Zoo Boo! It's a Tradition, Y'all.

When we 1st moved to Houston in the Fall of 2004- we were living in the Museum district in this new, BIG city trying to take it all in.. & just a few months away from our wedding.  One October day we went to the Houston Zoo and had a blast!  It just so happened to be one of their annual Zoo Boo days- where kids are encouraged to put their Halloween costume on and come to the zoo for all kinds of fun Halloween activities.  We had just as much fun adoring all the kids in their costumes as we did seeing the animals.  We told ourselves that when we had kids, we wanted to make it a tradition to come to Zoo Boo each year.   Not only that- we talked our sweet cousins Sarah & Jason into joining us!

Our 1st trip was 2 years ago when Charlie was 6months old and their precious Alice just turned 1. 

October 2009. Emma came too!  (Trey behind camera)

My mom is very talented and offered to sew Charlie's 1st costume. 

Folks, it doesn't get much cuter than this:

ROAR! 

Here is a glimpse at our 1st Annual Zoo Boo trip.  Charlie wore his Lion costume and Alice was an Ewok! The cuteness was overflowing!

Then last year was even MORE fun because both our kiddos were walking and could enjoy it together!  Charlie's Grammy made him an adorable monkey costume (which he refused to wear the head) and Alice was Dorothy! 

This year it was even more exciting getting to take our Henry along, too!  Grammy made Charlie a turtle costume, Alice was Smurfette, and I couldn't pass up using that adorable lion costume again on Henry. 
It brought back flashbacks from 2 years ago.  Of course I had to add a side-by-side to compare! ;)

The 2 cutest Lions I ever did see!
(This further confirms Charlie's head is bigger.)

Henry loved Zoo Boo!  He just laid in his stroller looking around happily for 3 hours while the big kids ran all over the zoo. 

Charlie & Alice were so excited to see the animals- particularly the Zebras & 'Raffes, so we had to keep our photo shoot pretty short.

We're being cute & holding hands...now can we pleeease go see the animals?

Off we went!

And boy did we go.  I will never understand the limitless supply of energy kids have. 

We had this running joke all day long that Charlie was the fastest turtle in the West!

We went trunk or treating...

 We looked at all the animals...

We got to feed the 'Raffes!...

We ran into some friends...

Henry & Taryn

We stopped for lunch...

And a kiss...

We rode the carousel...

(And almost fell asleep!)

Visited the petting zoo...

Henry & Daddy posed by Johnathan the Lion...

And Charlie by his favorite monkey...

It was a GREAT day!  We were all exhausted and feel confident we made fun memories all around. 

Can't wait until our next Moore-Woolery Family Zoo Boo Weekend!