For the past two years, I've had every intention to take Tayshaun but it's been just tooooo cold to give it a try. But this year we were invited and I didn't want to be a party-pooper. I even had to talk Tayshaun into going.
It wasn't very cold be we did get rained on but barely. The zoo seemed so small in the dark. And of course, not all areas were opened in the wintertime. Everyone admired the tigers because they seemed to be the only zoo animals willing to display themselves in the dark...or was it the frigid weather.
We burned out tongues in the re-fillable hot cocoa. But it was just the thing to warm up our hands. The lights were nice to look at. And afterwards, we drove into town and admired the city and Temple xmas lights.
Before we left the zoo, we found a short line to visit Santa Claus. Tayshaun wasn't shy to tell him EVERYTHING he wanted this year. Unfortunately, I think this will be the last year that he believes Santa exists. He was very inquisitive and he's had rumor that Santa isn't real. He didn't want to visit Santa anywhere else. No visits to the mall for Tayshaun this year. This boy is going to be a teenager before I know it. :-(
