{"id":118,"date":"2008-04-20T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T01:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/index.php\/2008\/04\/20\/a-big-boy-sleepover\/"},"modified":"2011-02-10T15:43:27","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T20:43:27","slug":"a-big-boy-sleepover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/2008\/04\/a-big-boy-sleepover\/","title":{"rendered":"A Big Boy Sleepover&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%282%29---Crop-780333.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%282%29---Crop-780323.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Serena and I attended a Marriage Connections Weekend Seminar this weekend.  It was a great retreat hosted by Buddy and Carmen Griffith  in Novi and sponsored by the South Lyon New Beginnings Church.  Nana watched Alexander most of the weekend including Saturday Night which gave us some time together to be &#8220;baby-free&#8221; for the first time in over a year.  We came home to soup and sloppy-joe&#8217;s from Nana and a most delightful letter from our genius-son:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Deer mama n papa,<br \/>See sum pikchers of me at nanaz hows!  I stad <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">all by miself<\/span> <\/span>to sleep ovrnit without yu!  we went 2 sabath skul n church n i waz so exzited en wigly, but had big smils.  Won time nana sed dont bonk yur hed so i had to gently try sum bonks in a few playcez.  the ladeez lafed.  after lunch en nap we went visitng mizes. stockwell.  she sed u wer very blest parents to hav a boy lik me.  I sayd so to- me to fer yu.  Aftr supr we went to pony park wer yu went wen yu wer littel mama.  but i mad nana nervuz on the jungel gim cuz i am so brav!  then at bedtim nana found a old tape with kidz songs end littel girl mama as reeding a story in her sweet voic.  then i herd mamas faverit lulaby music wen she was littel.   I think nana was very hapy  en sad at da same tim cuz she was siting bi mi krib end i herd a sniffl-  she luvs yu a lot to mama.  I slep all nit, end even late on Sunda &#8217;til 8!  I wil be hapy to see yu soon cuz I luv yu!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Alexandr<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%289%29-732769.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 172px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%289%29-732760.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>   <a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%288%29-732727.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 172px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%288%29-732719.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%2810%29-778721.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 173px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%2810%29-778716.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>    <a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%288%29-771069.JPG\"><br \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">The magnet board is a favorite and putting magnets and toys in and out of the wastebasket.   |   Ready for Breakfast   |   The front entry is the favorite spot for mixing and stirring and putting on\/off lids.<br \/><\/span><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%285%29-727418.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%285%29-727412.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>   <a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%284%29-727390.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%284%29-727383.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>   <a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%283%29-771033.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winklerworldonline.com\/babyblog\/uploaded_images\/4-19-08-First-Overnight-%283%29-771023.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Waking up in Alex&#8217;s corner of Nana&#8217;s World<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena and I attended a Marriage Connections Weekend Seminar this weekend. It was a great retreat hosted by Buddy and Carmen Griffith in Novi and sponsored by the South Lyon New Beginnings Church. 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