{"id":791,"date":"2007-10-13T08:32:06","date_gmt":"2007-10-13T13:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yuriar.com\/wp\/?p=791"},"modified":"2007-10-13T08:32:06","modified_gmt":"2007-10-13T13:32:06","slug":"mining-for-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yuriar.com\/katp\/2007\/10\/13\/mining-for-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Mining for gold&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So as I&#8217;m processing the photos from MomoT&#8217;s wedding, I found this gem&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.yuriar.com\/katp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/web-bridefam.jpg\" alt=\"Bride\u2019s Family\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yup.\u00a0 That&#8217;s my boy.\u00a0 Lil&#8217;Chicano, mining for gold.\u00a0 and big brother GeekBoy looks like he just can&#8217;t believe what is happening.<\/p>\n<p>This is taking longer than I had originally thought, but the results are awesome.\u00a0 I got some really great shots.\u00a0 At the moment, I&#8217;ve got a handful of Pre-cermony shots left.\u00a0 Then I&#8217;ll skip ahead to post-ceremony, bounce back into the ceremony, skip to the reception, and last ones will be the rehersal shots from the day before.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, you know they are ready for formal lessons again when the 6 year old, who claims to hate lessons, says, &#8220;Mom, when are we starting school again?&#8221;\u00a0 Hmmm&#8230;.\u00a0 Bored much?\u00a0 Me thinks so.\u00a0 Although, despite what he thinks, the learning never stops at Casa del Yuriar. \u00a0 DH complimented me for being able to work lessons into daily life without the kids even realizing they were learning.\u00a0 That is a skill I learned from my own mother, who would use every TV show or movie as a life lesson lecture.\u00a0 Seriously, we could not get through a 2 hour movie without at least 3 lectures about how the characters were handling situations and whatnot.\u00a0 Awesome&#8230;\u00a0 At the time, it really pissed me off.\u00a0 But now, I do it to my kids with everything, not just movies.\u00a0 Snack time is a <a href=\"http:\/\/aprendemos.yuriar.com\/blog\/?p=23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">math lesson<\/a>, daily conversations become grammar lessons (that&#8217;s &#8220;taught&#8221; honey, not &#8220;teached&#8221;), a walk around the block becomes a science lesson&#8230;\u00a0 It goes on and on.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m tired and worn.\u00a0 Processing takes so much out of me mentally that I usually wind up crashing if I spend more then 20 minutes or so.\u00a0 Doesn&#8217;t leave much left for blogging or scrapping or even functioning.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got so much on my plate that I need to be able to think about &#8211; breaking up fights, lesson plans, refereeing disputes, balance the books,\u00a0 handle the kids, did I mention breaking up the fights?\u00a0 *S*\u00a0 Not to mention that it&#8217;s time to start planning for the holidays, and I need to get the family calendars done (I&#8217;m doing one for each side of the family this year)&#8230;\u00a0 So I&#8217;ll either be really quiet for the next few weeks (what else is new?)\u00a0 or I&#8217;ll be bloggin&#8217; up a storm to release the stress and pressure.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So as I&#8217;m processing the photos from MomoT&#8217;s wedding, I found this gem&#8230; 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