{"id":2508,"date":"2012-05-27T21:12:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T04:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2012-05-27T21:12:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T04:12:48","slug":"the-100-acre-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/the-100-acre-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"The 100-Acre Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Blog-Birthday.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2509\" title=\"Blog Birthday\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Blog-Birthday-300x214.jpg?resize=300%2C214\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Blog-Birthday.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Blog-Birthday.jpg?resize=1024%2C731&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Blog-Birthday.jpg?w=1500 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several people have already inquired about the absence of a blog last night. PANIC! THE WORLD IS ENDING! (I paraphrase.)<\/p>\n<p>As the party wrapped up, it became readily apparent that this was likely the coldest day in the Bay Area. Ever. Or, it may have been the 102-fever I was festively sporting. Jon sent me off to bed even before the muppets went down. My interweb privileges were revoked for fear of what I may write\/text\/email whilst delirious.<\/p>\n<p>(Interestingly enough, this was not terribly far off from how I felt two years ago.)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But I wouldn\u2019t want to deprive you crazy folks of the tales involved in celebrating two tiny toddlers second year of life (and making it through)! Not to mention I\u2019ve gotten rather addicted to this blogging thing \u2013 there\u2019s a high from making people laugh. (Or maybe that\u2019s the fever talking again\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>TO THE PARTY:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oLDGWmTrSiw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we celebrated the muppets imperfect arrival. It\u2019s been two years. (HOLY SHIT!) So I set about spending the morning transforming our backyard into Christopher Robin\u2019s 100-Acre Woods. Only in part a tribute to the Winnie we still miss \u2013 back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh.<\/p>\n<p>Remind me why I thought a 2-year-old party was a good idea? Related, if your kid has been up since 3 a.m., it&#8217;s totally ok to be drinking at noon, right? Really though, does it even count as drinking if you\u2019re alternating between cups of coffee and glasses of wine? (Wait. That part may have just been fantasy.)<\/p>\n<p>Jon wholeheartedly agreed with this assessment. Over the top and ridiculous. Why do toddlers need to have a themed party? He had finally acquiesced to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/2011\/05\/29\/this-party-was-brought-to-you-by-the-number-1\/\">first birthday party<\/a>. (Because I didn\u2019t get to celebrate the actual Birth day.)<\/p>\n<p>But if the first party is for parents to celebrate keeping the kid alive for an ENTIRE YEAR, then two years is Double. The. Success.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2510\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0914.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2510\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2510\" title=\"IMG_0914\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0914-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0914.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0914.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0914.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0914.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">See #7. I&#39;d be scared too.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Plus we have two kids. Who were turning two. (Pretend to follow along with my logic here.)<\/p>\n<p>At 1:30 p.m., Auntie Ivy arrived with the cupcakes. Yay! The party can begin!<\/p>\n<p>At 2 p.m., the muppets woke up. Their eyes went wide with wonder. GrammaJ and PapaStavo were waiting for them. Banners and balloons draped the backyard. And there was a bounce house! (But they were a little skeptical at first. I cannot blame them for this. They were probably concerned about tight air.)<\/p>\n<p>At 2:30 p.m., I was beginning to rethink the sanity of having 25 kids sub-age-5 descending upon my house.<\/p>\n<p>At 3 p.m., we were ready to get this party started.<\/p>\n<p>Thank god for bounce houses. Apparently there is a legal requirement to include a bounce house with every birthday invitation. I mocked this. I will never do so again. There is no better place to corral\/contain <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">drunken sailors<\/span> small crazy people.<\/p>\n<p>Every now and then I\u2019d seen a young boy child hurled up against the mesh walls. Some woman would yell out a name. It was like roll call by fire.<\/p>\n<p>When the muppets weren\u2019t flinging themselves silly (how far we\u2019ve come from \u201cDon\u2019t shake the baby\u201d), they were eating. A lot. Those kids can Pack. It. Down. They grazed for over four hours. Consuming cookies, chips, fruit and THREE hotdogs. They\u2019re not even 30 pounds yet, y\u2019all! (Well, they very well likely may be now.)<\/p>\n<p>I was passed out by 7 p.m. I woke up this morning at 11 \u2013 when I got the first phone call inquiring about my continued existence.<\/p>\n<p>And apparently my boys are all grown up now. When I walked into the living room, Destroy looked up at me, \u201cTricia. Hi.\u201d Oh so matter-of-factly.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, we turn two! Yay?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Muppets-2nd-Birthday_05-26-12_04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2511\" title=\"Muppets 2nd Birthday_05-26-12_04\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Muppets-2nd-Birthday_05-26-12_04-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Muppets-2nd-Birthday_05-26-12_04.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Muppets-2nd-Birthday_05-26-12_04.jpg?resize=1024%2C685&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Muppets-2nd-Birthday_05-26-12_04.jpg?w=1500 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several people have already inquired about the absence of a blog last night. PANIC! THE WORLD IS ENDING! (I paraphrase.) As the party wrapped up, it became readily apparent that this was likely the coldest day in the Bay Area. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/the-100-acre-woods\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5,8,12,23,10],"tags":[702,773,865,863,864],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Sbzi-Es","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3335,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/birthday-party-palooza\/","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":0},"title":"Birthday Party Palooza","date":"May 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The amazing Mickey Mouse Cake arrived just before lunch. (Thanks to Roxy\u2019s Sweet Treats for the delicious chocolate raspberry delectable.) And with that whirlwind, the party prep began. The birthday boys were shuttled off to nap before their big debut. The bounce house was inflated in the backyard (because it\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birthday&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BounceHouse-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1410,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/this-party-was-brought-to-you-by-the-number-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":1},"title":"This Party was Brought to you by the Number 1","date":"May 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"What is the point of having a first birthday party? The little ones are still too young to understand what\u2019s going on around them. Jon and I agree. The first birthday is for the parents: \u201cWe kept the kid alive for a whole year! Come celebrate!\u201d After the past year,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birthday&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Muppets-First-Birthday_05-28-11_19-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1918,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/dance-fever\/","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":2},"title":"Dance Fever","date":"November 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This afternoon we headed up to celebrate the third birthday of one of the muppets\u2019 girlfriends. It was a dance party. Destroy was very excited \u2013 he practiced his moves all morning. DANCE DANCE! (Search wasn\u2019t feeling all that great. He much preferred to cuddle.) It poured on the drive\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birthday&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4329,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/turning-5-danger-zone\/","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":3},"title":"Turning 5: Danger Zone","date":"May 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Memorial Day weekend is once again upon us. And as we have for the past four years, it was time to celebrate the unexpected arrival of Search and Destroy. Wait, what? \u201cPast four years,\u201d you ask? Yes. That first year wasn\u2019t so much a party as a, \u201cOh shit, what\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birthday&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Muppets-5th-Birthday_05-23-15_05-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1158,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/happy-birthday-daddy\/","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":4},"title":"Happy Birthday Daddy","date":"February 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy birthday, Jon! My husband always said he\u2019d envisioned himself as a father by age 30. We didn\u2019t have any children by his 30th birthday; he hits the ground running with double the trouble and double the grins - blessed with twins for age 31. Although, I don\u2019t think our\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birthday&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/streamdoubletrouble.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/birthdayhatboy.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2326,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/feel-find-or-fear-the-teal\/","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":5},"title":"Feel (Find or Fear) the Teal","date":"April 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019re a baseball family \u2013 bleeding Dodger blue and\/or enjoying Green Collar baseball. (Different leagues. Don\u2019t judge me.) But one of the muppets little friends had himself a San Jose Sharks hockey party today. Now taking the ice: No. 2, Jackson Sawyer. Sounds like fun. Now where can I find\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birthday&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Brothers_SharksShirts_04-01-12-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}