In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt: Boo at the Zoo

Getting ready to go in!! Yippee!!

Brian, Becky, and CJ

I took this picture, and then...

Brian got jealous and had to take one too!

Today was the Zoo event that CJ and Brian have been looking forward to since Nov 1 2007, Boo at the Zoo. Last year was the first year that we braved the crowd and took the kids. They looooooved it. This year was just as awesome. There were costumed characters handing out candy, astrojumps, pumpkin patch photos, face panting and (duh) all the super cool zoo animals. Kyle couldn't make it this year (work) so my incredible friend Becky helped me with the kids. Without her I would have made up a story about a horrible tragedy at the zoo and it's now closed. So, THANK YOU BECKY!! CJ was the cutest monkey out of the dozens and dozens of monkeys we saw. Brian was, I think, the only dog. The hood on his costume was so dang heavy that it just kept falling over his face, he finally just gave up and went without the hood. Somehow the kids don't see the nightmare of the crowds and all the strollers, all they see is candy, games, potential new friends, and zoo animals. It's amazing how many totally thrilled kids there were and how many long faced, grumpy parents. Lighten up guys and try to see it from your children's eyes.

Pushing their way up to the front to see the penguins