Dress Rehearsal

Yesterday the kids donned their Halloween costumes and braved "Boo at the Zoo" at the Tautphaus Park Zoo in Idaho Falls. Elena (my sister-in-law), her kids, and my Mom joined us! Owen quite enjoyed wearing his costume for an additional day...especially since he has been talking about being a cowboy for the last couple months. In fact, he has had Cowboy on the brain and has temporarily (we hope)forgotten all the answers to the questions that are supposed to make his parents look good (What's your name? Cowboy; How old are you? Cowboy; When is your birthday? Cowboy). Wesley was a good sport and even kept a pretty tight hold of his pumpkin bucket...until Owen decided he needed to carry and fill both buckets...for himself.


Cowboy Owen and Monster Wesley

Owen loved being able to see the animals, looking at all the costumes, and trick or treating (he stopped at each booth at least twice). And while we were visiting the monkey exhibit we discovered a little Tamarin monkey having a baby. How crazy is that? The zoo keepers had no clue it was even going on. It was VERY interesting to watch this little mommy do her magic (pushing the baby out and cleaning/eating up the mess). I can't believe we didn't take any pictures, but we were in such awe that we just didn't even think about it. After we had seen enough Elena went and got a zoo keeper and they closed the exhibit.

It turned out to be a very eventful and enjoyable evening. So glad we went!


Alyssa, Wesley, Halle, Carter, and Owen; Alyssa was so cute with Owen; the monkeys loved Wesley; Owen doing his craft


Grandma and her grandkids-I love how you can tell they are all saying "BOO!"


Our tired Cowboy