System.Xml.XmlDocument xdoc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
xdoc.LoadXml("<rootnode><parent1><child> text1 </child></parent1><parent2><child> text2 </child></parent2><parent3><child> text3</child></parent3></rootnode>");
foreach (System.Xml.XmlNode xnode in xdoc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes) {
}