{"id":2714,"date":"2014-04-22T11:43:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T16:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2014-04-28T07:04:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T12:04:04","slug":"griffins-5th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/22\/griffins-5th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffin’s 5th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a rather extended celebration this year. We began on Griffin’s actual birthday, April 8, with cinnamon rolls for breakfast and family presents at dinner. Then he was honored at both of his preschools.<\/p>\n

\"Maggie<\/a>
Maggie with pinkeye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then Sarah baked a spectacular cake for his party on Saturday, but the kids both woke up with pink eye and we had to cancel the party! (Noooooo! But we ate the cake, which made it ok.) We rescheduled the party for the following weekend and this time everything worked out, including an even more magnificent cake. (Six layer rainbow cake with all natural ingredients? No problem.) And grandma and grandpa presented\u00c2\u00a0a new bike. Woohoo!<\/p>\n

Click on the pics for larger versions.<\/p>\n

\"A <\/a>
A new, bigger bike! <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"It <\/a>
It has a kickstand. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"It <\/a>
It has a hand brake. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"It <\/a>
It is awesome. <\/div> <\/div>
\"Sarah's <\/a>
Sarah’s masterpiece. <\/div> <\/div>
\"I <\/a>
I want it. Now. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Hug <\/a>
Hug for the birthday boy. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Happy <\/a>
Happy guest. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"More <\/a>
More happy guests! <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Everyone <\/a>
Everyone is singing for me! <\/div> <\/div>
\"Big <\/a>
Big breath! <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Five <\/a>
Five candles. <\/div> <\/div>
\"First <\/a>
First slice. <\/div> <\/div>
\"Six <\/a>
Six all-natural layers of joy (no food coloring!) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Hard <\/a>
Hard work <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Yummy!\" <\/a>
Yummy! <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

What has Griffin learned? Birthdays last for three weeks\u00c2\u00a0and include numerous celebrations, multiple cakes, magic bunnies that hide eggs, lots of chocolate, and special trips to the ice cream shop (those last tidbits were for Easter and my birthday, but the distinctions may not mean much to him). We’re setting ourselves up for success here. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a rather extended celebration this year. We began on Griffin’s actual birthday, April 8, with cinnamon rolls for breakfast and family presents at dinner. Then he was honored at both of his preschools. Then Sarah baked a spectacular cake for his party on Saturday, but the kids both woke up with pink eye … Continue reading Griffin’s 5th Birthday<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","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":[3,45,54],"tags":[37,60,79,81,9,51],"class_list":["post-2714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-griffin","category-maggie","category-photo","tag-birthdays","tag-gallery","tag-griffin","tag-maggie","tag-milestones","tag-pictures","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140419_154430_076a.jpg?fit=2697%2C1798&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2714"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2778,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions\/2778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}