Boo at the Zoo

Friday we spent most of the day at Boo at the Zoo, the Halloween themed zoo day for the Fort Worth Zoo. They had lots of pumpkins, candy, games, and tons of little kids dressed in cute costumes. I've wanted to go in the past but glad we waited until Eva could enjoy it more. Friday morning was a bit chilly as we bundled up our little tiger (let's ignore the fact that she's really a leopard), but that made for perfect zoo day weather. 

I know we've all seen animals so the photos I am including are purposely unique. This one? The gorilla was eating a pumpkin! Even the animals enjoy a good taste of pumpkin in the fall. I'm sure he'd drink a pumpkin spice latte too if he could. 

The baby elephants! These were both born within the past 6 months. Baby elephants are covered in fur and very cute. Also they weigh over 300 lbs at birth. Ouch.

My tiger couldn't wait to see the real tigers! We told her the day before that we were going to the zoo in the morning so she woke up that day saying, "Tiger???" She was really excited. When we were looking at the white tiger she asked "Orange one?" because she remembered from 6 months ago that there were two! What a smartie.

Fact: Kangaroos are terrified of pumpkins. Or at least this one was. He was hop close to it, look intensely at it and then bounce away like he was scared. I couldn't stop laughing. 

Riding the carousel! 

A month or so ago Ryan got to be the one to ride with her and this time it was my turn! Hurray!!! 

She was so cute standing in line and then walking up to give the man her ticket.  She's turning into such a little person.

Wow. What an athlete. She might make it to the tic-tac-toe Olympics one day. 

Waiting for the train to come to take us back to the front part. I love the way she climbed up the rail. 

We had never ridden the zoo train before and it was pretty fun. Not a very long ride, but the path was breezy and peaceful. 

This was clearly the toddler monkey of the bunch. He was bigger than the baby but obviously still young. He was also swinging, and climbing, and jumping all over the place. Just like my toddler. We laughed a lot at this crazy monkey. 

Acting like a monkey while I tried to take their picture! 

Our last stop was the lion. He performed for us and let our a great big "ROOOAAARRR!" Much more exciting than when he was snoozing away the first time we passed by.

Perfect zoo day = happy family.