Boo at the Zoo!

We had an awesome time Saturday morning during our first visit to the BR Zoo! It is really a neat zoo with a wide assortment of animals, exhibits, and fun features for little ones such as a great playscape and petting zoo. However, since their Halloween festivities were going on this weekend, what grabbed AG's attention the most were the tables set up throughout the zoo where sponsors would give the kids candy. Although she wasn't dressed up, we'll count this as her first trick-or-treating experience, because she definitely got the hang of holding out her bag and saying the magic words! And since then she pretty much either is holding or vigilantly monitoring the whereabouts of her treat bag, which she gets to dip into for one piece after luch and another after dinner. I guess the days when we can pretend candy doesn't exist are officially over at our house, but it will still remain a controlled substance! At least she's not carried away with all of it...today she took one bite of a red Laffy Taffy and then decided she'd rather have something else because it was "too yucky".

But back to the zoo...Trey and I agreed that the giraffes were our favorite animals of the day, and you can tell from the picture that they got LL's vote, too. One was especially friendly and came about as close as he could, sticking his neck out right toward us. We interpreted this as a friendly gesture and will go back to visit as often as we can! We also saw tigers (white and regular), elephants, monkeys, bears, zebras, ostriches, lions, alligators, otters, birds, a rhinoceros, a hippopotamus, and lots of other interesting creatures.