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-60-two-kids-july-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9267"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9280,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9267\/revisions\/9280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}