{"id":208,"date":"2008-08-12T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/08\/my-kindergartener.html"},"modified":"2014-09-10T23:28:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T04:28:35","slug":"my-kindergartener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/08\/my-kindergartener\/","title":{"rendered":"My Kindergartener! First Day of School 2008!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080812JacobFirstDayOfKindergarten\/photo#5233729334527695298\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/vollmerdp\/SKHxGasQmcI\/AAAAAAAATDI\/mXKcDByv68s\/s400\/IMG_3195.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was Jake when I picked him up from school today. 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