Night Eyes

On Friday night before Halloween, Joel and I took the boys to Night Eyes at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines. I had no idea how busy it was going to be. We were about 1/2 mile from the zoo, and it took us about 30 minutes to get to the zoo because it was so backed up. We we did get there we had to park really far away, and then wait in line for tickets for another 20 minutes. Once we got in it was packed and the lines were barely moving. Ayden still enjoyed waiting to get candy. I'm glad the boys were in a good mood and having fun though. I think next year we will get advance tickets and go during the day on the weekend when it's not so busy. Ayden's costume was a hit. He got TONS of compliments and attention. He was so proud, and surprisingly, he wore it the entire time. His working headlights came in handy too because it was really dark!

Cael as an ear of corn :)

There were a lot of neat displays to look at as we walked though the zoo collecting candy. I am sure they took a lot of work to make.

The rainbow was part of the Wizard of Oz theme.

My favorite display was "Where the Wild Things Are."

Cael did great, especially since it was hours past his bedtime, but he did NOT want his hood up for this picture...