Waiting at the Zoo.

We took a trip to the Zoo to see the Wildlights. I can honestly say I've never experienced anything quite like it. It was a very mild 50 degrees. Clearly eveyone in the central Ohio area had the very same idea. Imagine with me, dear reader...

We waited in line to pay for parking. We waited in line to park. We waited in line to renew our membership. We waited in line to pick up our newly printed membership cards. We waited in line to actually get into the zoo.

Waiting to renew memberships. Makenna and her friend Shelby.

Maya's eyes lit up when she saw Santa. So we waited in line for Maya to see a very tired and grumpy version of the original. When he asked her what she wanted for Christmas all she could say was "Red". Santa was not in a conversational mood so I asked her if she wanted something red. Santa did not understand her inaudible response so he moved on to Makenna (who knows the real scoop on Santa and could see right through his thin veneer). Afterwards, Maya said something about Santa's suit being so red. I think she was so overwhelmed by the shear size of the man in this bright red suit, she desperately uttered the only word that would come out. "Red."

Me, Maya, Makenna, and Madison and the Not-So-Jolly Santa.

Afterwards we tried to wait in line for the reptile house (everyone wants to see snakes on Christmas, right?). But the girls were eating candy canes and there is a no food policy in that building. So we found a spot in the gazebo by the pond where the girls could enjoy the lights reflecting off the water while they drank the hot chocolate I brought in a thermos from home (yes, hot chocolate in 50 degree weather - it was a bad idea from the start). The hot chocolate was so hot Makenna burned her mouth. So I walked to the front of the zoo to get water to cool it down (for which I had to wait in line) which made the hot chocolate so watery that they then complained that it tasted bad and refused to drink it. Things generally broke down from there.

So. We waited in line to leave the zoo.

Makenna and Maya at the gazebo waiting for their hot chocolate to cool down.