{"id":373,"date":"2009-06-23T23:01:37","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T22:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richandvon.com\/?p=373"},"modified":"2009-06-23T23:01:37","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T22:01:37","slug":"summer-with-charlotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richandvon.com\/?p=373","title":{"rendered":"Summer with Charlotte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\">Charlotte is really enjoying the sun, she loves playing in the garden. She has just had a water and sand playtable which she loves; she mixes the water with the sand and then eats the slushy mess!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\">We have just returned from a weekend in sunny <strong>B<\/strong>asingstoke where Charlotte got to play with Granny and Uncle Simon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\">We also visited <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.finkleydownfarm.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular;color:red;font-size:x-small;\"><strong>Finkley Down Farm Park<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\"> to introduce Lottie to some of the animals that she sees in her story books. The Park was pretty impressive, the animals all looked like they were being cared for properly. The amount of different animals at the Park was surprising as well, it looks quite small when you first arrive &#8211; but it&#8217;s quite deceptive.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\">She was very excited to see that the farm had lots of play things and was more interested with these than going to look for animals!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-403\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richandvon.com\/wp-content\/2009\/06\/S7302907a-Small.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-403\" title=\"Sun protection must be worn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richandvon.com\/wp-content\/2009\/06\/S7302907a-Small-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sun protection must be worn\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sun protection must be worn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\">We finally persuaded her to leave the swings behind and experience the sight and sounds of live farm animals; she was very impressed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-404\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richandvon.com\/wp-content\/2009\/06\/S7302880a-Small.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-404\" title=\"One of the fearsome Peacocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richandvon.com\/wp-content\/2009\/06\/S7302880a-Small-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"One of the fearsome Peacocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the fearsome Peacocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\">She even got to hold a little chick! Thanks Granny for a great day out!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richandvon.com\/wp-content\/2009\/06\/S7302888a-Small.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-405\" title=\"A 2-day old Chick\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richandvon.com\/wp-content\/2009\/06\/S7302888a-Small-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"A 2-day old Chick\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 2-day old Chick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#99cc00;\">Below is a video of our day out, full of Lottie and her new animal friends &#8211; although she did get a bit worried when the Peacocks flew down from their tree near the end of the clip!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5262698&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=0&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=ffffff&#038;fullscreen=1\">http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5262698&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=0&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=ffffff&#038;fullscreen=1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lottie has a great day out at Finkley Down Farm Park.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t see this video, just click the link below to download a copy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/files.getdropbox.com\/u\/105323\/Lottie%20at%20the%20Farm.zip\">Download Lottie at the Farm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yvonne chose the font colour for this post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte is really enjoying the sun, she loves playing in the garden. She has just had a water and sand playtable which she loves; she mixes the water with the sand and then eats the slushy mess!!! 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