{"id":701,"date":"2012-01-18T02:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T02:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/01\/my-very-own-little-tin-tin.html"},"modified":"2012-01-18T02:39:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T02:39:00","slug":"my-very-own-little-tin-tin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/01\/my-very-own-little-tin-tin.html","title":{"rendered":"My Very Own Little Tin Tin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know, I&#8217;ve been pretty scarce. &nbsp;Sorry. &nbsp;I was in quite a funk the 1-2 weeks following Christmas. &nbsp;Then I spent last week in Nebraska doing some Air Force Reserve work.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing in particular with the funk, I just didn&#8217;t feel like writing.<\/p>\n<p>I also have been pretty slow with the camera too, I&#8217;ve very few pictures to offer. &nbsp;I promise that will change next week!<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s a story for you.<\/p>\n<p>Just before I left for Nebraska two weekends ago, the family went to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0983193\/\">The Adventures of Tintin<\/a>. &nbsp;What a fantastic movie, by the way! &nbsp;Certainly isn&#8217;t just for kids! <\/p>\n<p>The CGI animation of Tintin reminded me SO MUCH of Timmy. &nbsp;I couldn&#8217;t help myself&#8230;I had to make a comparison, so here it is! &nbsp;This is a picture of Timmy from our trip to the Santa train about 3 weeks ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3Nli9KV39Wc\/TxYvlpJL9RI\/AAAAAAABc0c\/EjgIwE7GCiU\/s1600\/TimmyTinTin.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"384\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3Nli9KV39Wc\/TxYvlpJL9RI\/AAAAAAABc0c\/EjgIwE7GCiU\/s640\/TimmyTinTin.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>And yes, as one could guess, <a href=\"http:\/\/tintinblog.com\/tag\/tintin-halloween-costumes\/\">Timmy wants to be Tintin for Halloween<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know, I&#8217;ve been pretty scarce. &nbsp;Sorry. &nbsp;I was in quite a funk the 1-2 weeks following Christmas. &nbsp;Then I spent last week in Nebraska doing some Air Force Reserve work. Nothing in particular with the funk, I just didn&#8217;t feel like writing. I also have been pretty slow with the camera too, I&#8217;ve very [&hellip;]<\/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":[],"tags":[13,56,192],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-bj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":650,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/09\/home-again-home-again-jiggity-jig.html","url_meta":{"origin":701,"position":0},"title":"Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig","date":"26 September 11","format":false,"excerpt":"I got home from Air Force Reserve duty Nebraska last Wednesday night. \u00a0It was my birthday, and the boys picked me up at the airport and we went out for Korean food at our new favorite Korean restaurant, called Okie Dokie in Fort Walton Beach. \u00a0It was a good week\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"air force reserves\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z1uTbLe6m_g\/Tn_utLRP6VI\/AAAAAAABaCI\/iRB0L9GM7-Y\/s640\/IMG_5616.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":428,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/04\/nebraska-discoveries-3-lauritzen-gardens-omahas-botanical-center.html","url_meta":{"origin":701,"position":1},"title":"Nebraska Discoveries 12: Lauritzen Gardens&#8230;Omaha&#8217;s Botanical Center","date":"28 April 10","format":false,"excerpt":"Since I won't be in the Omaha area forever, I realized recently that my time is running out for visiting the many attractions in the area. \u00a0Thanks to my boys' field trips, Cub Scouting and birthday party invitations, they've already been to several area attractions. \u00a0But I've set a new\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"flowers\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/S9bvPm09s2I\/AAAAAAAA_Ko\/FNfMoEUi76Y\/s400\/GO-ElectronicMap2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2501,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/09\/first-day-of-school-pictures.html","url_meta":{"origin":701,"position":2},"title":"First Day of School Pictures","date":"09 September 13","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, so I'm a little behind. 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