{"id":5551,"date":"2012-03-15T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=5551"},"modified":"2012-03-15T08:00:58","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T12:00:58","slug":"a-little-bit-of-island-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=5551","title":{"rendered":"A little bit of Island fun\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chincoteague Island fun, that is!<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/0212.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"021\" border=\"0\" alt=\"021\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/021_thumb2.jpg\" width=\"465\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First- there\u2019s the beach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"025\" border=\"0\" alt=\"025\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/025_thumb.jpg\" width=\"472\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s the ocean!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"007\" border=\"0\" alt=\"007\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/007_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday there was a wonderful family on the beach.&#160; When they saw Aiden, the <\/p>\n<p>First thing they said was,\u201d Hi, do you want to play?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the second thing they said was,\u201d We have sand toys!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The heavens opened up and Angels sang in Aiden\u2019s ears!<\/p>\n<p>He ran off with the kids and only looked up once to see if we were still there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"001\" border=\"0\" alt=\"001\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/001_thumb.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"508\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ocean, sand, six kids, and toys is as good as it gets in a four year old\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/034.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"034\" border=\"0\" alt=\"034\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/034_thumb.jpg\" width=\"406\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also had a good visit at the Refuge Center and saw cool models of ships,<\/p>\n<p>and museum quality and hands on stations of the birds, animals, and sea life<\/p>\n<p>in the Refuge.&#160; And live video of a resident bald eagle and her cygnets in their<\/p>\n<p>nest.&#160; Very cool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"037\" border=\"0\" alt=\"037\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/037_thumb.jpg\" width=\"417\" height=\"624\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then Aiden walked the boards on the deck outside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery Dangerous!\u201d he informed me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/0052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"005\" border=\"0\" alt=\"005\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/005_thumb2.jpg\" width=\"172\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"015\" border=\"0\" alt=\"015\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/015_thumb.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And there has been some very good food.&#160; We ate most of it before I remembered<\/p>\n<p>to take pictures.&#160; But the bacon and asparagus quiche was quite fine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"008\" border=\"0\" alt=\"008\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/008_thumb.jpg\" width=\"433\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the Kale and Pepperoni pizza was fantastic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/0101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"010\" border=\"0\" alt=\"010\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/010_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"107\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/0092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"009\" border=\"0\" alt=\"009\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/009_thumb2.jpg\" width=\"235\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"011\" border=\"0\" alt=\"011\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/011_thumb.jpg\" width=\"109\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Really, really, really good.<\/p>\n<p>We have today to play (and do some cleaning)&#160; and then we are leaving tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/0093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"009\" border=\"0\" alt=\"009\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/009_thumb3.jpg\" width=\"436\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has been a very good week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chincoteague Island fun, that is! &#160; First- there\u2019s the beach. And then there\u2019s the ocean! Yesterday there was a wonderful family on the beach.&#160; When they saw Aiden, the First thing they said was,\u201d Hi, do you want to play?\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=5551\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stepsonthejourney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}