Halloween Par-tay Day 2

Yes, this weekend is totally full of Halloweeny fun! Today, we hit 'Boo at the Zoo'. Yep, dressed Lil' Miss up in her costume once again and went on down to the Valley Zoo to check out what they had to offer. We were pleasantly surprised. First things first. Try the 'guess what is in the box, but don't look you only get to touch it' game. Gramma and Momma Bear tried them all, but we could only get Lil' Miss to try a few. She caught on right away that that isn't really all that fun to play.

But what she did catch onto was the treat stops. Placed all around the zoo were treat stations that kids could trick or treat from. One time I tried to get her to ask for the play doh treat instead of the candy treat. She didn't listen. "Mommy, I want the lollipop." Oh alright.

We toured around, watched some animals, saw a sealion / harbour seal presentation, got a a butterfly tattoo on her cheek, did a craft, PETTED NOT ONLY ONE SNAKE BUT THREE DIFFERENT SNAKES AND TOUCHED A GECKO!!!!!!! Yeah, so there!! I admit, the snakes were soft. It was kind of neat.

We did a bit of a scavenger hunt, saw Lucy the elephant while she was out on her walk and rolled down a leafy hill multiple times (now that is fun times people!). All in all, we crammed alot into our 2 hours of zoo time (we got there a little late in the day. I didn't realize the zoo now closes at 4pm. Must be onto winter hours). They also had Halloween decorations all through the zoo. That was kind of neat too! And staff dressed up in costumes. Good times. Lil' Miss started out wearing her costume, but by the end of the zoo day she was down to street clothes. Sometimes those outfits do nothing but get in the way. And really, how is one supposed to roll down a leafy in hill in pink hair and a frilly tutu?

Nothing like rolling in leaves in the fall time.