{"id":990,"date":"2019-04-07T07:42:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T12:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steele.farm\/?p=990"},"modified":"2019-04-07T07:42:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T12:42:59","slug":"my-new-part-time-job-the-best-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/2019\/04\/07\/my-new-part-time-job-the-best-job\/","title":{"rendered":"My New Part-Time Job, the Best Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 4, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Well, basketball season is over and now both Ken and I get to go babysit the girls on Wednesdays.\u00a0 It\u2019s definitely the highlight of our week.\u00a0 We recently purchased a membership to Fontenelle Forest which is about 4 minutes from Aaron and Kalie\u2019s house and took the girls there for a visit a couple of weeks ago.\u00a0 The weather was great, but of course, there were no leaves on the trees yet.\u00a0 They have a great elevated board walk which worked well for the strollers.\u00a0 We took the river walk trail so we could see the Missouri River flooding on the Iowa side. Emma was in charge of the map they gave us so she would look and tell us which way to go. They have other trails that are dirt which we can take when the girls get a little older and it\u2019s not so muddy.\u00a0 The Forest also has a play center inside and the girls took turns going down the slide. \u2018Again\u2019 was their first word when they got to the bottom.\u00a0 They have a room for \u2018crafts\u2019 there as well but we didn\u2019t do that this time. We are looking forward to doing some more exploring, maybe when we can see some blooms and before the mosquitos come out.\u00a0 (With all of the river flooding, they could be very bad this year.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-994\" src=\"http:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-995\" src=\"http:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walk-in-the-Forest3-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YRmx-htxMho?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ufYaORU16bA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Emma enjoyed that Forest map so much that she and I sat down and made some maps of our own.\u00a0 We made a map from Grandpa\u2019s house to her house.\u00a0 I would do the drawing and she would tell me what I should draw on the map.\u00a0 Although my artwork is very primitive, she enjoyed the pictures I drew of the houses, which had to have garage doors, pictures of Ruth, Annie, Zelda and of course, the deer that always poop in her backyard. We had to put names by the houses and then make a winding road that connected them.\u00a0 While I\u2019m drawing, she loves to hear stories about our crazy dogs, or about how the cats meow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also spent that afternoon after naptime, doing bubbles that thrill Margaret, making beautiful art with the sidewalk chalk and playing in the sand box.\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking the girls were wore out at the end of the day . . . I know Grandma and Grandpa were, they slept great that night.<\/p>\n<p>Some days the weather doesn\u2019t cooperate, so we play inside.\u00a0 The basement is a safe place to rough house, one of Grandpa\u2019s favorite things to do with them.\u00a0 Last Wednesday Emma wanted to put up the train tracks, so Ken got busy and figured out how some of it went together.\u00a0 Of course, he had lots of help and Margaret, with the new nickname of Godzilla, was intent on wreaking havoc on the whole layout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-991\" src=\"http:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup5-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-992\" src=\"http:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/steele.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Train-setup6-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T6mIU7VvDXg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Margaret enjoys the electronic piano keyboard that you roll out on the floor.\u00a0 She can sit on it and make all kinds of beautiful music<\/p>\n<p>We have a membership to the Henry Doorly Zoo so we\u2019re looking forward to a lot more adventures this summer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 4, 2019 Well, basketball season is over and now both Ken and I get to go babysit the girls on Wednesdays.\u00a0 It\u2019s definitely the highlight of our week.\u00a0 We <a href=\"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/2019\/04\/07\/my-new-part-time-job-the-best-job\/\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-webmaster","post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steele.farm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}