To celebrate Mother's Day, Jay, Hayden and I went to the NC Zoo in Asheboro. It was actually Hayden's first zoo visit. Jay and I had been to one in Germany, and visited the NC Zoo just before we moved to Germany. We were so excited to take Hayden, and it was perfect weather for it!
Hayden was too excited about everything, and we had to stop for him to see absolutely every bit of it! He was very good about being quiet around the baby wolves, and the sleeping bear and gorilla. He loved the elephants and giraffes! From the website we had seen pictures of the animals and he couldn't wait to see the polar bear. He thought the polar bear looked a lot like Oscar, especially when he was chewing on a tire. His favorite part may have been the tram we took to get from one side to the other, and he loved running through the water misters.
He fell asleep as soon as we hit the car, and slept the whole way home. Good thing too, because our day wasn't over! We went over to my aunt's house for another family get-together. My aunt Pamela was in town, she had never met Hayden and we finally got to meet some other cousins. With such a big family it's really hard to get everyone in one place at one time, so a bunch of get-togethers seems like the best way to do it. It's always a ton of fun for everyone, and the kids leave tired and happy. What a great gift, to spend Mothers Day with so much of my wonderful family!
