{"id":1436,"date":"2012-09-21T12:53:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T17:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2012-09-21T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T17:54:23","slug":"happy-birthday-jacob-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/09\/happy-birthday-jacob-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Jacob!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacob turned 10 years old earlier this month. We had a small birthday party for him at the house, and Jacob enjoyed playing with some of his birthday gifts.<\/p>\n

Thanks to everyone to recognized his birthday with nice gifts, and thanks to those who took time out of their busy schedules to celebrate with us earlier this month.<\/p>\n

And if you’re wondering, NO, I can’t believe I’m now the mother of a ten-year-old. I remember when I was just turning 10 years old, we had just moved into a new house in Norfolk, Va, and I walked 2\/3 of a mile in each direction to and from school, without parents, and with my Kindergarten-aged sister.<\/p>\n

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Jacob wanted a Harry Potter-themed birthday party, but with an inflatable slip ‘n slide. It was definitely a hybrid experience. These are Golden Snitch cake pops. You’re right, I wouldn’t have thought that either upon first glance…<\/p><\/div>\n

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A close up of the completed Golden Snitch. Don’t laugh. The wings are made of gum paste.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We need a cake for the candles, right? The Gryffindor emblem was printed on cardstock and laminated with clear packing tape.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We have really enjoyed having a backyard here large enough to bring in these big inflatables. We rented the tables and chairs for the AF Base.<\/p><\/div>\n

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It was breezy and I had a hard time keeping the candles lit…<\/p><\/div>\n

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Most of his gifts were LEGOs! Thanks everyone!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jacob got cash from the Grandparents this year. He took the check from Grandma and Grandpa Fox and used to to buy a metal detector. He deposited Grammy and Grampy’s check in the bank and is waiting for a video game to come out to use it.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jacob turned 10 years old earlier this month. We had a small birthday party for him at the house, and Jacob enjoyed playing with some of his birthday gifts. Thanks to everyone to recognized his birthday with nice gifts, and thanks to those who took time out of their busy schedules to celebrate with us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[43,14,175],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-na","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":239,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/09\/happy-birthday-jacob.html","url_meta":{"origin":1436,"position":0},"title":"Happy Birthday Jacob!","date":"12 September 08","format":false,"excerpt":"My Jacob turns 6 today!Enjoy the warp-speed trip through memory lane: Jacob at age 1 month:At age 3:Just about age 6 (school picture):","rel":"","context":"In \"birthdays\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/birthday-parties-cary-nc-style.html","url_meta":{"origin":1436,"position":1},"title":"Birthday Parties, Cary, NC Style","date":"26 January 08","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is Timmy's 3rd birthday. 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