{"id":223,"date":"2008-08-26T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/08\/timmy-the-tagger.html"},"modified":"2008-08-26T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T15:16:00","slug":"timmy-the-tagger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/08\/timmy-the-tagger.html","title":{"rendered":"Timmy the Tagger"},"content":{"rendered":"

So here’s the side yard. It’s quite nice.<\/p>\n

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See? There’s an apple tree — and the apples aren’t bad, either. Quite tart, I see a pie in our near future.<\/p>\n

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And here’s Timmy marking up the fence to the right of the apple tree. He did this with some sidewalk chalk, thankfully it’ll wash right off. <\/p>\n

I’m so proud of my little guy learning to write his name…<\/p>\n

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…but I have visions of one day Timmy writing his name on a highway overpass or railroad boxcar. Thought I’d share this before I hosed it off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So here’s the side yard. It’s quite nice. See? There’s an apple tree — and the apples aren’t bad, either. Quite tart, I see a pie in our near future. And here’s Timmy marking up the fence to the right of the apple tree. 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