Always Choose The Adventure : Boo at the Zoo

On Saturday, after spending all week with a SCREAMING Anna, Roger and I decided to pack the kids up and take them to the Zoo.

We are members of the Louisville Zoo and they have this really cool trick or treat thing there during October. If you're a member the first 2 weekends of october are free to get into the Halloween Bash but after that you have to pay.

So we went.

Honestly I didn't want to go. I was EXHAUSTED and very bitter about having to deal with the children ALL OF THE TIME.

I wanted a break.

As I was climbing in the car I said "Aren't grandparents suppose to be doing this crap. I'm tired."

seriously I was in an awful mood.

Anna has been SCREAMING like cRazy all week and all day.

We think she might have ANOTHER ear infection.

Today I had to call Roger "can you please come home. I am LEAVING. I'm done. I'm leaving."

I went to the gym for an hour and half while he dealt with the screaming child.

Back to Saturday.

We went to the zoo!!

Anna went as a monkey eating a banana and Paul went as spider man.

We waited in the car line for 30 min to get into the parking lot.

Then we stood 30 min in line to get into the zoo.

I had to pee REALLY BAD the entire time.

Roger kept patting my leg saying "we've committed to this. We've committed" because I kept saying "let's just go home. lets just go home."

My mood started to lighten up when I began to see the cute little kids in their adorable little costumes.

The mood lightened EVEN MORE when I finally made to the bathroom!

Once in, we got to walk around the Zoo visiting the characters and getting candy.

The kids were WONDERFUL!! They sat in the stroller taking in the sights and sounds.

Roger and I enjoyed getting to talk without having to YELL OVER SCREAMING CHILDREN!!!

We TALKED!!!!

Grumpy did not want his picture taken.

"Roger look, look, LOOOOOOOK! A big Rodeo coming to Louisville. Can we go?!?! CAn we go?!?! can we Go?!??!?!?"

The Zoo trip ended up being a barrel of monkeys!!!

Paul was amazed to see the characters from Toy Story!

I was FLIPPEN excited to see Harry Potter and Hermine Granger!!

Me- "Roger can you take another picture I look like a dork in this one."

Roger-"no matter how many pictures I take you are still going to look like a dork. You just had your picture taken at a children's function with the characters from Harry Potter."

"Look Rog, it's my boyfriend!!!"

Anna about jumped out of the stroller when we got to this.

The child LOVES candy so seeing candy hanging from the trees made it very hard for her to contain herself.

Fred and Wilma!

Now that I think about it, I'm not sure how offical this Pooh Bear was.

All the other people in costumes had Zoo stickers to identify them as working at the zoo.

This Pooh Bear did not.

I MIGHT have just ran up to a stranger dressed like Pooh and said "OH MY GOSH a little old man dressed like Pooh Bear! can I have a picture with you?!?!?"

I really need to work on my filter.

I need to learn to process through things before I say them.