{"id":496,"date":"2010-12-23T19:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/12\/its-a-great-day-in-the-vollmer-house.html"},"modified":"2010-12-23T19:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T19:26:00","slug":"its-a-great-day-in-the-vollmer-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/12\/its-a-great-day-in-the-vollmer-house.html","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a GREAT DAY in the Vollmer House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After some 3 years of trying, Jacob finally got the hang of riding his bike!  He said that the hills in Nebraska made it really hard, and to be honest, he simply wasn&#8217;t as interested.  But with only about 2 minutes of holding on, he took off with ease this morning!<\/p>\n<p>We are SO PROUD of him!  Family bike rides, here we come!<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vlJo01Cenxs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Now to figure out what Timmy wants to do next.  He got really upset during all of this, sobbing in the garage.  Not sure if it&#8217;s envy of riding with no training wheels, or envy of the positive attention Jacob was getting.  I think Timmy can do this quite easily, he&#8217;s always ridden his bike with more speed and confidence than Jacob.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After some 3 years of trying, Jacob finally got the hang of riding his bike! He said that the hills in Nebraska made it really hard, and to be honest, he simply wasn&#8217;t as interested. 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