{"id":3271,"date":"2009-09-14T15:37:34","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T20:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/?p=3271"},"modified":"2009-09-14T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T20:37:34","slug":"rules-i-never-expected-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=3271","title":{"rendered":"Rules I Never Expected to Make"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to the gardens, but don&#8217;t roll around in the sand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Noodles go in your mouth, but your plastic snake doesn&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No shrieking while dad&#8217;s on the phone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sure, grab some pretzels from the pantry while we sleep in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re going to squash your sister, do it gently.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get off the couch with your peanut butter hands!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t wake us up from our nap, just go play on the computer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t carry the dog ball around in your mouth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dad&#8217;s underwear doesn&#8217;t go on your head.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please, just let me go to the bathroom by myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The joys of parenthood are often countless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to the gardens, but don&#8217;t roll around in the sand.&#8221; &#8220;Noodles go in your mouth, but your plastic snake doesn&#8217;t.&#8221; &#8220;No shrieking while dad&#8217;s on the phone.&#8221; &#8220;Sure, grab some pretzels from the pantry while we sleep in.&#8221; &#8220;If you&#8217;re going to squash your sister, do it gently.&#8221; &#8220;Get off the couch with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=3271\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rules I Never Expected to Make<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - 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