{"id":50,"date":"2008-02-07T04:00:52","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=50"},"modified":"2008-02-07T04:00:52","modified_gmt":"2008-02-07T11:00:52","slug":"horsepower-vs-kid-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"Horsepower vs. Kid Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all the snow we&#8217;ve gotten around here lately Dave has kept pretty busy with his snow blower.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02.07_HP1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The thing is a beast. An 8HP beast. I can&#8217;t control the beast, it takes over. Dave has to do it. But he likes it, so its okay. Look at that smile.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02.07_HP3.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bridget really enjoys standing in the garage watching daddy &#8220;snow blower.&#8221; Typically she prefers to have me stand out there and hold her (and the blanket she&#8217;s wrapped up in) so she can watch. I don&#8217;t particularly like standing out in the cold garage holding a 30-pound toddler for half an hour or more. Occasionally I given in though &#8211; at least for a few minutes.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02.07_KP1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The other night I handed her a little snow shovel and asked her to help daddy shovel the snow. I figured we&#8217;d be out there for 10 or 15 minutes. Just long enough for her to get her wiggles out, and for me to snap a few pictures.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02.07_KP3.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t get her to come inside. She was having too much fun. She even managed to get <em>some of the snow<\/em> off of the driveway and into a pile.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02.07_KP2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last winter (Feb 2007) she just drug the shovel around behind her. And although snow was &#8216;moved,&#8217; it wasn&#8217;t exactly removed.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02.07_KP4.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At this rate, maybe she&#8217;ll be able to shovel the whole thing herself next year. Maybe?<\/p>\n<p>In the race of snow removal endurance who has your vote? Horsepower? Or Kid Power? Who will give up and go inside first?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the snow we&#8217;ve gotten around here lately Dave has kept pretty busy with his snow blower. The thing is a beast. An 8HP beast. I can&#8217;t control the beast, it takes over. Dave has to do it. But he likes it, so its okay. Look at that smile. Bridget really enjoys standing in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life","category-bridget","category-family-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}