{"id":2410,"date":"2014-05-20T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/?p=2410"},"modified":"2014-05-20T16:02:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:02:03","slug":"piney-orchard-street-festival-a-huge-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/2014\/05\/20\/piney-orchard-street-festival-a-huge-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Piney Orchard Street Festival a huge Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">The Piney Orchard Street Festival in Odenton, Maryland on May 17th was a huge success!\u00a0 The weather was picture perfect, the sun was out and the breeze was blowing.\u00a0 There was a tremendous amount of great food, good drink, a large moon bounce for the children and three live bands to keep everyone happy and entertained!\u00a0 My au pairs did an amazing job tirelessly painting the faces of little children for six hours straight.\u00a0 They all told me they had a wonderful time and that it was a true experience.\u00a0 Hopefully you will join us next year!\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2411 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/05\/DSC_0450-800x593-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0450 (800x593)\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/05\/DSC_0450-800x593-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/05\/DSC_0450-800x593-624x462.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/05\/DSC_0450-800x593.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2403\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/05\/DSC_0421-300x201.jpg\" 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