Each year we take a trip, usually quite a chilly trip, to the Festival of Lights at our zoo. Our family has enjoyed doing this together for as many years as we’ve been around now. And by the way, even if my camera was a good camera it wouldn’t do the scenery any justice. It takes months to put the lights up for this annual event.
Fun music and lights at the duck pond.
We did not take a train ride this year though Nathan really wanted to. But we did see Santa.
The kids got to sit on Santa’s lap and tell him what they were hoping for. I remember that Lindsay wanted some warm pajamas, Nathan wanted candy canes, Kaitlyn wanted a castle and Tristan wanted a Lego set and some sweat pants. Haley was too old to feel the desire to talk to Santa.
The kids found some turtle shells to play around before we went to the outdoor MadCap Puppet show and found a treat to share that left us licking sticky powdered sugar fingers.
We found the Nativity and also Santa’s reindeer who were resting for their big ride in just three days time.
Nathan was thrilled to find a gingerbread man walking around. Then we warmed up writing letters to Santa indoors.
Letter writers.
Haley helped Kaitlyn with any spelling questions for her note. Nathan just colored Santa a picture.
And then the letters were mailed.
Lindsay was not expecting the picture.
And as we were preparing to leave we ran into Frosty which may just have been even more exciting to Nathan than meeting Santa himself!
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