We took the kids to Buttonwood Park Zoo today for Earth Day. We met up with our friends, The Walkers, there and the kids had a great time. Eva asked to take a camera with her and so I set her up with the NX30 to use to shoot with. She had so much fun taking photos of everything around the zoo. She took a couple hundred shots and many were really good. She is still rushing and not holding the camera as steady as she should but she is getting better.
Highlights from the trip were Andrew going the day in underwear without any incident, the kids pig piling onto the big pig statue and a picnic lunch over by the elephants. The kids also had a couple of carousel rides and a ride on the train.
Later we had a nice dinner out at House of Fortune.
Tonight Allison and I went to a mini meetup with four of my former classmates and friends from my eighth grade class. We were also joined by one of the spouses. We met up at Natty Green’s Tavern for drinks and food. Natty Green’s is a place that I have wanted to go to ever since it opened. I think it has been open for two years and this was our very first visit. I am pretty sure that we will be back.
It was so nice to get to catch up with friends and trade stories as to what we are up to today. We were there for a couple hours and when we all stood to go, then, then we went and started in with the nostalgia stories. I think if we sat back down we would have still been there talking over those things that we went through during our time in grade school. That is what happens when you spend every day for 6-8 years together in a small class of students. We do catch up with each other on Facebook but it is so much better to sit down over food and talk and enjoy being together. Continue reading SMSH Class of ’88 Mini Meetup→
