{"id":5714,"date":"2012-06-04T12:26:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T11:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/?p=5714"},"modified":"2019-01-04T11:50:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T11:50:18","slug":"bank-holiday-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/bank-holiday-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank Holiday Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>What is it with the weather and bank holidays in this country? We have friends over from the US to celebrate the Jubilee and yesterday they suggested we &#8216;wait for the rain to stop&#8217; before going out. I had to explain that we may well be here till September if we waited.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/bank-holiday-joy\/baby-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5715\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5715\" title=\"baby\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/baby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nStill I&#8217;m learning a lot from our kids, one of whom said, &#8216;So what if it&#8217;s raining?&#8217; and she&#8217;s right. We still ventured out to a local farm where the kids (well wrapped I might add) played for 3 hours in the wind and rain. In the end the adults joined in too partly to stop feeling cold and it turned out to be a really good day. 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