Fun Weekend!

We visited the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, NE this past Saturday, one of the best zoos in the country. I've lived in Iowa almost my entire life and have never been to this zoo! We have season passes the DM zoo, but it was worth the drive to see the HD Zoo, and we didn't even see all of it after being there for over 6 hours. We stayed with some good friends on Friday night in Council Bluffs and Saturday night we stayed in a hotel in downtown Omaha .
Stella and Porter in the HUGE indoor jungle. The weather was not that great on Saturday, but luckily there was a TON of indoor exhibits to see. In the desert.

Porter getting up close and personal with the fishies.

Porter is obsessed with tigers lately, he was asking about the tigers ALL week long. He was beyond excited to see the tigers on Saturday.

We walked into the Gorilla House and this gorilla was *RIGHT* there to greet us! Too funny!

This is hard to see, but it was Stella favorite part of the zoo, so I had to include it. It was an infant gorilla being rocked by a zoo keeper. The baby gorilla was wearing a diaper, which Stella thought was really funny. :) The zoo keeper was even wearing a vest that resembled an ape so that the baby felt like it was cuddled up to his mommy.

Sunday morning we got up and headed from Omaha to MA. We had a wedding shower to attend in the afternoon then that evening was the yearly Beggars Bash at Judge Lewis Park. The kids were excited to start off Halloween season! Stella is a purple witch (not a witch, but a purple witch....lol!), Hannah was clown and super cute and Haydn a monkey!

Sheriff Mike Sobotka was hanging out goodies, so we had to get a picture with him! :) Porter is Batman in case you couldn't tell.

Mike, Batman, and Wes.

Now a few random photos. Stella and sometimes need to find ways to entertain ourselves while Porter is napping. The other day we did each others hair. She thought hers was pretty funny!

Last night playing with the magnatiles and books.

Tonight after bath time.