First Zoo Visit of the Year

We made our way to Brookfield Zoo for the first time this year...it was a beautiful Sunday and Aunt Carly met us there too!

















Brotherly love!

















Perfect for Paigey! She loves her zebras...but if you ask her what she gave up for Lent she will tell you giraffes, zebras and sleep! LOL

Our First Zoo Day of the Year - Memorial Day Weekend

We headed to Brookfield Zoo over Memorial Day weekend.  The kids always love it and being members allows us to see as much as we want to see on a single visit knowing we will be back to see the rest.  We don't feel like we have to see everything and always pack a lunch so it is a cheap family fun day!

Father's Day

Wally gave the kids the option of going to a baseball game or to the zoo on Father's Day - what can I say?  These kids love the zoo and we certainly get our money's worth out of membership!  So we packed a picnic lunch and headed out to enjoy the beautiful day!



Paige said she wants this for her birthday - ha!

Luke loves taking a picture of this bird!









And a carousel ride to end the trip!





We are so thankful for such a great daddy!!!

Zoo Lights

We are going way back here.  I have some catching up to do over the last 2 months!

The weather the weekend after Thanksgiving wasn't terribly cold so we decided to go check out the Zoo Lights at Brookfield Zoo.  This was our first time there!

You can't tell from the picture, but the kids were excited to be at the zoo at night!









They also each got their first mold-a-rama. We usually skip right by those, but this was a special zoo trip!









It was a fun night and something we will try to do every year if weather permits!

Boo at the Zoo

Last Sunday we made our first visit to Boo at the Zoo at Brookfield Zoo and Grandma & Grandpa joined us!



This year we have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle - Leonardo specifically - and a Foofa (from Yo Gabba Gabba)!



As usual, Luke was the leader!



Foofa made herself comfortable while we got some lunch!



Love this turtle boy!





We didn't quite make it in time to participate in the parade, but we were in a great spot to watch it, which was actually probably more fun anyways. We saw so many cute costumes! And the cheerleaders leading the parade even stopped right in front of us to do a quick mount!



Paige wasn't too sure of all of this at first!



But she came around and started waving to everyone! She makes such a cute Foofa and I have to say we didn't see one other Foofa there (but the Turtles were very popular this year!).







Super cute pic!!!



I love this one of us - we didn't even tell Paige to make a funny face and Luke's pose is perfect!



As you know from previous posts, my kids can't get enough of this stuff!







This one is the best though :)



We had a lot of fun checking out the monkeys on this trip!





The decorations were fabulous at the zoo!



We ended our visit with the kids favorite animal!



This was our first time at Boo at the Zoo but definitely not our last!