{"id":12701,"date":"2019-11-27T22:58:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T02:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=12701"},"modified":"2019-11-27T22:58:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T02:58:01","slug":"penelopes-4th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=12701","title":{"rendered":"Penelope&#8217;s 4th birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rained over 1.5&#8243; last night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-sxwcCc3\/0\/7383f2d6\/M\/2019112721132755-4804866000352848646-IMG_5378-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Studied Spanish, practiced brain training.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-VpRjKSC\/0\/ee96465a\/M\/2019112721143511-3489669144627142343-IMG_2105-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-xLcWxz3\/0\/a57589dc\/M\/2019112721143511-8107661391318893269-IMG_2106-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-Z8pCtHn\/0\/65c6465f\/M\/2019112721143511-2390704759265910306-IMG_2107-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Penelope\u2019s fourth birthday! Took the girls out to Cici&#8217;s.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-QHD6Pfr\/0\/d3cb6bf6\/M\/2019112721143511-9068719466851415502-IMG_2109_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-w3L6t6k\/0\/cdb8ce26\/M\/2019112721143511-3430563506219947608-IMG_2110_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was great to see Miles\u2019 parents again to this evening. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-SckMGp5\/0\/26688324\/M\/2019112721132755--543035468331072359-IMG_5393-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-bSLd5Hs\/0\/8a96a935\/M\/2019112721132755-5959193728200713254-IMG_5394-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-TNF8V3n\/0\/33b11d83\/M\/2019112721143511-1399609418510739842-IMG_5396-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-WnKWV87\/0\/24e2fa80\/M\/2019112721143511-8833217801209384186-IMG_5397-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-fLnHwg6\/0\/fb82a6d5\/M\/2019112721132755-5003759222349659721-IMG_5395-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had ice cream cake that she picked out. Vanilla on top, chocolate on the bottom, with crushed Oreos in the middle. Yes, it was as good as it sounds. Ashley wrote the wrote the word &#8220;SPECIAL&#8221; under Happy Birthday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-D3nnHLp\/0\/950eaba6\/M\/2019112721132755--1641163077295515611-IMG_5391-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-r8ScpxZ\/0\/7c802c44\/M\/2019112721132755--973045499005117230-IMG_5392-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got her a bike from Goodwill then went to Walmart and bought safety equipment.<\/p>\n<p> I think she was really enjoying the accessorizing.  Family is a blessing. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-VfpBtGm\/0\/200d9107\/M\/2019112721132755-2880631372732605672-IMG_5385-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I replaced the tube in the front bike tire of Penelope\u2019s new bike. It was a fun project, rife with opportunities for learning.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-HDmgGCw\/0\/20fa3dd5\/M\/2019112721132755--1462909861301164086-IMG_5381-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-ds9VBNk\/0\/75750bd3\/M\/2019112721132755--5565818416407689815-IMG_5382-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also added air to Ashley&#8217;s tires.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-JpV6LM2\/0\/e0454170\/M\/2019112721132755--3930929156465085406-IMG_5380-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I told her about screws and bolts and the difference between the two. . .I\u2019m sure most people know that. And why you have metal screws and wood screws. I was getting her to understand which screw would have to be made of the harder metal? I\u2019ll ask which material was harder wood or metal? Then I\u2019d ask her which screw would have to be harder because of that material. It really is astonishing how fast she can figure things out. It\u2019s very exciting to see young minds developing.<\/p>\n<p>Very unusual type of zipper cloud.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-4W6KwnC\/0\/034183c4\/M\/2019112721132755-511324939459094136-IMG_5379-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-CkzHrDj\/0\/495948c8\/M\/2019112721132755-9158142893780448520-IMG_5383-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-8rtC58p\/0\/e8e0ea86\/M\/2019112721132755--4965504530719005813-IMG_5384-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-Wwk2PRK\/0\/dba56e31\/M\/2019112721132755--1364928384728974368-IMG_5386-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jupiter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-wktVcT7\/0\/d63896a4\/M\/2019112721132755--4431482455400686536-IMG_5388-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-FXVsXDQ\/0\/8b757e15\/M\/2019112721132755--577014417141167677-IMG_5387-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New born moon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-s-fourth-birthday--11-2\/i-5x8DsrQ\/0\/fbca448b\/M\/2019112721132755-3818352196778004505-IMG_5389-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rained over 1.5&#8243; last night. Studied Spanish, practiced brain training. Penelope\u2019s fourth birthday! Took the girls out to Cici&#8217;s. It was great to see Miles\u2019 parents again to this evening. We had ice cream cake that she picked out. Vanilla on top, chocolate on the bottom, with crushed Oreos in the middle. Yes, it was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12702,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12701\/revisions\/12702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}