Our zoo has an annual Halloween bash, which is very popular.  Not only do kids get to dress up and trick-or-treat in different areas (I decided against letting the kids do this, because of the weather), but certain animals are fed pumpkins during the two-day event.  The hippos are probably the most popular animal to […]

It was a nice Saturday in Seattle.  And it was Member Appreciation Day at the zoo.  So why not go? We checked on our friends the penguins… … and caught a rare sighting of the fabled creature, the painted unicorn. There was free face painting at the member appreciation fair, and Ane has been wanting […]

With apologies to Monty Python. We went to Woodland Park Zoo again last Friday – because the keeper at the penguin chat the last time we visited told us that they do a live trout feed on Fridays at 11 am. Since it was the last Friday before the kids start school, I had the […]

We took a day trip on Saturday to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, where we met up with Nana and Papa.  Though we are members of the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Point Defiance has an aquarium as well, and that aquarium has something that even the Seattle Aquarium does not have. Sharks. Yes, […]