{"id":3403,"date":"2011-04-09T22:28:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T03:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/09\/new-wheels-for-2011\/"},"modified":"2011-04-09T22:28:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T03:28:05","slug":"new-wheels-for-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/09\/new-wheels-for-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"New Wheels for 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"clear: both\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-0409_Chicago_TractorWagon_007.jpg\" class=\"image-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"linked-to-original\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-0409_Chicago_TractorWagon_007-thumb.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"600\" style=\" text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" \/><\/a>While the Radio Flyer Red Wagon we&#8217;ve been using has served us well, it has slowly been becoming a tight fit with the boys. Not only do they almost not fit anymore, but there&#8217;s no extra room to carry the diaper bag or snacks. <\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-0409_Chicago_TractorWagon_011.jpg\" class=\"image-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"linked-to-original\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-0409_Chicago_TractorWagon_011-thumb.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"598\" style=\" text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" \/><\/a>So, enter the new &#8220;Tractor Wagon&#8221; (this is what Andrew calls it). It&#8217;s made to carry 1,000 lbs, so I&#8217;m pretty sure it will be up to the task of carrying the boys all the way through adulthood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-0409_Chicago_TractorWagon_023.jpg\" class=\"image-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"linked-to-original\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-0409_Chicago_TractorWagon_023-thumb.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"598\" style=\" text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" \/><\/a>But this one is so big, we realized today that it easily carts the boys around, Sydney and a few bags of daily necessities while we&#8217;re out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both\">The down side? My legs are KILLING me from being the horse to this cart. But the kids loved it. <\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-0409_Chicago_TractorWagon_049.jpg\" class=\"image-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"linked-to-original\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-0409_Chicago_TractorWagon_049-thumb.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"598\" style=\" text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" \/><\/a>The rest of the photos are on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tomchak_family\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"final-break\" style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Radio Flyer Red Wagon we&#8217;ve been using has served us well, it has slowly been becoming a tight fit with the boys. Not only do they almost not fit anymore, but there&#8217;s no extra room to carry the diaper bag or snacks. So, enter the new &#8220;Tractor Wagon&#8221; (this is what Andrew calls [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[13,10,50,21,170],"class_list":["post-3403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo","category-text","tag-andrew","tag-brenda","tag-chicago","tag-max","tag-sydney"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p47XZT-ST","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3780,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/18\/maximus-week-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":3403,"position":0},"title":"Maximus &#8211; Week 7","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"September 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It hit me in a unexpected moment. 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