{"id":1498,"date":"2009-04-25T06:56:07","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T06:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2009-04-27T11:47:36","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T11:47:36","slug":"first-week-at-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/04\/first-week-at-school\/","title":{"rendered":"First Week at School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan seems to have enjoyed his first ever week at school. He doesn&#8217;t tell us a huge amount about it, but he seems quite happy to go running off in the morning through the school gates and always looks pretty happy when we collect him as well.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not sure what he has been up to, but we do know that he&#8217;s made some new friends, has played &#8216;stuck in the mud&#8217; during P.E. and he likes his teacher. 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He is certainly growing up fast!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1499\" style=\"width: 90px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_1225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1499\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1499\" title=\"Ready for School\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_1225-80x120.jpg\" alt=\"First day at shcool\" width=\"80\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_1225-80x120.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_1225-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_1225.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First day at shcool<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1500\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_1227.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1500\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1500\" title=\"School boy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_1227-120x79.jpg\" alt=\"Off to school\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_1227-120x79.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_1227-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_1227.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Off to school<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan seems to have enjoyed his first ever week at school. 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