{"id":1041,"date":"2010-07-16T15:36:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T19:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2010-07-16T15:36:30","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T19:36:30","slug":"we-had-fun-at-watkins-park-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2010\/07\/16\/we-had-fun-at-watkins-park-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"We Had Fun at Watkins Park Yesterday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bunch of au pairs from our cluster brought their host kids for a park play day yesterday.\u00a0 We went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgparks.com\/Things_To_Do\/Nature\/Watkins_Regional_Park.htm\"><strong>Watkins Regional Park<\/strong><\/a> in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong>Here are some of the things we did&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300\">Rode the train &amp; antique carousel<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gi90.photobucket.com\/groups\/k241\/HRK5K1A3T2\/DSC03206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong>Visited the farm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gi90.photobucket.com\/groups\/k241\/HRK5K1A3T2\/DSC03217-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"407\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gi90.photobucket.com\/groups\/k241\/HRK5K1A3T2\/DSC03212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong>Went on a hayride<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gi90.photobucket.com\/groups\/k241\/HRK5K1A3T2\/100_3945.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong>Found a toad<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc4\/hs059.snc4\/35327_428429749056_719644056_4415623_1509233_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong>Climbed a tree<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-ash2\/hs103.ash2\/38493_428428209056_719644056_4415606_3599217_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong>Played at the playground<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc4\/hs200.snc4\/38319_428429829056_719644056_4415626_3297017_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was a lot of fun! There is so much to do there, that we didn&#8217;t even make it to the nature center or the play mini golf.\u00a0 I am guessing that a lot of kids fell asleep on the ride home.\u00a0 I saw a few of the little ones who were falling asleep before they left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bunch of au pairs from our cluster brought their host kids for a park play day yesterday.\u00a0 We went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgparks.com\/Things_To_Do\/Nature\/Watkins_Regional_Park.htm\">Watkins Regional Park<\/a> in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. 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