THE COLLINS FAMILY: The zoo, the farm, the monkey business

I have to say that we had a very exciting, fun-filled month this October. We got to do several fun "fall activites" as a family that we all enjoyed very much! We took Parker to the zoo early in the month for the 1st time, and he LOVED it! We ended up being there for about 3 hours, and he did great the whole time. He especially loved the elephants, the monkeys and the birds! We had such a good time, that we ended up buying a membership, so I guess we'll become regular's there! We also went to Gentry's Farm with Paw Paw and Grammy K to pick out our pumpkins and have some fun. Parker had fun running around like a mad man, doing little activities, going on a hayride, and picking out the pumpkin! Finally, it was time to put him in the monkey costume and head to our next activity. We went to a Halloween festival with Giggie, Poppy and his cousins. They had a great time going around to the different tables, and dancing to the music. On Halloween night we had a little Halloween party with both sides of our family. Everyone enjoyed some food, fun and trick-or-treating! The kids had a great time- and so did the adults :) It was cute to see Parker this year a little more "into it." I know he still does not totally understand, but he still had a good time loading up his bag with candy that eventually everyone else ate :) Here are a few pictures from all of the events! Enjoy.

1st trip to the zoo