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My mom's visit - zoo trip

So, it has been a very long while since I posted. There is so much to remember, I will do another "marathon posting." My mom came to visit last week and we had a terrific time. We picked her up from the airport late at night (I got the boys out of bed) so MJ fell asleep knewing she was there. When he woke up the next morning, instead of coming into our room to wake me up, he went downstairs to play with her. I know he had a great time with her all week. The first day she visited we went to the Reston Zoo. It's closer than the National Zoo, but you have to pay for admission. It seemed to even itself out in price but was a much different experience. At first it seemed more like a fancy petting zoo/farm. I was happy to see MJ was more excited about feeding the animals (he used to be so scared of that). I think the best part of the trip was the "zoofari" tractor and wagon ride we went on through one section of their zoo. You basically are on this wagon ride and llamas, camels, cows, zebra, ostrich, deer... all these animals are just right out there with you. It was pretty cool... except when the ostrich tried to eat my mom's shirt. I got to pet a camel...that was pretty neat.