{"id":18349,"date":"2021-05-23T20:38:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T01:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=18349"},"modified":"2021-05-25T20:09:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T01:09:12","slug":"a-birthday-in-burlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=18349","title":{"rendered":"A Birthday in Burlington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baby Zig is turning 16 this week! It&#8217;s hard to believe how fast the years have flown by.<a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/baby-zig-ultrasound.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18363 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/baby-zig-ultrasound.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a> Per usual, he doesn&#8217;t want a party and he mostly just wants Legos and books. One different thing he did want this year is some extra driving practice time, so we decided to take a day trip to Burlington. A random idea turned into an awesome day with family in an adorable city. We walked Church street, ate delicious bagels in the park, Lake Champlain chocolate ice cream and macrons, opened birthday presents, visited the science museum and the Earth Clock, spent about a minute and a half at the World&#8217;s Tallest Filing Cabinet, and finished the day with dinner at the Olive Garden. Yum!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18367\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-1621820251661860524122665665682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18367\" class=\"wp-image-18367 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-1621820251661860524122665665682-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-1621820251661860524122665665682-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-1621820251661860524122665665682-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-1621820251661860524122665665682-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You&#8217;ve come a long way baby!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18360\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185369917771168597961067065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18360\" class=\"wp-image-18360 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185369917771168597961067065-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185369917771168597961067065-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185369917771168597961067065-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185369917771168597961067065-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technologyparkvt.com\/the-story-of-the-whales-tails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whales Tails<\/a> along the side of the high way. I love Vermont.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18358\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185359488889805420887852347.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18358\" class=\"wp-image-18358 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185359488889805420887852347-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185359488889805420887852347-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185359488889805420887852347-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185359488889805420887852347-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">13ft tall, African black granite, pretty cool.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18359\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185347908552909226735744602.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18359\" class=\"wp-image-18359 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185347908552909226735744602-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185347908552909226735744602-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185347908552909226735744602-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185347908552909226735744602-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All three kids had fun with this exhibit. Feeling strong. &#x1f4aa;&#x1f3fb;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18354\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185338625603198878453781939.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18354\" class=\"wp-image-18354 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185338625603198878453781939-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185338625603198878453781939-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185338625603198878453781939-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185338625603198878453781939-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eek! He let me take an &#8220;almost 16&#8221; picture. I&#8217;m such a lucky momma! &#x1f917;&#x1f917;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18355\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185263034995701564753026365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18355\" class=\"wp-image-18355 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185263034995701564753026365-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185263034995701564753026365-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185263034995701564753026365-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185263034995701564753026365-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Burlington Earth Clock. Probably would have been a little more effective if the sun were out.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18361\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185313823937868002644264974.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18361\" class=\"wp-image-18361 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185313823937868002644264974-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185313823937868002644264974-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185313823937868002644264974-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185313823937868002644264974-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It took some work to figure it all out.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18362\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185283047072676518395359610.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18362\" class=\"wp-image-18362 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185283047072676518395359610-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185283047072676518395359610-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185283047072676518395359610-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185283047072676518395359610-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is a fun picture. :)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18353\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185273888263460443478195210.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18353\" class=\"wp-image-18353 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185273888263460443478195210-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185273888263460443478195210-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185273888263460443478195210-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185273888263460443478195210-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the stones had a heart hole in it. &#x1f5a4;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18364\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218192575937030818434605145640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18364\" class=\"wp-image-18364 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218192575937030818434605145640-282x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218192575937030818434605145640-282x500.jpg 282w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218192575937030818434605145640-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218192575937030818434605145640-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218192575937030818434605145640-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218192575937030818434605145640.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The World&#8217;s Tallest Filing Cabinet, apparently a VT tourist attraction. Who knew?! I guess we can check that off the bucket list now. &#x1f602;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18351\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185259394940466325578341397.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18351\" class=\"wp-image-18351 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185259394940466325578341397-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185259394940466325578341397-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185259394940466325578341397-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185259394940466325578341397-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185259394940466325578341397-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We had a beautiful drive home, with Lex behind the wheel.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18356\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185249022428304946842610740.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18356\" class=\"wp-image-18356 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185249022428304946842610740-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185249022428304946842610740-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185249022428304946842610740-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185249022428304946842610740-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunday morning Legos. Happiness is.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18352\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185238862794501493329062918.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18352\" class=\"wp-image-18352 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185238862794501493329062918-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185238862794501493329062918-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185238862794501493329062918-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wp-16218185238862794501493329062918-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Done! A double decker London bus, complete with gum under a seat.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a year of Covid and quarantine it was nice to get out and sample a little bit of normal again. I&#8217;m looking forward to a lot more of that as the summer comes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baby Zig is turning 16 this week! It&#8217;s hard to believe how fast the years have flown by. Per usual, he doesn&#8217;t want a party and he mostly just wants Legos and books. One different thing he did want this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=18349\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,79,47],"class_list":["post-18349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lex","tag-milestone","tag-vacation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18349"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18375,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18349\/revisions\/18375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}