{"id":3186,"date":"2015-06-09T16:03:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T21:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2015-06-09T16:03:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T21:03:30","slug":"sparkly-sequins-via-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3186","title":{"rendered":"Sparkly Sequins via UPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My cute little IRun4 running buddy, Aiden, is having surgery this next Monday. \u00a0Surgery is a big deal, at least to me, so I planned a little something to arrive at his house to maybe make the ordeal a little easier.<\/p>\n<p>See, I still had my plastic bucket from the Crawfish Festival MFH (My Favorite Husband) and I had gone to a few weeks back. \u00a0I had been telling little Aiden about the festival.<\/p>\n<p>Crawfish is a special treat for me so I was pretty excited about it. \u00a0The day of the festival, his mom had tagged me on the IRun4 page telling me not to forget that it was Crawfish day. \u00a0Haha!!! \u00a0Like I said, I still had the bucket. \u00a0I had brought it home and washed it out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3187\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3187\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3187\" alt=\"687\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/687.jpg\" width=\"2952\" height=\"5248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/687.jpg 2952w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/687-168x300.jpg 168w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/687-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2952px) 100vw, 2952px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seeing as I still had the bucket and I had teased Aiden about mailing him a Crawfish, I turned to my faithful friend Amazon.com. for the Crawfish.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, it is a stuffed Lobster. \u00a0Lobster~Crawfish. \u00a0They look a lot alike, right!?! \u00a0HA!<\/p>\n<p>I took my bucket and put some Sparkly Green tissue paper inside (sparkly green because that is what I had) the bucket and put the Lobster~Crawfish inside. \u00a0Perfect fit! \u00a0The Lobster~Crawfish is just the right size. \u00a0Its head is over the edge, looking at you, saying, &#8220;Hi!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I made a little note telling him good luck next week and that I would be praying for him. \u00a0I sent him a big hug and then colored the bottom of Paxton&#8217;s foot so he could sign the note, too, with his paw print.<\/p>\n<p>Goodness! \u00a0I am getting sidetracked with my story.<\/p>\n<p>I had to mail this package today so it would get to Aiden in time for his surgery. \u00a0I took the box out to the mailbox just as the mailman was pulling up. \u00a0Talk about timing! \u00a0I no more than walked back into the house when the UPS truck pulled into the driveway. \u00a0Busy place, my house.<\/p>\n<p>MFH walked out to the UPS man and returned with a plastic mailing envelope for me!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What did you order?&#8221; \u00a0he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t remember ordering anything!&#8221; \u00a0I replied.<\/p>\n<p>I opened the envelope.<\/p>\n<p>There was a note. \u00a0It was a present from Aiden!<\/p>\n<p>It was a yellow Michigan shirt. \u00a0It had sparkly sequins on it and it was bright and happy! \u00a0I quickly put it on. \u00a0#1 Son was visiting so he took my pic and I posted it telling Aiden thank you and telling him about mailing his package today, too!<\/p>\n<p>Hahaha!!! \u00a0Funny about the mailman and the UPS guy arriving at almost the same time today. \u00a0Here&#8217;s a pic of the nice yellow shirt from Aiden:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3188\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3188\" alt=\"11391647_799101343543337_3805713523329169737_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11391647_799101343543337_3805713523329169737_n.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11391647_799101343543337_3805713523329169737_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11391647_799101343543337_3805713523329169737_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11391647_799101343543337_3805713523329169737_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My cute little IRun4 running buddy, Aiden, is having surgery this next Monday. \u00a0Surgery is a big deal, at least to me, so I planned a little something to arrive at his house to maybe make the ordeal a little easier. 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