Nicholas' Birthday (from October)

For Nicholas' birthday this year we took the kids to the Oregon Zoo. My Mom and Al, Robert's Mom, Brother, Sister-in-Law and their 3 little ones joined us. The kiddos had a lot of fun even though at the beginning of our day Nicholas and his cousin Garrett got separated from our group. It was awful. We all thought someone else was watching them and no one realized they weren't with us until we were at the next animal exhibit. Amanda finally realized they weren't with us and luckily she chose the right path to run searching for them on. Thankfully Garrett had been told that if he was ever separated from his parents that he should stay right where he is because they will come back and find him. So he was waiting patiently with a smile on his face when Amanda found them. Unfortunately, Nicholas was not so calm. His Mommy and Daddy never thought about talking to him about the possibility of getting separated from us. Lesson learned. So after finally calming Nicholas down and reassuring him that he was okay and safe now, we continued with the rest of our exhausting day at the zoo. More exhausting for the adults than the kids. How does that work? Over all, we had a very nice time and the kids really enjoyed it.