{"id":4173,"date":"2012-07-09T04:49:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T18:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/?p=4173"},"modified":"2013-11-02T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T05:12:10","slug":"my-little-helper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/my-little-helper\/","title":{"rendered":"My little helper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kuttyma is getting to the age where she will not sit patiently as I make my quick rounds in the grocery store. She has millions of questions and requires a lot of attention. To keep her mind busy and not disturb me too much &#8211; I created a shopping list for her. Dad was her designated basket carrier. The 6 items on the list kept her busy for the 20+ minutes I needed at the store.<\/p>\n<p>It made her feel responsible and filled her with pride. It gave me much needed time to concentrate and pick the necessities. Win-win situation I say<\/p>\n<p>I also recorded a quick audio of her describing her shopping list &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/MyRecording-1.mp3\">Recording (1)<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4174\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/attachment-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4174\" class=\" wp-image-4174\" title=\"attachment (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/attachment-11-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/attachment-11-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/attachment-11.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little crumpled shopping list<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuttyma is getting to the age where she will not sit patiently as I make my quick rounds in the grocery store. 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