{"id":2085,"date":"2012-04-29T23:44:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T04:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=2085"},"modified":"2012-04-29T23:44:51","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T04:44:51","slug":"movie-monday-playing-cars-with-great-grandpa-and-an-invitation-to-you-dear-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=2085","title":{"rendered":"movie monday:  playing cars with great grandpa (and an invitation to you, dear readers!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/41267788\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the happy little dude has only one great grandpa still living.  i am so glad they have such a good time together each time we visit.<\/p>\n<p>p.s. while we were visiting, i got asked several times what crafty projects i&#8217;d been working on lately, and my lack of answer was a wake-up call.  then, i checked the blog and.. yup, i&#8217;ve had a small handful here and there this spring, but it is high time i find my way back into the craft room.  i&#8217;m toying with the idea of doing a quiet book* sew-along**.  anyone interested in joining me? <\/p>\n<p>*quiet book\/busy book:  handmade of felt, with detailed pages that include activities for kids to do, usually in the car, or in church<br \/>\n**sew-along:  in this case, i haven&#8217;t yet decided my frequency of completion goal (one page a week, maybe?), but the idea is that i&#8217;ll post the pattern that i&#8217;m planning to make, along with links to plenty of inspiration and you can feel free to join me by sewing your own page-a-week (or whatever rate i\/we choose.  not more frequent that that, though!)  if we support each other, at the end of a few&#8230; months(?) we&#8217;ll have a fantastic keepsake to keep or to gift.  even if sewing a bunch of itty-bitty pieces of felt sounds like torture to you, i&#8217;d love to hear back from readers who would be interested to follow this journey should i choose to be this crazy.  your comments on my posts are the best incentive to not wimp out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the happy little dude has only one great grandpa still living. i am so glad they have such a good time together each time we visit. p.s. while we were visiting, i got asked several times what crafty projects i&#8217;d &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=2085\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,6,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kid-stuff","category-stuff-that-makes-me-smile","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2086,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions\/2086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}