{"id":418,"date":"2007-09-24T15:47:34","date_gmt":"2007-09-24T20:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/?p=418"},"modified":"2007-09-24T15:47:34","modified_gmt":"2007-09-24T20:47:34","slug":"just-a-walk-in-the-parka-typical-day-in-our-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/?p=418","title":{"rendered":"Just a walk in the park&#8230;.a typical day in our house."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, Mel and I have realized that it takes McCanless FOREVER to do anything.  Not that she is slow, she just finds other things to do along her way.  Before  taking a walk recently, she had to change clothes, something she finds necessary with every new activity.  I allow her to dress herself when she isn&#8217;t going to church or school.  Everywhere else is usually fair game.  With Mary Clare strapped in my &#8220;baby back pack&#8221; as McCanless calls it, I went outside to water plants while I waited on McCanless to dress for our walk.  This was her the first time I checked in on her&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/web%20dress%20up%20mccanless.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/web%20dress%20up%20mccanless.html','popup','width=518,height=690,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/web dress up mccanless-thumb-250x333.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" alt=\"web dress up mccanless.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This photo doesn&#8217;t show the heels she had on previously.  I told her I refused to allow her to wear heels to take a walk.  (Last week I allowed her to wear her life vest for our walk and in hopes of not seeing anyone, we ran into half of our neighborhood.  Today, I was NOT having to explain this one.)  So after begging to to just PUT ON SOMETHING&#8230;she told me she had to change because she couldn&#8217;t wear her heels.  Obviously this meant her outfit wouldn&#8217;t work.  (I should have known&#8230;nothing is easy with her)  This was outfit #2 that she was still not completely satisfied with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/web%20rock%20star.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/web%20rock%20star.html','popup','width=460,height=613,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/web rock star-thumb-250x333.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" alt=\"web rock star.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By this point I had already put Mary Clare in her swing, unsuccessfully tried to straighten the playroom and had started on kitchen chores.  I thought instead of rushing her as we usually do, I would see just how long it would take her to get ready for that walk.  I suggested the walk around 2:30.  When Mel walked in the door around 6:00 PM that evening, she was still in the playroom rummaging through her dress up trunk looking for that perfect ensemble.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/web%20mccaanless%20dress%20up.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/web%20mccaanless%20dress%20up.html','popup','width=460,height=345,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/web mccaanless dress up-thumb-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"web mccaanless dress up.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, Mel and I have realized that it takes McCanless FOREVER to do anything. Not that she is slow, she just finds other things to do along her way. Before taking a walk recently, she had to change clothes, something she finds necessary with every new activity. 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