{"id":3728,"date":"2012-11-16T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3728"},"modified":"2016-09-27T11:01:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T16:01:59","slug":"piano-man-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3728","title":{"rendered":"Piano Man (Child)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8482\/8188752573_fa6e2b0b98_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8057\/8189831822_5d352b84a3_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0009\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emil sure does like music! I was in the other room tidying up, when I heard the quietest little tinkering on the piano and snuck in to catch this young man creating a little song&#8230; after pushing the music crate over to the piano bench and climbing up, that is!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8201\/8188752459_1c99568178_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At nearly 15 months, Emil barely makes a peep. He still resists saying mama or papa, or juice or please, or any of the usual first words. But he is communicating in his own way, makes eye contact, points, and nods yes. So we&#8217;re not too worried. Plus, if he is the strong silent type, at least he loves music and sure does like to dance!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8343\/8188752689_58d8265cc3_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0034\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This weekend Andrew is out of town, but at least it&#8217;s no 5-day trip. He will be back on Monday, then will be able to take Wednesday off before Thanksgiving. I am looking forward to a quiet, relaxed holiday with just the five of us (six if you count the dog I suppose). I think we&#8217;ll keep the feast small, but you&#8217;d better believe I&#8217;ll be baking both pecan <em>and<\/em> pumpkin pie!<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few links from around the web that I&#8217;ve been checking out lately:<\/p>\n<p>Acorn spinning <a href=\"http:\/\/nolinolihandmade.bigcartel.com\/product\/acorn-spinning-top-made-to-order\" target=\"_blank\">tops<\/a>&#8211; how cute are these?!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homelife.com.au\/homes\/galleries\/tasmanian+home+renovation+,19133?pos=2\" target=\"_blank\">Entry<\/a> way envy<\/p>\n<p>Wish I knew exactly what color <a href=\"http:\/\/shotgun-season.tumblr.com\/post\/19866346449\" target=\"_blank\">her<\/a> lipstick is!<\/p>\n<p>Have been wanting to try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.houseandhold.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/30-days-of-food-day-1-brie-bacon-grilled-cheese-with-fig-jam\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> sandwich for breakfast!<\/p>\n<p>Fascinating article on America&#8217;s assumptions about atheists: would you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/13.7\/2012\/11\/13\/164963163\/would-you-vote-for-an-atheist-tell-the-truth\" target=\"_blank\">vote for an atheist<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Kick-ass <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perpetualkid.com\/ninjabread-men-cookie-cutter.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">cookies<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Happy weekend!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emil sure does like music! I was in the other room tidying up, when I heard the quietest little tinkering on the piano and snuck in to catch this young man creating a little song&#8230; after pushing the music crate over to the piano bench and climbing up, that is! At nearly 15 months, Emil &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3728\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Piano Man (Child)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,131],"tags":[101,66],"class_list":["post-3728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motherhood","category-music","tag-emil","tag-holidays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3728"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12355,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728\/revisions\/12355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}