{"id":12678,"date":"2016-10-07T10:26:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T16:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=12678"},"modified":"2016-10-07T10:26:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T16:26:16","slug":"marks-adventures-with-grandparents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2016\/10\/marks-adventures-with-grandparents\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark&#8217;s Adventures with Grandparents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-DSC_2593-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12680\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-DSC_2593-001.jpg\" alt=\"1-dsc_2593-001\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-DSC_2593-001.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-DSC_2593-001-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-DSC_2593-001-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>Mark and I took a trip with my parents to California to visit my Grandma Ruth. Mark wasn&#8217;t sure if he would have a good time spending\u00a0lots of time in a car to be\u00a0with his grandparents, mom, and great-grandmother, but he did. For real.<\/p>\n<p>He explored the Delta with Grandpa.<\/p>\n<p>He bought doughnuts with\u00a0Grandpa<\/p>\n<p>He played with Fisher Price toys from the late 1960&#8217;s with his cousin who stopped by.<\/p>\n<p>We drove the scenic route on the way home, along the Sacramento river. We stopped at a little diner and had the best lunch with big mugs of milk.<\/p>\n<p>He got a hat at the Donner Memorial gift shop.<\/p>\n<p>He enjoyed a breakfast buffet at our hotel.<\/p>\n<p>He stayed\u00a0up late watching <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He made and served dinner\u00a0with Grandma, which he said was a true highlight.<\/p>\n<p>He rewired a\u00a0lamp with Grandpa, also a highlight.<\/p>\n<p>He crawled\u00a0under Great-grandma&#8217;s furniture to replace electrical cords and loved it.<\/p>\n<p>He met\u00a0a new dog friend.<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t have to share Pop Tarts with his siblings.<\/p>\n<p>He packed a bag full of Archie comics to enjoy with Grandpa. It was time well shared.<\/p>\n<p>He and Grandma watched movies in the back seat of the car on the drive home.<\/p>\n<p>He grew in admiration for his grandparents and cheered his great-grandmother with his presence. He tried a few funny lines and people laughed. He got to be independent and not compared with older siblings.\u00a0He soared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark and I took a trip with my parents to California to visit my Grandma Ruth. Mark wasn&#8217;t sure if he would have a good time spending\u00a0lots of time in a car to be\u00a0with his grandparents, mom, and great-grandmother, but he did. For real. He explored the Delta with Grandpa. He bought doughnuts with\u00a0Grandpa He &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2016\/10\/marks-adventures-with-grandparents\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mark&#8217;s Adventures with Grandparents<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventurous-kids","category-extended-family","category-family-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12683,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12678\/revisions\/12683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}