Halloween at the local zoo

On Sunday, I took the boys to our little local zoo for their boo fun.  The boys went as dinosaurs.  Tamlin is Buddy the T-Rex and Jude was Tiny the Pteradadon.  Tam's face did have orange make-up and a toothy grin...but with eating candy and wiping snot this mostly disappeared by the end of the two hour visit.

 

Tam did a great job of walking around and saying trick or treat to everyone.  

He loved getting candy and playing the ring toss games.

All around the zoo there were lots of big balloons to check out...

The usual exotic exhibits had the animals out for the winter...

but were filled with creepy Halloween guests

Dinosaur Train!

Jude had a continual look of amazement as he toddled around.  

We saw many exotic creatures, such as gnomes, fairies, pirates, and singing mermaids.

There was music and swing dancing.  Tamlin quickly scored a partner to dance with.  Jude was more interested in snagging some goodies from Tam's bag while he was busy.   Jude eventually found a bag of crackers to shake in his happy fist.

There was a chance to play musical instruments with a couple of drummers.  

Jude played a mean rattle and Tam grabbed a drumstick to bang out a beat on several objects.

We ended the day on the zoo playground.  It was fun to watch my little dinosaurs crawling around, sliding down, and having general sugar-filled fun.

We also are doing trick or treating at the local Mall on Halloween.  Safe, well lit, warm, and dry = the best trick-or-treating!  I can't wait to chow down on some of their chocolate loot :-)