Zoo lights

Once again we took Gavin to the zoo to see the lights and enjoy seeing the animals in the winter time.  We had a wonderful time when we did this last year, and we enjoyed it again this year, but apparently we chose a very busy weekend and time of day to go, but it was packed.  We are zoo members so we frequent the zoo a lot and we've never seen it that crowded!  We've learned our lesson and hopefully next year we'll be able to time our trip for a more fun visit.

Because of the crowds, we didn't get to visit Santa, and Ryan and I missed out on our spiked hot chocolates (the ultimate tragedy of the trip :), but we did still have fun seeing the monkeys (Gav's number one request), the fish, the bears (according to Gavin, they were taking a nap) and seeing the laser light show.  Here's a few pics from our trip (*Dec stayed home this year, it was a bit too cold for a 5 week old!  Thanks to Grandma M for watching the little guy!):

We had to stand in a slow moving line just to get IN to Tropic World, so in order to actually see the monkeys, Gav got up on Daddy's shoulders.  He was a little unsure about being so high up, but decided it was worth it to watch the monkeys!

 Too interested in the monkeys to pose with Mommy.

 Gav and Daddy checking out some more primates.

 Maybe its just me, but I think the gorilla and Gavin in his "warm hat" and big puffy jacket look quite a bit alike!

 Gav and Daddy checking out the laser light show.  Gavin didn't really care about the Christmas lights everywhere, but he was mesmerized by the lasers. 

 Joy to the world.