Labor Day Weekend

We had such a fun weekend with Mariah, Howie and the twins this weekend! We took the kids to the Reston Zoo on Saturday, which is more of a petting zoo/farm with some exotic animals (zebras, monkeys, etc.) It isn't a huge place, but you can get very close to the animals. Brennan was a little nervous about getting close to the goats and sheep, but eventually warmed up. I enjoyed the trailer ride, where Bison, Camels, Deer and Zebra were within an arms reach. You were allowed to pet and feed all of the animals, except for the Zebras.

Brennan didn't seem scared of the large animals coming up to us on the tractor ride. In fact, he was very happy to go right up to these animals and petted a few, including this big bison in front of him here with the large horns. They are beautiful animals.

I thought this one duck with a bouffant "hairdo" was too funny. And, I loved how close we got to the zebra.

To celebrate my birthday, we got a babysitter and went to Sakura for dinner on Saturday night, which is a Japanese hibachi steakhouse. Shana and Greg joined us. Dinner was delicious and Brian got a great cake from Cenan's Bakery... yum!