In the girls' lifetimes, we've been to the National Zoo quite a few times. I took them when they were babies and toddlers, we went back most summers when they were kids, and we went on field trips. The zoo is always fun, but since they've gotten older we haven't been as much. However, this past October we went back to say a final farewell to the pandas who would be permanently moving back to China come December.
Despite having gone handfuls of times in the past, it dawned on me this latest trip that, while I probably "survived" the trips when they were little (as was the rite of passage of most young moms), this trip as an older mom with them as teenagers was so easy and enjoyable. I wasn't worried about losing anyone, there was no one that needed carrying or pushed in a stroller, there was no crying, everyone could use the bathroom by themselves, and I could leave all the snacks in the car. There was a bit of nostalgia for me as this is probably the end of our "zoo era" but we all definitely enjoyed a beautiful fall day in the city.
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