Zoo Doo

Fall is in the air (good Fall, not blustery Santa-Ana-winds-Fall), 

the weather is perfect and I had a craving for zoo animals

 Snow leopard is good at camouflage 

so we packed up Donovan and Jaclyn 

 Playing croquet with flamingo bats 

and headed for Santa Barbara. 

 Admiring Kisa, the male Amur leopard

I thought Jac would enjoy a day off school - her first time playing hooky! -

 Mom and baby Amur leopard are still hanging out behind the scenes

but I was oh so very wrong. Madam Grumpy almost had us turning around in the parking lot and going back home . . . 

But we survived! And the zoo decorations were so fun and clever this year. Wish I’d gotten more photos of them. Maybe we’ll go back next week with just Donovan??