BOO at the ZOO

Last night Maddy, Brian and I went to BOO at the Zoo with Stacie, Logan, my friend Jess from work and her two boys Tyler and Ethan. We were a little worried about the sprinkles of rain we were seeing on the way over but behind the arch the sky looked clear. As you can see Maddy is a Ladybug for Halloween this year. We tried on her costume at home before we left.I was a little worried about how she would feel about having the hood up, because she is 19 months old and a little strong willed. Much to our surprise she loved it! She kept touching her belly and saying 'my ladybug shirt" and then touching the hood and saying "my ladybug head". We wanted to take it off to go in the car but that was not happening!

When we got to the Zoo we loaded Maddy and Logan in the wagon and stopped for a quick shot of the two. They were already having fun and we were still in the parking lot.

We thought we would head to the Children's Zoo for toddler friendly fun. Along the way we got to check out all of the neat decorations. Maddy of course loved all of the "punkins" and "scacrows". Logan loves the "wa wa" so they had to take a break to look at the lake. We headed into the Children's Zoo where Maddy got to see the guinea pigs and a bunch more "punkins". Over by the penguins they had a Pirates Cove that was all skeletons singing.

After the pirates cove came the Carousel which Maddy loves! So we all got on for a quick ride. We made our way back to the entrance of the Zoo with a quick stop at Build a Bear. Maddy made an elephant that we dressed in Halloween clothes. The shirt has a glow in the dark ghost on it. We made it to the car at 8:30. We put Maddy in her PJ's before heading home. She was asleep pretty quick but had a rough night once we got home. She woke up 3 times and then finally came to bed with me when Brian left for work. I guess we stayed out to long this time.