{"id":194,"date":"2005-04-04T09:48:45","date_gmt":"2005-04-04T16:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=194"},"modified":"2005-04-04T09:48:45","modified_gmt":"2005-04-04T16:48:45","slug":"thank-god-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"Thank God for children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just been really down this morning&#8230;feeling a bit lost and defensive.<br \/>\nBut my boys are so great!!  J#2 and J#3 are the only ones home this morning &#8211; and because we have not completed (or started!) school yet, there is no tv allowed.  They are great about entertaining themselves.  They just brought out a blanket wrapped up with all the stuffed animals they could find.  Through their own process of deduction, they have declared some girls and some boys.  And, they are all getting married! 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