All the Pretty Little Horses

Alex's Prilla Fairy costume was perfect for the Florida weather, but not so much for St. Louis so it was a quick trip to Marshalls to -perish the thought-buy a costume. She's been so into horses lately that this one seemed like a natural. Mom went as a cowgirl and Alex as my little horsie to the Zoo's Pumkin Prowl. It was a fun time, but not a whole lot going on.
The previous weekend we went to one of the Harvest Festivals out at Shaw Nature Reserve. Absolutley beautiful! We took a wagon ride, listened to some good music (Da might argue that since it was folk/bluegrass and not his cup of tea), and took a pony ride. We also had some great food from some of the local resturants and bought a few things from the local vendors.
We did a road trip to the Kansas City area to pick up some china I got from from ebay and went to the Kansas City Zoo. The weather was gorgeous. They were having their Boo at the Zoo and it was fun, lots of trick or treating. She really enjoyed the kangaroo area, they're free to hop among you if they like, though they generally stay a bit away and she was all set to go up the hill after them.
The next daythe weather was still in the 70's so we took advantage of it and went to the St Louis Zoo. They finally reopened Jungle of the Apes so we watched the gorillas for awhile. We had fun petting the guinea pigs and brushing the goats in the Children's Zoo and riding the train.
For Halloween we went to one of the local pumkin patches. They have a big play area for the kids and she had a blast on the slide and tire swings. There was a petting zoo and pony rides which of course she went on.
Halloween night we stayed home and passed out candy. Next year I think she'll be old enough to get the idea of trick or treating.