{"id":4208,"date":"2013-04-25T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2013-11-12T12:58:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T17:58:25","slug":"raymonds-sporty-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/raymonds-sporty-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Raymond&#8217;s Sporty Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy April 25th! We?re counting down the months until Christmas, and today marks just 8 months to go. It?s springtime, so you know what that means? it?s baseball season! Wait a second?there?s baseball at the Northpole? Well, kind of? Santa, the elves, the reindeer, and <i>especially<\/i> Raymond love to watch baseball on the TV.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does Raymond love baseball, but he also loves many other sports. Remember when Raymond went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/raymond-around-the-world-london\/\">London, England<\/a> during the 2012 Summer Olympics?<\/p>\n<p>Raymond has been very excited about baseball for several weeks. He watches it whenever he can, talks about it quite a bit, and pretends to play baseball with snowballs.<\/p>\n<p>One afternoon when Raymond was taking his mid-day nap, he fell into a deep sleep and dreamt about baseball.<\/p>\n<p>In his dream, he went to a baseball park.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4210\" title=\"Raymond goes to a baseball park.\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6373a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He stood on home plate, pretending to slide into home, scoring the win!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4209\" title=\"Raymond slides into home plate.\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6372a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then he trotted around the pitcher?s mound.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4211\" title=\"Raymond stands on the pitcher's mound.\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6349a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He even dreamt he got a signed baseball by his favorite player.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4213\" title=\"Raymond gets a signed baseball.\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6365a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He wanted to try on the fielder?s glove, but it didn?t fit him. Silly Raymond! That?s not how you wear a baseball glove!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4212\" title=\"Silly Raymond, that's not how you wear a glove!\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6354a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When he woke up, Raymond excitedly told everyone at Santa?s Secret Village about his dream!<\/p>\n<p>Later that night, Raymond found a baseball next to his pillow. Maybe it wasn?t a dream after all \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy April 25th! We?re counting down the months until Christmas, and today marks just 8 months to go. It?s springtime, so you know what that means? it?s baseball season! Wait a second?there?s baseball at the Northpole? Well, kind of? Santa, the elves, the reindeer, and especially Raymond love to watch baseball on the TV. 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