{"id":41972,"date":"2019-02-22T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T12:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/22\/rather-proud-of-the-child\/"},"modified":"2019-03-03T20:28:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T20:28:48","slug":"rather-proud-of-the-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/22\/rather-proud-of-the-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Rather proud of the child"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/22\/rather-proud-of-the-child\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-41972 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0009.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0009-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0009-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0009-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"41970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/img-20190222-wa0009\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0009.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"762,1270\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20190222-WA0009.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0009-360x600.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0010.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0010-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0010-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0010-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0010-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0010-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0010-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0010.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"41969\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/img-20190222-wa0010\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0010.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20190222-WA0010.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0010-600x600.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Ben has boarded his solo flight to Canada. He&#8217;s excited about the trip, a bit anxious about the exact process, and is looking forward to seeing his cousins, aunts, grandparents and new dog. I&#8217;m rather impressed with doofus. He&#8217;s seriously grown up in the last couple of years and becoming more and more confident and independent. He can still be a right pain in the backside, but at his core, he&#8217;s a good kid and we done good. For the flight itself, as long as he has food, drink and a movie, he&#8217;ll be happy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/22\/rather-proud-of-the-child\/img-20190222-wa0011\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0011.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"899,322\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20190222-WA0011.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0011-600x215.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0011-400x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"143\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0011-400x143.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0011-768x275.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0011-600x215.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG-20190222-WA0011.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He just sent this to Katy. We still need to work on his English spelling, lol (his French is getting remarkably good).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben has boarded his solo flight to Canada. He&#8217;s excited about the trip, a bit anxious about the exact process, and is looking forward to seeing his cousins, aunts, grandparents and new dog. I&#8217;m rather impressed with doofus. He&#8217;s seriously grown up in the last couple of years and becoming more and more confident and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/22\/rather-proud-of-the-child\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Rather proud of the child&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[257,183,33],"class_list":["post-41972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-i-am-canadian","tag-the-peanut","tag-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u9vK-aUY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41986,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41972\/revisions\/41986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}