Zoo Boo Part 2

     Thanks to the graciousness of one of my co-workers we were able to return to Zoo Boo this evening. There was no rain and it was a pretty standard fall evening. We got there a little earlier than we had last week and were able to make it through the zoo in about an hour and a half. We didn't ride the carousel or train tonight though which is probably why it didn't take us as long.

Finally got that picture of the kids

Froggie

Big Brother

checking out the rhino

bean bag toss

Sleepy Froggie

Trick or Treating

Cold enough for hot chocolate

The talking Pumpkin

Meet Jack

     Tonight, after a rough dinner and grocery shopping, we brought in one of our pumpkins to transform it. This was Froggie's first Jack-O-Lantern ever and the first that Big Brother actually helped to carve. It was a lot of fun even though Big Brother stayed up past his bed time to work on it.
     We never seem to have enough hours in the day during the month of October so we figured if we didn't carve him today we would never do it.
     Big Brother helped scoop him out and carve his face and Froggie even played with some of the insides (she tried to eat it a few times too)
. We were going to try carving something other than your standard pumpkin face into it but Big Brother said he wanted a face. Without further ado, here are some pictures!

Big Brother ready to carve

Froggie ready to carve

Hubby cutting the top out

scooping out the insides

scooping out the insides

cutting out his face

cutting out his mouth

working with Froggie

Both kids helping to carve our pumpkin

Froggie with our pumpkin

Froggie with our pumpkin

The kids with their pumpkin

Meet Jack!

Jack in the dark

Froggie with the pumpkin goo

she liked it!

Pumpkin Farm Picture - Final Attempt

     So every time we've gone to the pumpkin farm something has come up and one of the kids was distracted, or asleep, or grumpy, etc. Well since it wasn't raining when we got home from work I decided to pack the kids up and head out to the pumpkin farm again and give it one last shot. Just them and I to limit distractions since every time we've tried before there have been other people around.
     Here's what we came up with:

Big Brother driving Froggie around

They had a blast

Big Brother, Froggie and of course we can't forget a race car!

My happy little pumpkin

An animal made a noise and the kids looked a little afraid

Zoo Boo 2013

     Since the weather doesn't look so great for the rest of the week we decided to head to Zoo Boo at our local zoo this evening. I did some running around after work and picked up dinner so we could eat dinner in Hubby's office and get geared up.

     Big Brother was REALLY excited to dress up as Iron Man though the promise of the zoo AND candy to a 2 year old pretty much did it before Iron Man was even involved. We've gone in a the past with Big Brother but I think this year was, by far, our best year. The decision to go tonight was a last minute one after I looked at the forecast. Despite trying to have everything packed up we were missing a few things. We picked up some lighted bracelets and Big Brother picked out a mask for me. 

     We ran through the drive thru on our way to the center and had dinner in Hubby's office while everyone got changed and ready to drive down the street. It was a struggle to find parking and we arrived less than half an hour after Zoo Boo started. I took some pictures of the kids while we waited for Hubby to come over and meet us from the other parking area. 

     Upon entry you're given a bag and tickets which you turn in for treats. Though Froggie wasn't supposed to get anything the nice women at the gate gave her one. We walked around and collected our treats while checking out the animals. We also rode the carousel and train before the wind picked up and the rain started. We got everyone packed up just as the rain began to fall a little harder. 

     Overall it was a great night and my little Iron Man even got up and danced with a bunch of kids and did the Cha Cha Slide! He even did well with the left and right directions. 

Posing before we went into the zoo

Posing before we went into the zoo

Posing before we went into the zoo

In the zoo, ready to go!

Trading tickets for treats

Watching the Polar Bear

Walking with Hubby

Dancing with the other kids

The back of Froggie's costume

IronMan riding the carousel

Sleepy Froggie and I on the carousel

Family picture!

Froggie feeding herself some dinner

The kids and I

Snuggling while we wait for the train

riding the train

The Kids posing before we left

Love this one!

More Fall Fun

     Today we headed out in hopes to beat the rain and check out some of our local fun. We weren't really successful and ended up at the pumpkin farm in some light rain. Big Brother didn't seem to mind and he liked wandering around while Froggie slept in her car seat. I was really sad that she was sleeping, I really wanted to take her picture in the pumpkins with her new pumpkin hat on.
     Luckily this was a local pumpkin patch without all the draw of the big pumpkin patches with slides and there is no cost to get in so we'll try again at some point before the end of the season.

Field full of pumpkins

Big Brother wanted to stand with the ghost!

Big Brother and grandma checking out the horses

He wanted his picture with the pumpkin too

Everyone on the train!

The kids in the pumpkins!

The cat decided to visit Big Brother

He likes this plane

Leaving the farm