Electric Safari

   On Tuesday night, the weather was supposed to be fairly nice.  We decided to go to the Electric Safari at the zoo.  We went once before when Ashlyn was only like a year old.  As zoo members, we get in for free.  Since the kids enjoyed the church lights so much, I figured they would like the zoo.  We had such a great time!  We got to see a bunch of the animals.  It was neat being at the zoo at night instead of the day.  The kids loved looking at all the different lights.  They had a lot of neat animal ones. 
     The best part was that Santa Claus was there. The line was very short to see him.  They had an area where you could make a list before you went and saw Santa.  Ashlyn was getting concerned that she hadn't had a chance to get her list to Santa yet.  She wrote a nice list for him. We saw Santa when we went to the North Pole this summer.  Dawson wouldn't get near him then.  We were thinking he would do the same this time.  We are very surprised when he walked right up to him, and said, "My name is Dawson".  Ashlyn gave Santa her list and he looked it over with her and then took it with him.  They had a great time seeing Santa. 
    We had such a nice night at the zoo.  We decided that we will definitely be adding the Electric Safari to our yearly Christmas traditions. 

The entrance with all the pretty lights

Ashlyn and I

In front of one of the lion lights

This light was really neat.  The elephant would use his trunk to shake the apples from the tree. 

The city views were amazing at night!  Our zoo seriously must have one of the best views in the world!

In front of the Christmas tree. 

The giraffe lights

Meeting Santa.  Dawson was introducing himself. 

Santa looking at Ashlyn's list

My angels with Santa

Ashlyn got to see Mrs. Claus too!

We saw the lions before we left.  I thought cats were supposed to be active at night?

Dawson and Joey in front of the tree.