This past Sunday we went up to Delaware to meet some friends at a zoo in Wilmington. We don’t get to see them much because they live 2 1/2 hours away, but Wilmington is pretty much exactly half way for each of us, so it was the perfect way to get together. Besides the brief hail storm we got caught in on the walk from the car to the zoo, it was a great day!

Nathan and Ava checking out the goats.

Nathan must have remembered feeding animals at the petting zoo we went to, because he went right up to the goats and tried to feed them hay.

Besides the goats, Nathan really liked the monkeys, some of the birds, and all the bright, animal shaped things in the gift shop. He came home with a plastic monkey head on a stick. A stick with a handle at the end that lets you open and close the monkey’s mouth. Of all the fun, soft, plush things in the gift shop, this is the thing he very clearly liked the best. Go figure.

After the zoo we all got some lunch before heading back home. Nathan decided a beer was in order. (Don’t worry, we didn’t let him drive.)