California Day One, aka Let’s go to a Playground!

Our first morning in California: Giving Clarissa a present, a classic Icelandic children's book. 🙂 She was much more interested in the wrapping paper though... 🙂

The older kids playing in the driveway. And wearing t-shirts outside! 🙂

Dropping Jason off at his uber-daycare. 🙂

Checking out the gerbils that live just outside the classrooms.

Jason's classroom is big!

There is also a lovely view out the window. 🙂

Jason eating a late breakfast while Augusto checks in with one of the teachers.

Next we picked up our HUUUGE rental minivan. It was fun to play with it for a while. 🙂

Having secured a car, I next took Bjarki to Whooooole Foooooods, which is in the top three of 'Things I miss about California'. He wasn't terribly impressed though, even though he got to sample some yummy fruit. Once we were done shopping I remembered that the 'correct' order to tackle this store is to start at the bakery to get some freshly sliced bread, then move on to the dairy and meats, while feeding said bread to child, and then finish with the fruits and veggie section.

"I don't care there are ten types of apples for sale here... I'm boooored... and huuungry!"

"Stop taking picture so we can get the heck out of here!!! This shopping thing is agony!"

A happy mom at Whole Foods. 🙂

We resisted the temptation...

After lunch, I took the kids to Mitchell Park, which has a cool water feature. It also sports this funky overbuilt sandbox. Those are some neat holes! 🙂

This is the splash-zone, Anna and Bjarki on the right.

Running close to water. 🙂

The life of the Californian parent/nanny is to sit in the shade while the kids plays on the playground.

I wish we had these kinds of climbing structures in Iceland, they're just so cool! 🙂

At the top of the world!