Memorial Day Fun

Our family had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.  We first went to the NC Zoo, which is the nation’s largest walk-through natural-habitat zoo.  We saw tons of animals up close, and got some great pictures.  We got there as early as we could, and I think we beat most of the crowd.  The boys did a great job of making it all day, considering that they did not get their normal nap.  Graham was mesmerized by the Harbor Seals and Sea Lions; I think they were his favorite.

He was very excited to see the Polar Bears; but Willy was feeling very lazy when we got there. He was not all about moving around; he just slept sprawled out on the rocks.

We saw Elephants, Giraffes, Zebras, Ostriches, Bears, Cougars, Alligators, Rhinoceroses, and lots more.  Be sure to check out all the pictures we took from the trip!

The following day was the first day of pool season at our neighborhood club.  Daddy and Graham cruised out there in the late afternoon.  We figured that it’d be packed right at the beginning on opening day, and also the water was a tad chilly since it is very early summer.  Graham jumped in the big pool twice, and played in the baby pool a lot.  We had a great time, but only stayed about an hour.

However, after pool time, we came home and our family quickly ate dinner outside so that we could make s’mores in the back yard!  We have a little decorative fire pit thingy that we placed on the back patio (naturally, we had water and baking soda in case the fire got out of control)(it didn’t).  It was a big hit, although Graham was somewhat partial to the marshmallows, and Reid didn’t get to have any.

So that was a ton of fun…  The next day we packed up a picnic lunch and headed to the pool, where we hung out with friends and swam for a couple of hours.  It was busy, but bearable considering the date.  The water was still a little chilly, but Graham jumped in, and watched Daddy jump off the diving board, and all that stuff.  Reid is still a little young to be slathered with sunscreen, but he dipped his feet in the baby pool (and did not like it).

Other than that, we ate al fresco on the back patio for several meals, and really enjoyed the nice weather.

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