Our Black Friday....

As much as I wanted to get up at the crack of dawn and hit the sales, it just wasn't in the cards this year. I LOVE Black Friday shopping, crazy yes, but the deals are fantastic and it's a rush. Now, don't fret, I was able to go out this evening and pick up a few things, like getting my $20 fabric for $10 and a few other good deals.

Instead of the shopping madness, the boys and I headed out to the Zoo and to Fairytale Town. They always do a free day after Thanksgiving and we decided to brave it and take advantage. The weather was cool and cloudy, but I think that may have been in our favor, holding people back from going out. We arrived right at 10a when the Zoo opened and there weren't many waiting to go in. This is what we saw....

Checking out a monkey of some kind, Tyler crouched down every time we went to a new cage.

Giraffes: It was neat to see one up close, they are usually in the back of the pens.

He is my favorite at the zoo, old and grumpy.

The Tiger out in the front. We also saw the lions, but they were clear at the back, hiding in their caves.

Snow Leopard prowling around. They also have a giant anteater next to him, and they were feeding him so you could see how his tongue worked, cool and creepy!

Taking a break on the Crocodile.

The Koi tank, they were huge!

Can't miss out on the flamingos

After some lunch, more bird watching and another potty break we headed over to Fairytale Town.

Aarrr! I drive me ship.

Cody's crinkle nose smile. Tried to get Ty on in front of him but he wasn't having anything to do with that.

Yep, it's a block of cheese.

The Barn slide...

Perma-grin...

Tree slide...

And the old Woman's shoe

We had a good day, spending almost 3 1/2 hours there. As we were leaving the lines started to get long, especially into the zoo. Glad we went early as always and can't wait to go back again!