Boo at the Zoo

Last Saturday afternoon we took Caleb and Xander to San Francisco for Boo at the Zoo. It is an annual Saturday and Sunday event where the kids come dressed in their costumes and can trick or treat throughout the zoo grounds. The only caveat is that the zoo asks that you don't wear masks, you wouldn't want to scare the animals (or preschoolers).

The boys donned their skeleton costumes. I didn't purposely dress them identically. Caleb is a three year old with an opinion, and he decided he wanted to dress like Xander. Xander has wanted to be a skeleton for Halloween for a year ... so when I bought the Gap glow in the dark skeleton PJs, I bought a second pair just in case. Hopefully I'll get Caleb into his very cool dragon costume this weekend.

It was a cool foggy day in the city. This meant that animals used to warm climates were huddled together, and those from cool climates were frolicking. I have never seen the polar bears or penguins so happy and active.

We did a lot of walking, and we road the Little Puffer steam engine as well. The boys had a wonderful time. We even got up close and personal with a bald eagle. The zoo keeper was bringing him to the penguin exhibit for feeding (the bald eagle keeps the galls away). We ran into him, and got to take some nice posed shots with the eagle.