Boo in the Zoo & Trophy Club Festival

This year we missed out on going Trick or Treating on Halloween with Izzy because she spent that night with her mom. So, last weekend we went all out to make sure we got in our Halloween parties with her.

Saturday night we made our 2nd annual trip to Boo in the Zoo with Izzy. It's a week long event that the Ft Worth Zoo puts on every year starting at 5:30 in the evening. They invite guests to dress up in their costume and bring along their candy baskets to go trick or treating along the happy trail. They section off parts of the zoo and set up "Treat Stations" for kids to exchange their purchased tickets for a handful of candy. (Every purchased tickets into the park gets 6 coupons to get candy from a Treat Station) They also have carnival games, professional pumpkin carvings, a Monster Bash show, and tons of animals to walk around and visit.

We took Izzy last year not knowing that the festivities would have such an impact on her. She's talked about it ever since and was thrilled when we told her we were going again this year.

Our first trip to the costume store Izzy found just what she wanted to be.... Thumbelina. I still have no clue who she is or what she plays in.... but, Izzy was cute all the same. Izzy told me I was going to have to fix her hair just the same as Thumbelina. I knew this would be tough.... I am NO hair stylist. Regardless..... I put Izzy on my "hair dressing chair" and away we went. We used lots of hair spray and bobbi pins.... and eventually I had Izzy's approval that it was just like Thumbelina's!

All decked out at the zoo....

Treat Station #1....

Daddy and Izzy checking out the muskrats.

Sunday afternoon we headed over to Trophy Club for a fall festival at the club. It was good to see so many people turn out for the event. The first thing we did was jump on the trailor for a hay ride.

As it got a little darker outside they started having their contests. Izzy got in the one for "cutest costume". We didn't win... but the judges were commenting on her perfect her shoes matched her costume.

Next we made our way over to face painting. Little did we know it was Izzy's first time.... and she was so excited about it. She wanted to be a "kitty". The lady did a great job with her!

The night quickly came to an end when we saw lightening coming from the distance. We finished up painting our pumpkin and ran to the car just in time.