{"id":7444,"date":"2019-11-17T21:45:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T02:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=7444"},"modified":"2019-11-17T21:45:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T02:45:40","slug":"the-duel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=7444","title":{"rendered":"The Duel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our house is never lacking in brotherly competition.\u00a0 Last week, the boys fashioned themselves swords out of cardboard and painters’ tape and had a good old-fashioned duel.<\/p>\n

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After realizing duels are much more fun with an audience, they moved their fight to the playroom and recruited some fans (including a damsel in distress who was an enthusiastic cheerleader in her princess gown):\"\"<\/p>\n

Beginning with a customary salute:\"\"<\/p>\n

And then attack!\"\"<\/p>\n

I don’t know who won, but they were all smiles!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our house is never lacking in brotherly competition. Last week, the boys fashioned themselves swords out of cardboard and painters’ tape and had a good old-fashioned duel.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

After realizing duels are much more fun with an audience, they moved their fight to the playroom and recruited some fans (including a damsel in distress […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pKyNb-1W4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2034,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=2034","url_meta":{"origin":7444,"position":0},"title":"Making a Mitt","author":"Emily","date":"October 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Jimmy is determined to be a baseball player like the ones his daddy watches on TV.\u00a0 He even fashioned a \u201cmitt\u201d out of a hand towel.\u00a0 He\u2019s a resourceful little fella!","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":" photo IMG_2877.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/pbarch\/PB\/0001blog\/IMG_2877.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":575,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=575","url_meta":{"origin":7444,"position":1},"title":"Having a Ball","author":"Emily","date":"January 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Because my previous attempt at simple entertainment was so well received by the girls, I figured I would continue the trend with some more old-fashioned toys: a ball and string.\u00a0\u00a0 At first, the girls were a little befuddled by the simplicity of my suggestion:\u00a0 Here's a ball, here's some string.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_2921","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/pbarch\/PB\/HavingaBall_11AC0\/IMG_2921_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5958,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=5958","url_meta":{"origin":7444,"position":2},"title":"Cousin Fun 6","author":"Emily","date":"August 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"After we finished touring the farm and visited some cute shops, we went to Red Robin for dinner and then our hotel. 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