{"id":10253,"date":"2017-05-06T04:04:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T04:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/?p=10253"},"modified":"2017-05-06T13:23:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T13:23:28","slug":"another-empty-nest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/?p=10253","title":{"rendered":"Another Empty Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Above &#8211; A masterpiece! Pappa and I spent many hours today building a cake for the Sparts&#8217; 3rd birthday &#8211; German chocolate cake complete with motorcycle and stop sign. There&#8217;s a story behind this that has to do with playing the motorcycle game and stop sign game while driving wherever we&#8217;re headed. The game is simple (after all we play it with a 2 &amp; 4 year old) &#8211; we take turns finding either a motorcycle or stop sign. Usually Maya and Sparty make up the rules as we go along but I suppose that&#8217;s the way it goes.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>To give you an idea of how big this cake is, we brought this young subject in to sit behind it.<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7045.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7045.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7045-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7045-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7045-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If that doesn&#8217;t do it, how about this &#8211; 4 cake mixes and 7 tubs of frosting! BIG!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, we have another empty nest. These precious little &#8211; teeny tiny actually &#8211; eggs &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6470.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6470.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6470.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6470-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6470-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6470-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That hatched into these hungry little beings&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6977.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6977.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6977.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6977-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That grew into these beautiful, amazing creatures &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0041.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0041-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0041-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0041-624x413.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0046.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0046.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0046-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0046-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0046-624x413.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0045.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0045.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0045-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0045-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dsc_0045-624x413.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; have flown away.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at what Robb and the boys have been up to &#8211; another outing in the Bay Area &#8211; Tennessee Beach, Marin.<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7009.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7009-338x600.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7010.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7010-338x600.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7008.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7008-338x600.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7007.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7007-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7007-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7007-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7006.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7006-338x600.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7005.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7005-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7005-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7005-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7004.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7004-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7004-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7004-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7003.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7003-338x600.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here at Amma &amp; Pappa&#8217;s &#8211; pizza for breakfast.<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6975.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6975.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6975.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6975-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6975-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6975-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6972.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6972.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6972.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6972-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6972-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6972-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a challenge for Amma to crawl through the doggie door. It&#8217;s a tight squeeze!<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6979-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6979-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6979-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6979-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6979-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6979-1-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6981-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6981-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6981-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6981-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6981-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6981-1-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6983-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6983-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6983-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6983-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6983-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6983-1-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6985-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6985-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6985-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6985-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6985-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6985-1-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6987-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6987-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6987-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6987-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6987-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_6987-1-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Blogged on Amma&#8217;s iPhone with LOVE!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Above &#8211; A masterpiece! Pappa and I spent many hours today building a cake for the Sparts&#8217; 3rd birthday &#8211; German chocolate cake complete with motorcycle and stop sign. There&#8217;s a story behind this that has to do with playing the motorcycle game and stop sign game while driving wherever we&#8217;re headed. The game is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_7047.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10253"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10285,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10253\/revisions\/10285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}