{"id":115,"date":"2008-09-29T22:59:16","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T02:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2013-01-16T14:43:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T18:43:13","slug":"eddys-birthday-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/?page_id=115","title":{"rendered":"eddy&#8217;s birthday 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"A pile of presents.  Where to start.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0338.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0338s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"He kept trying to buy this watch, and trying to buy it, and throwing all sorts of fits, because I couldn't let him do it.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0339.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0339s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"It's kind of a tradition to get the wrapping paper in the garbage bag as soon as possible.  I'm not really sure why, because I think it sucks some of the fun out of everything.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0340.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0340s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Star Wars the Clone Wars action figures, which is the movie he had just seen for his birthday.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0341.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0341s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"More action figures.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0342.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0342s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"More action figures, but the Ben 10 ones came with these transparent figures for use with the watch.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0343.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0343s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Since everything was sort of rushed and we didn't have time for a proper birthday for Patty, the cake was to both of them.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0344.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0344s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"More Ben 10.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0345.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0345s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"He is kind of careful about opening presents, which is another sort of tradition that I'm doing away with.  Wrapping paper is garbage, so just rip everything open.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0346.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0346s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"More Star Wars action figures.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0347.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0347s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"He was getting kind of bored of opening action figures, but some of the later gifts actually caught him by surprise.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0348.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0348s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"It's another Ben 10 action figure, but apparently this one he really likes and was in a show.  This brought up the fact that there are something in the neighborhood of four more figures that he has to get to complete this collection, but they haven't been released yet.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0349.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0349s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"LEGO plus Star Wars equals win.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0350.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0350s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Build your own lightsaber.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0351.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0351s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Renee got something for Patty, so she got these little LEGO kits for Eddy for his birthday.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0352.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0352s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Another little kit.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0353.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0353s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"YOu squeeze the ball and those bubbles come out and I'm not kidding when I say that it made me a little naseous to watch him do that.  There is a sound associated with it too if that helps.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0354.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0354s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Grandma takes a look at some of the toys and trys to pronounce what they are.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0355.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0355s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Patty was thrilled to be there.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0356.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0356s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Renee was thrilled to be there as well.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0357.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0357s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Grandma always wants to know if you want coffee.\"  href=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0358.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/eb2008\/IMG_0358s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1531,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-115","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1547,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions\/1547"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}