The Zoo

A couple of Saturdays ago, we chose to enjoy the beautiful weather by going to the zoo! Before entering the zoo, the boys asked if we could ride the Hermann Park train. We had never done it before and all agreed it would be fun! It was! :)

The engineer (who took our picture) asked Ian to pose as his favorite zoo animal (a lion, I guess). Ryan was NOT impressed by this request. :)

We didn't know that the zoo was celebrating Halloween early by doing a "Zoo Boo" celebration. There were carnival-type games and trick-or-treat stations scattered throughout the zoo in addition to the "regular" animals.

It was a little rainy on the morning that we went, but the animals were still really active. We all loved seeing the baby elephant and watching the elephants eat their hay.

Another part of Zoo Boo was a pumpkin "patch" where each child could choose a pumpkin to decorate. Our boys were thrilled to pick a pumpkin (and took a long time choosing JUST the right one), but neither was interested in decorating them. Instead, we just brought them home and are using them as a table decoration.

We saw a few more animals before eating our lunch and heading home ... bears,

giraffes,

(real AND fake ones),

bats (we're posing outside the "bat cave"),

and the goats in the petting zoo.

It was a fun morning together! :)