{"id":3300,"date":"2011-03-05T10:32:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T16:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/05\/andrew-special-time\/"},"modified":"2011-03-05T18:19:52","modified_gmt":"2011-03-06T00:19:52","slug":"andrew-special-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/05\/andrew-special-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew &#8220;Special Time&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/87CCF189-F061-4340-8C1B-69F98ACD46105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/87CCF189-F061-4340-8C1B-69F98ACD46105.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn the ongoing effort to make each child in our family feel special and individual, today we started &#8220;special time&#8221;. Special time is when one child has one-on-one time with one parent. Andrew went first and dad took him to Starbucks to have coffee talk with him and teach some new life lessons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/D365D376-6D40-4440-AE29-C1F016A108C96.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/D365D376-6D40-4440-AE29-C1F016A108C96.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"668\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAmong the lessons taught were&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to properly remove a straw from it&#8217;s paper wrapping.<\/li>\n<li>How to hang your coat on the back of your chair instead of just tossing it on the floor.<\/li>\n<li>How to properly navigate the iPhone interface and take photos with the built in camera.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/A45F0E76-71DE-4F04-B363-960F2B5FA0DD7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/A45F0E76-71DE-4F04-B363-960F2B5FA0DD7.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe also stopped to &#8220;catch a train&#8221; on the way home. Today it was two freight trains heading in opposite directions (and on different tracks).<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it was an awesome way to start the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/AD1E1413-3C1F-4210-B0D1-702D6FC1BA4F8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/AD1E1413-3C1F-4210-B0D1-702D6FC1BA4F8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"blogpress_location\">Location:<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Starbucks,%20glen%20Ellyn%20il%4041.876291%2C-88.066033&amp;z=10\">Starbucks, glen Ellyn il<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the ongoing effort to make each child in our family feel special and individual, today we started &#8220;special time&#8221;. Special time is when one child has one-on-one time with one parent. Andrew went first and dad took him to Starbucks to have coffee talk with him and teach some new life lessons. 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