{"id":41,"date":"2016-08-29T02:24:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/29\/dinosaurs-and-sword-fights"},"modified":"2016-08-29T02:24:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T02:24:00","slug":"dinosaurs-and-sword-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2016\/08\/29\/dinosaurs-and-sword-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaurs and Sword fights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a pleasant weekend together.\u00a0 Saturday we took the kids to Dinosaur Ridge and did the bus tour and had a picnic.\u00a0 The kids seemed to enjoy it.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/29194310062\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8649\/29194310062_f9e61ee67e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/28681717033\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/9\/8426\/28681717033_f9550d63ff_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/28681733643\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8180\/28681733643_4a50e79f1a_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/28681722863\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/c8.staticflickr.com\/9\/8404\/28681722863_7b2b53ba6d_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/29194314512\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8411\/29194314512_d4fb2dbc85_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/28679924254\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8528\/28679924254_c8f30bf033_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We watched the Princess Bride together for the first time.\u00a0 It&#8217;s one of my all time top three movies (The Princess Bride, Singin&#8217; in the Rain, and Rushmore).\u00a0 We split the movie over two nights.\u00a0 The kids both enjoyed it, though it was scary and had a lot of talking they didn&#8217;t understand.\u00a0 They both loved Fezzik and the Miracle Max scene.\u00a0 The Fire Swamp was maybe too scary.\u00a0 Sam retold me the story, &#8220;There was a scary mouse, and the sand ate the girl, and there was fire, and the guy in black put fire on the mouse.&#8221;\u00a0 I hope we didn&#8217;t induce any nightmares.\u00a0\u00a0 We laughed out loud when, in the Pit of Despair, Fezzik announced &#8220;He&#8217;s dead&#8221; and Jack spoke up &#8220;Wait, did he say he&#8217;s dead?&#8221; right in time with Fred Savage interrupting &#8220;Grandpa, grandpa, wait. 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