{"id":221,"date":"2008-08-02T22:23:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T22:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.notnick.com\/?p=221"},"modified":"2008-08-03T20:46:57","modified_gmt":"2008-08-03T20:46:57","slug":"time-for-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"Time for an update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July was a busy month. Deird &amp; Denise&#8217;s birthday gave us an excuse for a weekend in CentreParks. What a great place for kids! Everything revolves around the large swimming pool that has more pools, slides and attractions than you can shake a bath-toy at. Kids floating everywhere- from the right distance it looks like a big bowl of kid-soup.<\/p>\n<p>We stayed in a lodge on site, and although a little old, it was good. Plenty of room for the thousands that finally arrived.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"The lodge at Centre Parks\" rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/20072008801.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"The lodge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/20072008801.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back of the lodge. And yes, we BBQed.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/19072008786.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/19072008786.jpg\" alt=\"19072008786.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inside. The Royal Family?<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/21072008201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/21072008201.jpg\" alt=\"21072008201.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Poppy &amp; Denise size up for a quick-draw gun-fight in the woods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/18072008784.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/18072008784.jpg\" alt=\"18072008784.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Poppy tires of walking, and tries to hail a cab.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/RIMG0463.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/RIMG0463.jpg\" alt=\"RIMG0463.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>She liked the spa bath though!\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/20072008806.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/20072008806.jpg\" alt=\"20072008806.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s great shot of Millie- Lynne &amp; Andy&#8217;s child. She&#8217;s a little older than Poppy, and cute as a button.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/RIMG0176.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/RIMG0176.jpg\" alt=\"RIMG0176.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can do nearly anything at Centre Parks. Mark &amp; Denise went on the Elephant ride excursion. (OK- the photo isn&#8217;t really centre Parks, but it made you think&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;\"><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/10072008161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/10072008161.jpg\" alt=\"10072008161.jpg\" width=\"293\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a cute one of Joe- in a &#8220;bunny suit&#8217; we bought ages ago for Poppy when she was small. How cute does he look though?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;\"><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/11072008163.jpg\"><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/11072008163.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/11072008163.jpg\" alt=\"11072008163.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Poppy and a tiny hot-chocolate. Does she look calm? This could be a first..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;\"><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/21072008816.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/21072008816.jpg\" alt=\"21072008816.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Poppy in the park. We&#8217;ve had some great sunny days in Edinburgh recently, and in one of the parks they have a big sand-pit to play in. To make sand-castles, Poppy &amp; I dug down a little to the wetter sand below, then found out that it smelt funny. We stopped making sand-castles shortly after.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/22072008213.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/22072008213.jpg\" alt=\"22072008213.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the newest Hoody on the bloc. Here&#8217;s Joe.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/27072008218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/27072008218.jpg\" alt=\"27072008218.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/27072008218.jpg\"><\/a>My favourite photo for a while. Poppy, Joe and I.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/30072008235.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/30072008235.jpg\" alt=\"30072008235.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aunty Anne and the kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"pick.....\" rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/IMG_9923.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/IMG_9923.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9923.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pick&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"&amp; wipe\" rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/IMG_9924.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/IMG_9924.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9924.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And wipe&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/IMG_9946.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/IMG_9946.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9946.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Charlotte and her Mum, Catherine, came to visit today- She&#8217;s trying to look cross-eyed, but can&#8217;t quite get there- well done for trying though..<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/IMG_9909.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/IMG_9909.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9909.jpg\" width=\"307\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Poppy and Charlotte sharing the trike. Charlie peddles, and Pops hangs on..<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/IMG_9914.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aug08\/IMG_9914.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9914.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July was a busy month. Deird &amp; Denise&#8217;s birthday gave us an excuse for a weekend in CentreParks. What a great place for kids! Everything revolves around the large swimming pool that has more pools, slides and attractions than you can shake a bath-toy at. 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