{"id":335,"date":"2009-09-11T16:59:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T00:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2022-03-06T12:31:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T18:31:01","slug":"new-old-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/11\/new-old-game\/","title":{"rendered":"New Old Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I&#8217;m working as a mom instead of a teacher, I have taken on more of the household duties. Andrew and I feel a bit like we&#8217;ve stepped into a time warp, and it still feels a little weird to both of us. To be fair, we had decided that whichever one of us stayed home with Griffin, that person would end up with more of the household responsibilities, but it still feels strange sometimes to be fitting into these fairly traditional stereotypes.<\/p>\n<p>Laundry has been the duty that has changed the most. Our hamper has never been so empty! I thought washing Griffin&#8217;s cloth diapers would make our infrequent laundry leanings even worse, but to the contrary, it has actually facilitated more frequent washings of everything. Naturally, Griffin accompanies me down to the basement and keeps me company as I sort, fold, and put clean laundry away.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame4.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-342\" title=\"Griffin helps with laundry\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame4.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Griffin peeks out from under a pile of clean diapers.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame4.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame4.jpg?w=722&amp;ssl=1 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Griffin peeks out from under a pile of clean diapers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yesterday, I discovered that Griffin loves a game that I used to love when I was little. Anytime my mom would change the sheets on my parents&#8217; bed, I would delight in laying on the fitted sheet while she would float the top sheet over me like a parachute. I always loved the feeling of the crisp, cool sheet coming down on me and wanted her to do it over and over. Laundry is much more fun now that Griffin thinks this new old game is great, too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-339\" title=\"Under the sheet.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame1.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Griffin is under there somewhere!\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame1.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame1.jpg?w=722&amp;ssl=1 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Griffin is under there somewhere!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-340\" title=\"Under the sheet is so much fun!\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame2.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Griffin waits for the sheet to fall on him.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame2.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame2.jpg?w=722&amp;ssl=1 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Griffin waits for the sheet to fall on him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-341\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-341\" title=\"There he is!\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame3.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"There he is! So much fun.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame3.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/NewOldGame3.jpg?w=722&amp;ssl=1 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There he is! So much fun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I&#8217;m working as a mom instead of a teacher, I have taken on more of the household duties. Andrew and I feel a bit like we&#8217;ve stepped into a time warp, and it still feels a little weird to both of us. To be fair, we had decided that whichever one of us &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/11\/new-old-game\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Old Game<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-griffin","tag-mommy-reflections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7358,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/7358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}