Other fun things...

When we weren't at the zoo, we filled our time by reading books with Madgie,

Playing with our alphabet puzzle with Patch,

And just plain having fun with all our toys (by spreading them all out in the room at the same time!).

It was a fun weekend - thanks for coming Madgie and Patch!!

Zoo, cont'd

Look at these crazy kids!

Ben got to pet a baby chick, and a rooster. Ben loves all animals.

Ben walked all over the zoo...

And then he was very tired!

Zoo, cont'd

Then we saw a real elephant.

Then we saw how Ben measured up against a baby rhino.

Then Ben saw a real rhino with Patch. Interesting fact: Rhinos are territorial and will make their territory by peeing and they can pee in any direction. There were actually signs up that told people to stand back because they could get peed on by the rhinos! So needless to say, Patch and Ben moved pretty quickly once the rhino came close!

We learned lots of interesting facts at the zoo, as evidenced below by Ben, Madgie, and Patch all reading the informative sign about hippos!

Brookfield Zoo

Madgie and Patch came up to visit us this weekend, so Ben decided to take them to the zoo. First we had to get ready at home with warm clothes because it was cold out.

Once we got to the zoo, we saw giraffes with Madgie.

Then we climbed on an elephant with Patch.

Then we got to feel a real elephant's tooth and skin.

Pumpkin de la resistance!

This year we decided to carve the pumpkin as something Ben would recognize...ELMO!!!!

Update....Just thought I would share that I got the stencil from here.