{"id":2646,"date":"2017-01-03T12:05:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T17:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2017-01-03T12:09:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T17:09:59","slug":"remembering-my-4th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/remembering-my-4th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering my 4th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/photos-new\/index.php\/kurt\/1974-09-Portrait-KurtPreschoolMaybeAge4-SchoolYear1974-1975\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/photos-new\/var\/resizes\/kurt\/1974-09-Portrait-KurtPreschoolMaybeAge4-SchoolYear1974-1975.jpg\" width=\"465\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I turned 4 years old in February of 1974, I received the following gifts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>brown slacks from my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/genealogy\/individual.php?pid=I03&amp;ged=ThePeoriaLeuchts.GED\" target=\"_blank\">grandpa Kurt<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/genealogy\/individual.php?pid=I99&amp;ged=ThePeoriaLeuchts.GED\" target=\"_blank\">grandma Alberta<\/a> Leucht<\/li>\n<li>three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lego<\/a> (R) cars from the Roemer family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2649 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/420-1-366x400.jpg\" alt=\"420-1\" width=\"366\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/420-1-366x400.jpg 366w, http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/420-1.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2650 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/196-1-400x199.jpg\" alt=\"196-1\" width=\"400\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/196-1-400x199.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/196-1.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>two night lights from my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/genealogy\/individual.php?pid=I56&amp;ged=ThePeoriaLeuchts.GED\" target=\"_blank\">Uncle Roy<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/genealogy\/individual.php?pid=I185&amp;ged=ThePeoriaLeuchts.GED\" target=\"_blank\">Aunt Evelyn<\/a> Turner<\/li>\n<li>a five dollar bill from my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/genealogy\/individual.php?pid=I15&amp;ged=ThePeoriaLeuchts.GED\" target=\"_blank\">grandma Mary Sherer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2660\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20130212_1974FiveDollarBillObvOffCenterPrintBEST-400x172.jpg\" alt=\"20130212_1974fivedollarbillobvoffcenterprintbest\" width=\"400\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20130212_1974FiveDollarBillObvOffCenterPrintBEST-400x172.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20130212_1974FiveDollarBillObvOffCenterPrintBEST.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a truck and cars from my aunt Kay, actually she&#8217;s my cousin<\/li>\n<li>a gun, holster, and mask from my aunt Jackie, actually she&#8217;s also my cousin<\/li>\n<li>a truck, pony trailer, and cake from my parents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tonka-Stables-trailer-horse-and-truck-400x198.jpg\" alt=\"tonka-stables-trailer-horse-and-truck\" width=\"400\" height=\"198\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>four pennies and a card from Annabelle<\/li>\n<li>candy and a dime and some gum from Mrs Kelley<\/li>\n<li>the game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekyhobbies.com\/complete-history-of-board-games-schaper-toy-company\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cootie<\/a> (R) from the Harris family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cootie-400x376.jpg\" alt=\"cootie\" width=\"400\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cootie-400x376.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cootie.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>and a card from Linda (possibly Miss Kreps?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why do I know all this? \u00a0Because my mom wrote it all down, of course!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4745.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2657\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4745-308x400.jpg\" alt=\"img_4745\" width=\"308\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4745-308x400.jpg 308w, http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4745-768x998.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4745-788x1024.jpg 788w, http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4745.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This trip down memory lane was brought to you by my mom &#8230; with a little help from First Security Bank of Mackinaw Illinois! \u00a0Whose slogan was apparently &#8220;The sign of a good bank, with time for you&#8221;, which makes absolutely no sense! \u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your interest!<\/p>\n<p>Kurt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I turned 4 years old in February of 1974, I received the following gifts: brown slacks from my grandpa Kurt and grandma Alberta Leucht three Lego (R) cars from the Roemer family two night lights from my Uncle Roy and Aunt Evelyn Turner a five dollar bill from my grandma Mary Sherer a truck [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[112],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2666,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions\/2666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}