Boo at the Zoo

Boo at the Zoo is only for a select few days before Halloween, and luckily we remembered just in time to go the last day. We met Margi and her 3 cute little guys to have a 'spooky playdate'! It was a perfect temperature and was actually light most of the time, thanks to the time change not happening until this coming weekend. The kids remembered the Drummin' Monkeys from 2 years ago, and they were all excited that they were there and performing.

We also went to the Wild Wonders show, where they bring out various random animals to talk about and dispel myths. We got to see an owl (no, they cannot rotate their head completely around, only about 270 degrees), a opossum (spelled with an 'o', not possum), an alligator (no, it is not advantageous to run zig-zag if you are being chased by an alligator, they'll catch you if they want to) and 2 cute penguins (who are not polar bears' favorite lunch snack). Lots of cute animals, but I was not really close enough to get good pictures (besides this one).

Best of all, the kids get to 'trick or treat'. The zoo, however, does it differently. They give you 6 coupons per ticket. You trade a ticket in at a treat station to get 1, 2, 3, 4 or however many pieces of candy the person feels like giving you. No ticket= no candy, kid! Even when they were closing in 4 minutes and had 1/2 a barrel of candy left: no ticket= no candy, kid! SHEESH! Even when they look super cute and say, 'pretty please'...no candy, kid!



Oh well, we had a great time with Margi and her 3 boys and already cannot wait until next year!