{"id":3176,"date":"2010-02-07T09:06:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T17:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2010-02-07T09:06:17","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T17:06:17","slug":"welcome-back-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/welcome-back-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you are anything like I am, one of the things you did over the break in abundance was eat.\u00c2\u00a0 Turkey, ham, yams, pies of all types etc\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 were consumed to the point of bursting.\u00c2\u00a0 It was also a time for grandmas, grandpas, family, and friends to experiment with different concoctions that are lauded as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mm-mm good!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 For example, a mixture of pineapple cubes, melon balls, and a dash of vanilla all combined with sparkling water was supposed to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to-die-for\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 And I almost did, trying to drink the delicacy while keeping a straight face!<\/p>\n

The house was alive with the sounds of little feet running around and, yes, sometimes falling down.\u00c2\u00a0 But, it was all in good fun and as soon as the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153boo-boo\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was patted, blown on, or kissed they were right back at it, giggling and screaming as though nothing ever happened.\u00c2\u00a0 I never knew such small throats could produce such loud, penetrating sounds!\u00c2\u00a0 However, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think there is a more beautiful sounds than the laughter and screams of a small child having fun.<\/p>\n

It is also very curious how moms and dads all over rush out to buy wonderful things for their young ones thinking all the while that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He is going to really love this!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153She will be so happy to get this!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d only to discover the truth.\u00c2\u00a0 What is the truth? Two-year olds would rather play with the paper and the styrofoam packing materials than their new toy!\u00c2\u00a0 I think next year I will buy large quantities of brightly colored paper, ball it all up, stick it all in a large bag, and give it to my son.<\/p>\n

My daughter acted as if she was in a competition to see how many presents she could open in the least amount of time.\u00c2\u00a0 As soon as she unwrapped one she was on to the next and the item was cast aside never having been played with. Then she tried to take my son\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presents and open his.\u00c2\u00a0 When asked why, she said that it is ok because she was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153only trying to help\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n

We wanted her to begin taking piano lessons this year.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of you may be able to relate to this.\u00c2\u00a0 Not having a piano, my wife and I began looking for one.\u00c2\u00a0 We got one from Costco.\u00c2\u00a0 Although it is not a Grande and does not fill up the entire room, it is pretty big, taking up a third of one of the downstairs playroom walls.\u00c2\u00a0 I told her that someone had brought her a very special gift and it was downstairs.\u00c2\u00a0 Keep in mind she had been unwrapping brightly colored packages for the last 15 minutes.\u00c2\u00a0 We went downstairs and she looked around for presents, walking past and nearly bumping into the piano. She did not see the large black item against the east wall of our downstairs playroom!\u00c2\u00a0 Neither my wife nor I said anything while my daughter asked, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Where is the present daddy?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 In the meantime my little boy spotted it right away and rushed over. He climbed onto the stool and began to play the favorite tune of all two-year olds, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Ode to a Little Kid\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 Then my daughter said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, whose piano is that?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d We just smiled\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Having had very little as a child, I am aware that I spoil my little ones and I know that experts say that I shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do that.\u00c2\u00a0 However, I know for a fact that you are only young once and for a very short time at that.\u00c2\u00a0 So, I intend for their childhoods to be the best of times for as long as I am able to make it so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are anything like I am, one of the things you did over the break in abundance was eat.\u00c2\u00a0 Turkey, ham, yams, pies of all types etc\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 were consumed to the point of bursting.\u00c2\u00a0 It was also a time for grandmas, grandpas, family, and friends to experiment with different concoctions that are lauded as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}