We went to visit Santa and his reindeer at the Cougar Mountain Zoo the weekend before Christmas. By now we are old pros at this and so we arrived right at opening, which meant no waiting in line. We proceeded straight to Santa and visited with the reindeer on our way back down. Then we said hi to the rest of the animals, but we had to go pretty quickly because it was very cold! All in all, a successful visit.
Silas, star struck 
Layla was sure to tell (a very patient) Santa that she wanted a (real live) horse to put in our back yard. He explained to her that he could not bring real animals in his sleigh and would a toy horse suffice perhaps? She politely reiterated that she would prefer a live horse. 
About to go in 
