{"id":340,"date":"2008-09-14T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tessa.datdec.com\/wordpress\/?p=340"},"modified":"2008-09-14T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-14T15:52:00","slug":"my-little-architect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=340","title":{"rendered":"My little architect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try\n    {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xGc8ytldDks\/SM1uFnfFYVI\/AAAAAAAAD8o\/vD2Rqh168Xc\/s1600-h\/IMG_3001.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor:\n    pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xGc8ytldDks\/SM1uFnfFYVI\/AAAAAAAAD8o\/vD2Rqh168Xc\/s200\/IMG_3001.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245970183734255954\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Lex is a big fan of blocks. We actually have<br \/>\n    several sets, so there are blocks available in most every room.<br \/>\n    Lately he&#8217;s starting to demonstrate skills in color patterning,<br \/>\n    structural integrity and general architectural creativity &#8212; if<br \/>\n    you can say all that about &#8220;towers&#8221; of bright color plastic<br \/>\n    blocks. <a onblur=\"try\n    {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_xGc8ytldDks\/SM1uFzDZIJI\/AAAAAAAAD8w\/fwz9zTKa0Ds\/s1600-h\/IMG_3002.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor:\n    pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_xGc8ytldDks\/SM1uFzDZIJI\/AAAAAAAAD8w\/fwz9zTKa0Ds\/s200\/IMG_3002.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245970186839335058\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s neat to watch him him build. So far he&#8217;s<br \/>\n    pretty good natured when the demolition squad (aka Eve) comes<br \/>\n    calling too! Here are two building projects from the other day.<br \/>\n    He was playing in the living room for awhile and when I came to<br \/>\n    check on him I saw this first picture. I asked what he was<br \/>\n    building and he said it was a wall for the cars to use. I was<br \/>\n    impressed, and even more impressed with the little room for the<br \/>\n    fish on the back of the wall. He had no real explanation for<br \/>\n    that, it&#8217;s just the way it is. When all the blocks were used up<br \/>\n    he jumped up, ran into the office, and started building a<br \/>\n    &#8220;fence.&#8221; He had a good start before the demo team woke up and<br \/>\n    went to work! He tried to build, she tried to wreck, and I took<br \/>\n    pictures :) <a onblur=\"try\n    {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xGc8ytldDks\/SM1urNMXhcI\/AAAAAAAAD84\/Lygn7neDUZo\/s1600-h\/IMG_3007.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor:\n    pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xGc8ytldDks\/SM1urNMXhcI\/AAAAAAAAD84\/Lygn7neDUZo\/s200\/IMG_3007.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245970829511460290\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Someday I&#8217;ll get up the nerve to dig out Alan&#8217;s<br \/>\n    enormous box of Legos. I&#8217;m not sure Lex is ready for the tiny<br \/>\n    pieces yet, and I&#8217;m positive that Eve isn&#8217;t ready!, but when<br \/>\n    the time is right Lex will have a pretty cool new toy to play<br \/>\n    with. I think Alan will be pretty happy that day too<br \/>\n    :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lex is a big fan of blocks. We actually have several sets, so there are blocks available in most every room. Lately he&#8217;s starting to demonstrate skills in color patterning, structural integrity and general architectural creativity &#8212; if you can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=340\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}