A Perfect Fall Day

On Saturday, Brian's brother Mike was in town for the Western-MSU football game. So while he and Brian tailgated and went to the game the kids and I decided to take a trip to Potter Park Zoo. There was barely anybody there and the animals were all out and active so it was a great time to go. The zoo is one of the kids favorite place to visit and their interest and growing knowledge in the animals is really amazing. It was a lot of fun enjoying the weather, the animals, and just nature itself. Below are just some of the pictures I took of the kids throughout the day.

The kids spent at least 20 minutes watching and laughing at the mandrills. They were very playful and entertaining.

Chris and Carson waving good bye to the mountain goats. They hung out by this exhibit for quite some time laughing because "the goats kept honking at them."

All three kids spent some time goofing off in the big leaf piles around the zoo.

Carson trying to tell the twins to wait up for him. His little legs don't move as fast as theirs and by this time he was getting tired.

As Carson tired out and stuck back with me, Chris and Izzy B got some good twin bonding time.

Isabelle and Carson both like feeding the llamas (that are all named Linda like the llama on Diego) wheras Chris prefers to just toss the food in. He's not about to let the llamas near his hand.

Carson at the play area checking out his map to show me where we went and what we forgot to see.

Christian and Isabelle also liked looking at the map to point out all the animals we saw and tell stories of each... as if it happened weeks ago rather than a mere 20 minutes.

Now if only every day in Novemeber could be this beautiful!