Halloween at the zoo

Sam is over 19 months old. You would think in that amount of time Chris and I would have figured out what it takes to have a successful outing. Sunday we failed miserably.
The Madison Zoo was having a Halloween party for kids that I was very excited to take Sam to. We had not seen the zoo yet and Sam hadn't worn her costume yet so I was pumped for both of those. However when we arrived at the zoo with an already pretty tired and cranky kid we quickly realized that we had forgotten the stroller! Who takes their almost two year old to the zoo for a huge public event without a stroller? We had to park several blocks away from the zoo so by the time we got to the zoo Sam was tired of walking and wanted to be carried. Of course, who did she want to carry her, ME. She is getting pretty heavy and with my hips disappearing it is more and more difficult to hold her. We also forgot anything for Sam to collect candy in which turned out to not be a problem because the trick or treat lines were SO long that there was no way we were actually going to participate in the Halloween portion of the event. Sam refused to wear the top half of her costume, which may be because it was pretty warm that day so a big wool cat costume was not the most comfortable thing to wear.
After about an hour of walking the zoo to see the animals and fight the big crowds Sam was almost asleep in my arms and we gave up on our big outing and went home.
Anyway, we did try to get the camera out a few times and get some pictures. Not very good ones but hey, at least we tried!

It's as if she is saying, "Seriously Mom and Dad, no stroller?"

This was towards the end when she could have cared less about the animals but I was still determined to have a good time.


She did enjoy watching the prairie dogs!