{"id":14036,"date":"2015-07-30T23:16:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T23:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=14036"},"modified":"2016-01-29T15:42:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T15:42:13","slug":"day-1-in-dc-gymnastics-shopping-and-playgrounding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/day-1-in-dc-gymnastics-shopping-and-playgrounding\/","title":{"rendered":"Day #1 in DC: Gymnastics, Shopping, and Playgrounding"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Photos from Thursday 30 July 2015, written up on 23 September 2015. \u00a0Say it ain’t so!<\/em>]<\/p>\n

It was pretty darn warm\u00a0in DC the first few days that we were there. \u00a0 To escape both the house, and the heat, we took the kids to a gymnastics club that offers 50 minutes of playtime every lunchtime. \u00a0After playing and eating lunch at Subway, we split up, with Finnur taking the younger kids back to the house, while the moms and Anna went off to find the nearest H&M store during a thunderstorm.<\/p>\n

Once we got back, we took it easy, except for a dusk-time visit to the local school playground, where I got my first bug bites, and eeek, they sure got nasty the day after!<\/p>\n

Photos, or it didn’t happen! (26 images total)<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/a>

Emma attempting to open the door to the gymnastics center.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Freedom!\"<\/a>

Freedom!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Rolling<\/a>

Rolling around in stuff not usually found at home.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Comparing<\/a>

Comparing grips.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bjarki<\/a>

Bjarki showing off his skills.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Emma<\/a>

Emma also hanging out.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The mat area.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Getting<\/a>

Getting a little help from dad.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"I<\/a>

I made it!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"There<\/a>

There were a few big trampolines there too!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"After<\/a>

After a Subway lunch, with obligatory Inside Out movie-tie-in kiddie side-bags<\/a>, the moms and Anna went driving in the rain to the nearest H&M to buy clothes. \u00a0This is by downtown Bethesda.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Once<\/a>

Once we returned home, and the heat started subsiding a little, we ventured outside to walk to the local elementary school playground. It was humid outside, so the lens fogged up for a bit!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Walking<\/a>

Walking up the road in the suburb of Bethesda.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Playground!\"<\/a>

Playground!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"I'm<\/a>

I’m guessing Spanish?<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Computer<\/a>

Computer addicts on the move.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Emma<\/a>

Emma about to be spun.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bjarki<\/a>

Bjarki was almost too big for the structures. He’s getting on in life!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Emma<\/a>

Emma terrifying the adults.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Size<\/a>

Size comparison, Anna’s taller than Elsa!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Emma<\/a>

Emma getting a bit of walking help.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Walking<\/a>

Walking back.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Har,<\/a>

Har, har!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Finnur<\/a>

Finnur skeptical of someone’s sanity.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Elsa<\/a>

Elsa in the spacious kitchen.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Why<\/a>

Why can’t play-strollers have seats that don’t need fixing every 5 minutes?<\/p><\/div>\n

Thus endeth our first full day by Washington DC.<\/p>\n

P.s. I forgot to mention that on that first morning, Elsa and I went to an hour-long hot yoga session<\/a>. \u00a0Because we’re crazy like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos from Thursday 30 July 2015, written up on 23 September 2015. \u00a0Say it ain’t so!<\/em>]<\/p>\n

It was pretty darn warm\u00a0in DC the first few days that we were there. \u00a0 To escape both the house, and the heat, we took the kids to a gymnastics club that offers 50 minutes of playtime every lunchtime. \u00a0After playing and eating lunch at Subway, we split up, with Finnur taking the younger kids back to the house, while the moms and Anna went off to find the nearest H&M store during a thunderstorm.<\/p>\n

Once we got back, we took it easy, except for a dusk-time visit to the local school playground, where I got my first bug bites, and eeek, they sure got nasty the day after!<\/p>\n

Photos, or it didn’t happen! (26 images total)<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/a><\/p>\n

Emma attempting to open the door to the gymnastics center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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