{"id":4334,"date":"2018-05-05T18:21:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T22:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2018-09-16T20:49:21","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T00:49:21","slug":"date-night-with-harper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=4334","title":{"rendered":"Date Night with Harper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Guest Blog from Justin)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Avery and Emerson had their first camping trip with the Daisies planned for weeks and Stefanie drew the short straw to chaperone. \u00a0 As soon as Harper found out that she and daddy would be by ourselves that night she starting planning our \u2018Date Night.\u2019 \u00a0 Like most things with our family &#8211; it all revolved around food. \u00a0She wanted (demanded) that I make her favorite macaroni and cheese &#8211; Kraft Mac &amp; Cheese and that we have a donut for breakfast.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I decided to spice it up a little bit and actually take her to 7-11 to get her first slurpee, and I found myself giving her a tour of the place like it was an Open House. \u00a0It reminded me of all the times I had gone in to 7-11 with my own mom and dad as a kid (we did it all the time). We had a to do a few errands after that, but she proudly drank her slurpee everywhere we went. \u00a0 When I showed her the spoon at the end of the straw &#8211; you would have thought I had dropped a unicorn in her lap, she was super shocked and excited.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4335\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2139-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2139-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2139-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2139.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4336\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2140-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2140-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2140-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2140.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The only time we eat in front of the TV is for the Super Bowl, but I made an exception to eat our Kraft Mac &amp; Cheese in there while watching Despicable Me 3!!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4338\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2142-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2142-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2142-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2142.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4337\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2141-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2141-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2141-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2141.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ms. Harper was getting so tired, we moved the show upstairs so we were closer to bed. \u00a0She had asked to sleep with me as much as I hate doing it &#8211; I let her. \u00a0Letting her sleep in my bed meant that for most of the night, \u00a0I would be basically on top of my night stand as she takes up the whole bed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4339\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2148-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2148-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2148-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2148.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After breakfast she helped me make granola before riding her bike up and down the street in her pajamas. \u00a0I can confidently say that even with all the anticipation &#8211; I think she had a great time!!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4340\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2150-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2150-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2150-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_2150.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Guest Blog from Justin) Avery and Emerson had their first camping trip with the Daisies planned for weeks and Stefanie drew the short straw to chaperone. \u00a0 As soon as Harper found out that she and daddy would be by &hellip; 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