{"id":4618,"date":"2009-09-27T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/entries\/jeromes-seventh-birthday\/"},"modified":"2009-09-27T22:56:16","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T05:56:16","slug":"jeromes-seventh-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/2009\/09\/jeromes-seventh-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerome&#8217;s Seventh Birthday! ~ July 19, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard for me to believe that second grade, new front teeth, swimming, and his seventh year have all come to our first son already! He is loving his Saxon math 2 and is reading books to me at night now. Jerome is very creative and loves to build things out of anything we let him have around the house and delights in crafty stuff. I often find him in the tree tops or hanging from branches. He&#8217;s a wonderful big brother and lets his little brothers tag along and play with him. This summer he lost his daily friend and playmate to a move, so on his birthday we had a little swim party just for them.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5673-1.JPG\" title=\" Ian hangin\u2019 on Daddy in the pool!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5673-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" Ian hangin\u2019 on Daddy in the pool!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5675ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Jerome\u2019s first time down the slide!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5675ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Jerome\u2019s first time down the slide!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5676ps-1.jpg\" title=\" It\u2019s all down slide from here\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5676ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" It\u2019s all down slide from here\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5677ps-1.jpg\" title=\" splash! He did it!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5677ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" splash! He did it!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5679ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Wesley\u2019s showin\u2019 him how it\u2019s done.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5679ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Wesley\u2019s showin\u2019 him how it\u2019s done.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5680ps-1.jpg\" title=\" splash and feet!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5680ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" splash and feet!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5681ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Jerome\u2019s turn again\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5681ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Jerome\u2019s turn again\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5682ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Raven\u2019s never far from the boys\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5682ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Raven\u2019s never far from the boys\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5688ps-1.jpg\" title=\" She loves the pool but gets too close sometimes.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5688ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" She loves the pool but gets too close sometimes.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5686-1.JPG\" title=\" Seth and Audrey are buddies\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5686-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" Seth and Audrey are buddies\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5689ps-1.jpg\" title=\" I love this series! Ready to hit water\u2026\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5689ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" I love this series! Ready to hit water\u2026\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5690ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Just a tad under water\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5690ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Just a tad under water\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5691ps-1.jpg\" title=\" and up again!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5691ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" and up again!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5692ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Gabrielle TaDa!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5692ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Gabrielle TaDa!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5693ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Jerome going down without the aid of a floatation device!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5693ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Jerome going down without the aid of a floatation device!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5695ps-1.jpg\" title=\" and Daddy was right there to catch him.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5695ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" and Daddy was right there to catch him.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5698ps-1.jpg\" title=\" group slide\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5698ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" group slide\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5699ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Jerome broke away first, which was probably a good thing.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5699ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Jerome broke away first, which was probably a good thing.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5702ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Wesley and Jerome :-)\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5702ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Wesley and Jerome :-)\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5703-1.JPG\" title=\" coming up in opposite directions\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5703-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" coming up in opposite directions\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5708-1.JPG\" title=\" our birthday boy!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5708-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" our birthday boy!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5709ps-1.jpg\" title=\" another go at the group slide with Gabrielle in the lead\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5709ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" another go at the group slide with Gabrielle in the lead\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5710ps-1.jpg\" title=\" I love splash pictures :-)\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5710ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" I love splash pictures :-)\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5714-1.JPG\" title=\" Seth!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5714-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" Seth!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5715-1.JPG\" title=\" pool party\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5715-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" pool party\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5718ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Ian\u2019s favorite pool activity\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5718ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Ian\u2019s favorite pool activity\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5720ps-1.jpg\" title=\" if only that hair wouldn\u2019t drip into his eyes!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5720ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" if only that hair wouldn\u2019t drip into his eyes!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5723ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Now that they\u2019ve conquered the slide they tackle Tim\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5723ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Now that they\u2019ve conquered the slide they tackle Tim\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5724ps-1.jpg\" title=\" He throws Jerome\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5724ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" He throws Jerome\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5726-1.JPG\" title=\" next goes Wesley!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5726-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" next goes Wesley!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5729-1.JPG\" title=\" I love Ian\u2019s laugh!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5729-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" I love Ian\u2019s laugh!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5730ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Wesley\u2019s up\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5730ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Wesley\u2019s up\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5731ps-1.jpg\" title=\" and away!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5731ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" and away!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5732-1.JPG\" title=\" Ian will ask you to throw him by pointing up with a smile :-)\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5732-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" Ian will ask you to throw him by pointing up with a smile :-)\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5733ps-1.jpg\" title=\" There goes Jerome again\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5733ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" There goes Jerome again\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5736-1.JPG\" title=\" Here\u2019s a series of Ian\u2019s jump into Daddy\u2019s arms. Get set\u2026\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5736-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" Here\u2019s a series of Ian\u2019s jump into Daddy\u2019s arms. Get set\u2026\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5737-1.JPG\" title=\" jump!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5737-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" jump!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5738-1.JPG\" title=\" Splash! He loves to go under the water!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5738-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" Splash! He loves to go under the water!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5739ps-1.jpg\" title=\" and he comes up smiling and twisting to flop around in the water.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5739ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" and he comes up smiling and twisting to flop around in the water.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5747-1.JPG\" title=\" Best buds\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5747-1.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\" Best buds\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5748ps-1.jpg\" title=\" play time\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5748ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" play time\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5749ps-1.jpg\" title=\" putting together new toys!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5749ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" putting together new toys!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5752ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Later we had a pizza party at Papa\u2019s house with the family!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5752ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Later we had a pizza party at Papa\u2019s house with the family!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5753ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Jerome got to sit next to Darrell\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5753ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Jerome got to sit next to Darrell\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5754ps-1.jpg\" title=\" and play :-)\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5754ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" and play :-)\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5755ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Seth in a party hat\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5755ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Seth in a party hat\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5758ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Jerome in his party hat. (Yes, those are bug bites from our camping trip)\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5758ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Jerome in his party hat. (Yes, those are bug bites from our camping trip)\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5759ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Vincenzo\u2019s Pizza!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5759ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Vincenzo\u2019s Pizza!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5760ps-1.jpg\" title=\" on the phone with Aunt Vanessa!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5760ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" on the phone with Aunt Vanessa!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5761ps-1.jpg\" title=\" presents BEFORE cake!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5761ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" presents BEFORE cake!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5764ps-1.jpg\" title=\" we got him a digital counting jar to help him keep track of his earnings.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5764ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" we got him a digital counting jar to help him keep track of his earnings.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5766ps-1.jpg\" title=\" baby brother likes to take the wrappings to the trash.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5766ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" baby brother likes to take the wrappings to the trash.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5767ps-1.jpg\" title=\" What is it?!?\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5767ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" What is it?!?\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5768ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Star Wars Legos! (which, after they were first meticulously built according to the instructions, have now become many, many other creative things!)\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5768ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Star Wars Legos! (which, after they were first meticulously built according to the instructions, have now become many, many other creative things!)\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5769ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Thank you, Eric, and Aunt Brooke, and Darrell, and Uncle Garin!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5769ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Thank you, Eric, and Aunt Brooke, and Darrell, and Uncle Garin!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5772ps-1.jpg\" title=\" for our budding geologist\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5772ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" for our budding geologist\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5773ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Happy birthday, son!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5773ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Happy birthday, son!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5775ps-1.jpg\" title=\" I love your cheesy grin!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5775ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" I love your cheesy grin!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5777ps-1.jpg\" title=\" He decorated his cake himself!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5777ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" He decorated his cake himself!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5779ps-1.jpg\" title=\" with his playmobile pirates :-)\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5779ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" with his playmobile pirates :-)\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5781ps-1.jpg\" title=\" baby brother putting coins in the counting jar\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5781ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" baby brother putting coins in the counting jar\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5782ps-1.jpg\" title=\" while Darrell starts building with him\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5782ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" while Darrell starts building with him\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5783ps-1.jpg\" title=\" and Seth plays with his new Bumblebee\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5783ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" and Seth plays with his new Bumblebee\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5785ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Thanks for making it a party, Jane, Anna, and Mom!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5785ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Thanks for making it a party, Jane, Anna, and Mom!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5789ps-1.jpg\" title=\" Happy birthday, big boy!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5789ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Happy birthday, big boy!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[jeromeseven]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5788ps-1.jpg\" title=\" We love you so much and pray God\u2019s blessing on your life!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_5788ps-1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" We love you so much and pray God\u2019s blessing on your life!\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard for me to believe that second grade, new front teeth, swimming, and his seventh year have all come to our first son already! He is loving his Saxon math 2 and is reading books to me at night now. Jerome is very creative and loves to build things out of anything we let [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}