Spooky Saturday at the Zoo!

Finally we were able to make it to the St. Louis Zoo! Yesterday we picked up Auntie Elizabeth and headed to "Spooky Saturday" at the Zoo. They had various vendors there handing out candy to little trick or treaters....including our little trick or treater in his costume this year....it's Aidan the Elephant!!!

So the lines were pretty long to get candy (which we weren't going to give Aidan anyway), so we skipped out and headed through the zoo. We saw all of Aid's favorites; the "beers" (bears), the "ya-ya's" (giraffes), the "nom-mees" (monkeys), the "ti-gees" (tigers), and the "yai-uns" (lions)!

The day was a little cool in the morning, but our little elephant was well warm in his big fluffy costume!

Aidan and Auntie Elizabeth in the Gorrilla World and some of the newer arrivals to the zoo; five tiger cubs that were born in April!

Mommy and Daddy with their "little" elephant!

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Dadda, Aidan and his brother, Raja!

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Our zoo is free admission, however, some attractions have costs if you want to use them. One of those that is well worth it was the St. Louis Zoo Railroad! They take you all through the park on a minature train...and this was Aidan's first ride on a train! He thought it was pretty cool, I think he was more fascinated with the dingy bells at each of the crossings we went over.

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Mommy and Aidan on the train...choo-choo!

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So, all in all, a wonderful experience at the zoo. We held off for so long, but now that Aid knows many of the animals, I'm sure that we'll be going back next year when it's warm out again!

Bathroom Update: After seeing my plumber guy JD 4 times in 5 days (since there were all sorts of "customizations" that the builder had in the house that we had to fix), we finally got the bath faucet in! It looks great! (On a side note, if any of you St. Louisan's need a great plumber that will work on his own, please let me know. JD was awesome, he saw that I bought the wrong type of faucet Friday night and was like "Let's go" and we headed off to Lowe's together to get the right one. How many hired plumbers would do that?)

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Anyways, I finished the tiling, put the sinks and faucets in and have the room prepped for touch-up painting. Just need to grout the tub, seal the tile, hang the cabinet doors and replace the toilet....all in time! Here are a few pics...I think it turned out really nice!

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The new undermounted sinks and faucets and the tiled tub...yeah!

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Have a great night all,

Ty, Emmy and Aidan