The Lights Before Christmas

Following a cookie-decorating extravaganza with the Comer girls on Sunday afternoon (that was so much fun - but so messy and covered in sprinkles and icing - think large kitchen table with buckets of cookies + tubes of icing in every color of the rainbow + too many bowls of colored sprinkles to count - that I didn't take one single picture) we headed out to Riverbanks Zoo to see the annual Lights Before Christmas display.

It didn't disappoint.

This year we attended with one of Anna's friends from school - a sweet girl, Zoe, and her mom.  It was nice to let the girls have a play date (even if pestery-James got his feelings hurt that Anna wanted little to nothing to do with him the entire time.)

Checking out the animated tree - that has lights that blink to the music.

Jack was enthralled.

There's always time to climb the turtle statue.

And ride the endangered species carousel.

James HAD to choose one that was in the same row as Anna and Zoe.

Two girls - such fun!

Sweet Girls - with little Mr. Me Too in the background.

Dancing and trying to catch the falling 'snow' being blown from the entrance to the zoo.

Sleepy Boy
Ready for his bed.