Boo at the Zoo!

We had our first Boo at the Zoo last night, and Noah had a great time. We were a little worried--driving up to the zoo, they had a police officer directing traffic, and we noticed immediately that the first parking lot was completely filled up. Granted, this isn't Disney World, but it is a little intimidating when you see the line getting into the zoo stretching past the gates, and nearly down into the parking lot, doubling on itself... But, we figured that we were there, may as well see how bad it's going to be. And you know, it wasn't bad at all. We waited in line for maybe 15 minutes, and during the wait, Noah really enjoyed seeing all the kids dressed up in the costumes, and it was great weather, and people seemed like they were in good moods.

Once we were in, they gave Noah a bag, and we went through the zoo, stopping at the various stations getting treats. We were there for about 1 1/2 hours, and got lots of pictures and some video of Noah the Dinosaur. He really enjoyed all the blow up decorations--in fact, he woke up this morning talking about one of the large decorations in particular (of course, it would be the one that I didn't take any pictures of, and Patrick thought he had video of it, but when we got home, realized he didn't get it).

I give it a big thumbs up, and hope we'll be able to go back next year!

Enjoy the pictures, and our love to all!

Out front, waiting to get in; they had a sorta Harry Potter theme going on.



One of the treats were vampire teeth; snapped this in the nick of time, because they promptly fell out of his mouth after the picture. I've got the teeth, though, and will sanitize them for future use!


Chatting with the "snowman."


Loved the kitty in the pumpkin.


This is one of my favorites, I think because it's something that I can see us getting a picture here each year...

In front of one of his much-loved blow up decorations.


With a fellow dinosaur!


One of the treats was an animal mask. He's the elusive Raccoonasaurus. I think there needs to be a comic book about him...


Looking for the piggy...


With his friend, the Owl. We were so proud of him--he saw "Boo" all over the place, and he pointed at it and said, "That spells boo!"