Boo at the Zoo

We were on the fence about attending

Boo at the Zoo this year, but we couldn't

pass up the beautiful weather last weekend.

We got to the zoo a little early and had a chance

to visit some animals before the crowds arrived.

Our sweet little neighbor came with us!

 Then we went back to the car 

to change into our costumes.

I dressed Carter first,

and let him play in the back of the van

while the rest of us put our costumes on. 

Michael was nice enough to take some pictures 

of Carter and me before we went back in.

Monkey kisses!

Carter had never seen a hat on me!

Since I'm usually the one behind the camera,

it'll be nice to have some pictures to show Carter

in the future so he knows that I was there, too!

We already had our doctor costumes for Halloween, 

but for Boo at the Zoo, we made Carter a veterinarian. 

Once we were inside the zoo, it got harder to take pictures.

 

There were crowds, of course,

 

and all Carter wanted to do was run!

 

So we have pictures of him pouting in his stroller...

Seriously, Mom?  I'm a DOCTOR!  You're going to make me sit in a stroller?!

...and pictures of him RUNNING!!!

Plus a couple of him with his

trick-or-treat/medical bag.

Between his costume and his antics,

Carter drew a lot of attention.

People were cracking up watching him.

We would just shrug and say something

funny about him being late for surgery or

an emergency at the primate building!

I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!

The kid was seriously out of control.

We're pretty sure Carter thought

these guys might be real animals.

   

He just kept looking from one to the other like he wasn't quite sure about them.

 

 Somebody offered to take a family picture for us!

It was hard to get good pictures in the dark

 

and Carter wouldn't stand still all night,

 

Headed to another monkey house emergency???

 

but we all had a great time attending

our family's very first Boo at the Zoo!