{"id":426,"date":"2013-03-31T20:59:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T00:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=426"},"modified":"2018-12-29T13:09:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T18:09:45","slug":"test-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=426","title":{"rendered":"Picnic in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We did it and did it quite successfully! \u00a0Saturday&#8217;s weather was perfect&#8230;.60 degrees and sunny&#8230;.we could not have asked for a better day for a picnic on the National Mall. The girls were awesome! \u00a0We were a little worried that they would want to run around constantly but to our surprise they were quite content to sit on the blanket and eat their grapes, tofu, and pretzels.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-434\" title=\"_MG_0108\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0108.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0108-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0108-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-436\" title=\"_MG_0133\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0133.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0133-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-437\" title=\"_MG_0134\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0134.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0134-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-435\" title=\"_MG_0115\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0115.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0115-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Oh yeah&#8230;.and they enjoyed a little of mommie&#8217;s brownie too! \u00a0Emerson was quite the helper with putting the food away in the stroller and wiping Emerson&#8217;s hands after they were done with their brownie.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-438\" title=\"_MG_0211\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0211.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0211-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-439\" title=\"_MG_0212\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0212.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0212-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-440\" title=\"_MG_0228\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0228.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0228-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0228-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-441\" title=\"_MG_0230\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0230.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0230-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0230-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-450\" title=\"_MG_0204\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0204.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0204-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0204-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The girls ran around some and we tried to capture some of the moments. \u00a0Most these pictures are documentary because they would not sit still for a poised picture.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-443\" title=\"_MG_0148\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0148.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0148-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-444\" title=\"_MG_0163\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0163.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0163-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-445\" title=\"_MG_0166\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0166.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0166-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0166-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-446\" title=\"_MG_0167\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0167.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0167-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0167-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-447\" title=\"_MG_0177\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0177.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0177-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0177-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448\" title=\"_MG_0187\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0187.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0187-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-451\" title=\"_MG_0259\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0259.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0259-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0259-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-452\" title=\"_MG_0262\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0262.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0262-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-453\" title=\"_MG_0267\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0267.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0267-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0267-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>We walked up towards the Tidal Basin hoping to catch a glimpse of the Cherry Blossoms; however, they hadn&#8217;t bloomed at all yet. \u00a0So we headed to the World War II Memorial where we visited with the girls on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning exactly one year ago. \u00a0Hard to believe a year had passed since our first and only other DC Mall visit. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-454\" title=\"_MG_0299\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0299.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0299-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-455\" title=\"_MG_0317\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0317.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0317-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0317-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-456\" title=\"_MG_0326\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0326.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0326.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0326-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0326-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-457\" title=\"_MG_0335\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0335.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0335-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0335-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-458\" title=\"_MG_0337\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0337.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0337-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0337-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-459\" title=\"_MG_0338\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0338.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0338-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MG_0338-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had a GREAT GREAT time!!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We did it and did it quite successfully! \u00a0Saturday&#8217;s weather was perfect&#8230;.60 degrees and sunny&#8230;.we could not have asked for a better day for a picnic on the National Mall. The girls were awesome! \u00a0We were a little worried that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=426\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46,47],"class_list":["post-426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-family","tag-picnic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}