{"id":41577,"date":"2014-06-10T15:04:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T20:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=41577"},"modified":"2014-06-10T23:32:44","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T04:32:44","slug":"5-years-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/10\/5-years-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Years Apart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/02-IMG_5501-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"02-IMG_5501-001\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"02-IMG_5501-001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/02-IMG_5501-001_thumb.jpg\" width=\"434\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/01-IMG_5499-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"01-IMG_5499-001\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"01-IMG_5499-001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/01-IMG_5499-001_thumb.jpg\" width=\"429\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One is always chill, asking how she can help, writing sweet letters, constantly drawing, looming and serving her family.&#160; All she really asks is that I do her hair, even if we are just going to the pool\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/04-IMG_5503.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"04-IMG_5503\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"04-IMG_5503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/04-IMG_5503_thumb.jpg\" width=\"435\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03-IMG_5502-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"03-IMG_5502-001\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"03-IMG_5502-001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03-IMG_5502-001_thumb.jpg\" width=\"429\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>The other will not leave the drive-way without a rubber ducky; I mean full out tantrum\u2026 I just can\u2019t take pics of the worst of the worst!&#160; For the off chance that she understands, I explain to her that her brain hasn\u2019t developed reasoning yet, and we\u2019re going to be looking for the darn duck all night instead of swimming.&#160; Come on Rose\u2026 Life does not have to be this dramatic!&#160; <\/p>\n<p>N and AK were little stinkers at one point too (ages 2-3); We all were!&#160; And don\u2019t let the ladies and gentlemen that stare at us\/you at grocery stores\/restaurants\/absolutely anywhere in public fool you &#8211; They melted down once upon a time for their caregivers when their brains freaked out too\u2026 they just never had a kid to be reminded what the first few years of their lives looked like.&#160; Don\u2019t stress, it\u2019s normal!&#160; Just discipline fair and be consistent, giving grace to their particular stages of development.<\/p>\n<p>What a difference 5 years makes!&#160; Time has to stay frozen for Noelle at this point, but Rose, a couple of years wouldn\u2019t hurt her resume!&#160; <img class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none\" alt=\"Winking smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile2.png\" \/>&#160; Wouldn\u2019t trade this spunk for nothin\u2019.&#160; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#160; One is always chill, asking how she can help, writing sweet letters, constantly drawing, looming and serving her family.&#160; 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