{"id":115,"date":"2012-04-09T19:47:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T02:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2012\/04\/09\/spring-has-sprung-almost-april-2012\/"},"modified":"2012-04-09T19:47:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T02:47:59","slug":"spring-has-sprung-almost-april-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2012\/04\/09\/spring-has-sprung-almost-april-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring has Sprung &#8211; Almost &#8211; April 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The au pairs (along with some of their families!) traveled north to the LaConnor, WA area to witness the first buds of spring in the tulip festival.\u00a0 A lovely day was had by all!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2012\/04\/11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2012\/04\/11-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"-11\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2012\/04\/15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-114\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2012\/04\/15-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"-15\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The au pairs (along with some of their families!) traveled north to the LaConnor, WA area to witness the first buds of spring in the tulip festival.\u00a0 A lovely day was had by all! <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2012\/04\/11.jpg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2012\/04\/15.jpg\"><\/a>  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2012\/04\/09\/spring-has-sprung-almost-april-2012\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,16,17,29,31,33,55,56],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-au-pair","tag-childcare","tag-children","tag-host-family","tag-kids","tag-la-connor","tag-toddler","tag-tulip"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spring has Sprung - Almost - April 2012 - Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spring has Sprung - Almost - April 2012 - Childcare With A Cultural Flair In Greater Seattle\/Bellevue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The au pairs (along with some of their families!) traveled north to the LaConnor, WA area to witness the first buds of spring in the tulip festival.\u00a0 A lovely day was had by all!  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