a Halloween zoo day!

Field trip days are the best days!

Even when it's a humid, drizzly Halloween day outside.

Being out of the normal routine of the classroom makes everything better!

The only bummer about having 4th grade "twins" is that means two kids to try to be with on chaperoning trips.

The teachers offered for me to have both kids, but as that meant Nat was going to be placed in my group of all boys, she opted to stay with her class and travel the zoo with some of her friends instead.

We covered about 4.5 miles of trails over the course of 3 hours.  Nicholas was wiped out by the end, but the lure of getting to the harbor seals and the polar bear was a good carrot to dangle in front of him and his friends.  Thankfully with the slightly cooler weather those animals did not disappoint.  The seals and sea lions were entertaining and Nakita was having a grand time swimming in his pool!

I carpooled to the zoo with the mom of one of Nat's friends, so both girls chose to ride home with us...Nicholas opted for the bus to hang out with his friends.  It was a quiet ride after the first fifteen minutes!

Proof that an early morning and lots of walking is exhausting...

Thankfully there were no bus issues and so we got home with plenty of time to get ready for trick or treating!