{"id":5202,"date":"2012-11-05T20:06:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T01:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/?p=5202"},"modified":"2012-11-05T20:09:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T01:09:45","slug":"x-is-for-xylophone-because-x-is-always-for-xylophone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/x-is-for-xylophone-because-x-is-always-for-xylophone\/","title":{"rendered":"X is for Xylophone, because X is always for Xylophone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am playing catch up here, so bear with me. We actually had &#8220;X Week&#8221; October 22-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_103333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5203\" title=\"20121022_103333\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_103333-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_103333-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_103333-375x300.jpg 375w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_103333.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>X isn&#8217;t wasn&#8217;t the easiest letter to work with, but Adam didn&#8217;t seem to mind. I\u00a0actually\u00a0over-planned and had a few activities we didn&#8217;t get to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5204\" title=\"20121022_110010\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110010-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110010-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110010-375x300.jpg 375w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110010.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5205\" title=\"20121022_110036\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110036-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110036-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110036-375x300.jpg 375w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110036.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My favorite project of the week was the &#8220;x-ray&#8221; we did of Adam&#8217;s hands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_110841.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5206\" title=\"20121025_110841\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_110841-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_110841-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_110841.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_110127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5207\" title=\"20121025_110127\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_110127-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_110127-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_110127-375x300.jpg 375w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_110127.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adam really liked playing with his alphabet magnets, he had to fill in the missing letters on the pumpkins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121024_102709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5208\" title=\"20121024_102709\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121024_102709-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121024_102709-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121024_102709.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This next picture has no purpose, other than to show you Adam&#8217;s inside-out and backwards pajama pants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121024_103503.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5209\" title=\"20121024_103503\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121024_103503-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121024_103503-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121024_103503.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adam also liked putting these xylophone pictures in order.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_105519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5210\" title=\"20121025_105519\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_105519-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_105519-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_105519-375x300.jpg 375w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121025_105519.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_111548.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5211\" title=\"20121022_111548\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_111548-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_111548-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_111548-375x300.jpg 375w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_111548.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And of course there was lots of coloring (by number and without) and connecting the dots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_3634.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5212\" title=\"IMG_3634\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_3634-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_3634-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_3634-375x300.jpg 375w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_3634.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_3637.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5213\" title=\"IMG_3637\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_3637-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_3637-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_3637.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110624.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5214\" title=\"20121022_110624\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110624-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110624-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110624-375x300.jpg 375w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_110624.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In that last one Adam connected the dots in green, but couldn&#8217;t tell what it was supposed to be &#8211; so I redid it in black.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_104534.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5215\" title=\"20121022_104534\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_104534-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_104534-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_104534.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And one more picture before we go showing our new calendar (thanks mom and dad).\u00a0It&#8217;s much more Adam-friendly than our old one and he loves being able to pick the weather for each day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_104503.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5216\" title=\"20121022_104503\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_104503-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_104503-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121022_104503.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So that was the eXtent of our eXciting X week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am playing catch up here, so bear with me. We actually had &#8220;X Week&#8221; October 22-26. X isn&#8217;t wasn&#8217;t the easiest letter to work with, but Adam didn&#8217;t seem to mind. I\u00a0actually\u00a0over-planned and had a few activities we didn&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/x-is-for-xylophone-because-x-is-always-for-xylophone\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5202"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5220,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202\/revisions\/5220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}