At first it was difficult to get Garytt to focus on anything but pushing his own stroller...we would have been better off to have just left the stroller in the car so it wouldn't have been such a distraction.
We first stopped at the giraffes. Here he is checking them out.
Chester from Cheeto's was at the zoo. We tried to get Garytt to go take a picture but he only wanted to watch from afar...I'm not sure if he was scared of Chester or if he was scared we wouldn't give him the stroller back.
Garytt's all time favorite animal is a lion! He loves to "roar" like a lion. So, we saw some stuffed lions and snapped a few pictures...but since they were actually lionesses, I don't think he realized they also "roar."
So, we decided we should probably head over to see the real lions. On they way, there was a lion statue. Garytt totally recognized it and started "roaring."
They had a viewing cave but that was still too far away for him to really see the lion well.
We continued on to the other viewing area where he was better able to see the lions and then he was all about roaring.
We also got to see the elephants, but Garytt was more interested in climbing the fence.
Garytt did do a little bit of trick-or-treating while we were at the zoo but he really didn't seem to get the concept.
There was also a small hay maze for the kids. We tried to take Garytt in there but there were too many big kids running around and jumping over the hay bales for my comfort.
By that time, Garytt seemed to be ready to go do something else. We had been there for about an hour or so and it was really quite warm. I think the temp was in the mid 70's and his costume is black and furry...so he was getting hot. We decided it was time to head out and go across the street to let him run around on the playground for a bit.
On the way to the playground, we actually stripped him out of the costume. He had a onesie on underneath and then I pulled on some pants I had with me...they didn't match too well but he had to be much more comfortable in short sleeves than in that hot cat costume.
Garytt really had a great time playing on the swings with Grandpa pushing him.
Garytt was so tired after his afternoon out with the animals that he crashed before we even made it home. It was a fun time and maybe next year he will understand the trick-or-treat part better.
I also want to give a special Thank You to Grandpa for toting Garytt around all day! It was a nice break for me and allowed me to get some pictures!
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