Boo at the Zoo

Dee Dee, this one's for you!!

Notice AP striking her "Benstacular" pose -

she can't say "spintacular" like in the Spiderman

song so she says, "Benstacular"

Here is a good picture of her pose

Will felt the need to pose by every decoration

still posing

Such a GREAT Daddy - we are blessed

Waiting in line for the hayride

I had this big plan to go to the "Boo at the Zoo" tonight. It took a lot of convincing, but I got Rhyne to agree to go because I said, "It is only from 5-8pm and we don't have to stay that long, we can let them get some candy then do the hayride, then leave!" I said this because 1. he was worried to be in "that part of Jackson" after dark and 2. college football was on!! Now in his defense, Rhyne doesn't like the idea of going to big crowded places where there will be lots of other people's children there - let's face it, you can look at the parents of some kids and see why the kids break line, run over anybody in their way, spit out gum, etc.. - poor Rhyne doesn't have the patience!! Thankfully, I see these events with rose-colored glasses - I think "oh, what fun the kids will have, they will be so grateful to us for planning something so fun"!! (ha, ha, ha) All kidding aside, we did have fun. It wasn't so grand as I had dreamed in my head, but our kids enjoyed it! Ben had the most fun looking at all the other kids' costumes - he kept pointing out who was the "bad guy" and who was a "good guy"! It wasn't as easy as getting in and out fast, though - we got in line at 5pm and didn't leave the Zoo until 8:15pm - we waited in line for everything - Rhyne kept giving me looks like "ha, ha told you so"! It was great because it was a family memory and the kids all said, "Thank you Daddy for letting us go to the zoo." - just hearing them say that makes all the lines and other people's unruly kids worth it!