{"id":3030,"date":"2011-07-13T19:50:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T23:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2011-07-13T19:55:05","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T23:55:05","slug":"beach-bums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/2011\/07\/beach-bums\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Bums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took the kids to a local (tiny) beach today after swimming lessons for a picnic lunch and some play time with friends.\u00a0 Luckily, I&#8217;m apparently <em>much<\/em> better at applying sunscreen to the kids than I am to myself.\u00a0 (Note to self: invest in a beach umbrella.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3032\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3032\" title=\"20110713_beach_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toes in the sand...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3034\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3034\" title=\"20110713_beach_4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_4.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna in the sand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3035\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3035 \" title=\"20110713_beach_5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_5.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Anna&quot; in the sand.  (We tried writing &quot;Carolyn&quot;, but the waves were too quick!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3033\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3033\" title=\"20110713_beach_3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_3.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Come on in, the water&#39;s fine!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3038\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3038 \" title=\"20110713_beach_8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_8-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_8.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They were trying to create a tide pool, I believe.  Or maybe the world&#39;s biggest mud pie?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3031\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3031\" title=\"20110713_beach_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110713_beach_1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filling up the bucket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was a perfect day for the beach.\u00a0 Not terribly hot, sunny with a few clouds now and then for a bit of shade, and breezy.\u00a0 The kids had a blast, and we stayed much longer than planned&#8230;so our craft project of the day will have to happen tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took the kids to a local (tiny) beach today after swimming lessons for a picnic lunch and some play time with friends.\u00a0 Luckily, I&#8217;m apparently much better at applying sunscreen to the kids than I am to myself.\u00a0 (Note<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3030"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3043,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3030\/revisions\/3043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}