{"id":150,"date":"2015-12-28T23:13:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T04:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/?p=150"},"modified":"2015-12-29T00:50:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T05:50:37","slug":"swinging-dancing-and-toes-for-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"Toes for breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7716.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-153\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7716.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"IMG_7716\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7716.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7716.jpg?resize=768%2C1150&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7716.jpg?resize=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7716.jpg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>February 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Maya,<\/p>\n<p>I know that so often, I talk of you as a very mature person. You are ever so responsible and empathic; far beyond any nine year old that I have ever met.\u00a0\u00a0 I sometimes share that I wished you\u2019d be more like a nine year old (so you could have more fun).\u00a0 Well honey, I just want to mention that you do indeed have lots of fun and act your age plenty of times.\u00a0 Let me take a moment to list a handful of ways here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7733.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-154\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7733.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"IMG_7733\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7733.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7733.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7733.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7733.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Playing in the snow\u2026recently we went to Spring Farm, and you were thrilled at swinging in the vine forest and climbing trees.<\/li>\n<li>Did I say climbing trees? Well girl, you have fun climbing anything!<\/li>\n<li>Snow tubing at Lake Placid.<\/li>\n<li>Tobogganing (even solo) down the toboggan run at Lake Placid.<\/li>\n<li>Ice skating (Even though Adin, Jonah, and Gabriel all bailed out).<\/li>\n<li>Making very elaborate forts out of blankets.<\/li>\n<li>Sleeping in crazy places (like the cabinet above our pass through).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7696.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-156\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7696.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"IMG_7696\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7696.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7696.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7696.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7696.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With music on via head phones, jumping up on the table and dancing, checking yourself out in the windows which act as mirrors.<\/li>\n<li>Baking and cooking. You\u2019ve taken to learning how to do so independently and get great joy from it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7747.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-155\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-155\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7747.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"IMG_7747\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7747.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7747.jpg?resize=768%2C1150&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7747.jpg?resize=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7747.jpg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Need for bed time \u201ctuck in\u201d. And tuck in is code for me to lay down with you and cuddle for a long time.<\/li>\n<li>Feed me my breakfast each morning; breakfast being your toes before we put your socks on.<\/li>\n<li>Act out with facial expressions and gestures while singing (songs from your voice lessons).<\/li>\n<li>Dancing- expressing yourself. This could be alone, with me, with Talia and others.<\/li>\n<li>Choose a different stuffed animal (friend) to sleep with each night.<\/li>\n<li>Love your monkeys.<\/li>\n<li>Be a monkey, yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Sit on dad\u2019s lap each night after dinner\u2026and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7687.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-151\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-151\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7687.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"IMG_7687\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7687.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7687.jpg?resize=768%2C1150&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7687.jpg?resize=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7687.jpg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I guess that, yes! You are a little girl after all.<\/p>\n<p>Love, from your grown up mom<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7700.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-157\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7700.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"IMG_7700\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7700.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7700.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7700.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_7700.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 2010. Dear Maya, I know that so often, I talk of you as a very mature person. You are ever so responsible and empathic; far beyond any nine year old that I have ever met.\u00a0\u00a0 I sometimes share that I wished you\u2019d be more like a nine year old (so you could have more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spunk"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p720L0-2q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}