Boo in the Zoo

On Saturday afternoon, we went to the zoo's annual Halloween event with a group of neighborhood friends.

In typical fashion, the weather was unseasonably warm so the boys' costumes of Captain America and hand-me-down monkey would induce heat stoke. At the last minute, we decided they could both go as football players, wearing second-hand baseball pants and knee socks along with jerseys. Jackson got to sport Jay Brown's old Pather's jersey and poor Weston wore Bella's old NC State jersey.









{Yes, back prior to having children, we had actually purchased our dog a mesh Wolfpack jersey. And yes, the armholes are positioned to fit a dog, but that didn't seem to bother Weston.}

Westie was a good sport about letting me put electric tape under his eyes to enhance the authenticity of his costume, but Jackson has had too many bandaids ripped off that he knows better :)



We are spoiled by going to the zoo mainly on weekday mornings when there is never a crowd. Boo in the Zoo brought out the masses so we were thankful we had pre-bought our tickets and got to zip to the front of the line like VIPs.

The kids had fun collecting candy throughout the zoo. The highlight was the monkeys who were posted up at the front of their cage, yipping & yelling at the costumed kids like I've never seen them before:



We are all looking for to next Wednesday when we get to go trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. Perhaps it'll be cool enough to wear the real costumes this time :)




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