Wild Lights at the St Louis Zoo

I hardly got to finish my piece of pie at Thanksgiving when I realized that Christmas was right around the corner. It's kinda amazing how having 6 less days between Thanksgiving and Christmas can throw you for a loop. Our tree went up the day after Thanksgiving and the calendar started filling up with holiday events. I do love participating in Christmas activities, and since the weather was nice we headed to Wild Lights at the zoo. This was our first time ever attending. I figured I had enjoyed plenty of free days at the zoo, so the $5 a person to walk through the display was the least I could do. We invited some friends to join us and enjoyed a beautiful, night at the zoo.

Only a few animal exhibits are available to view, the Insectarium, the Herpetarium (Reptile House), and Sea Lion Sound. Sea Lion Sound is pretty cool anyway, but I thought it was pretty neat at night with all the lights. Unfortunately, I don't know how to use my camera well enough to capture all the action. And the one shot I did like is loading washed out. It doesn't look like this anywhere but here, so I'm not sure how to fix it.

The kids had a great time making crafts, listening to storytelling, and wandering through the lights. 

It was a fun night!

Wild Lights is open on weekends from 5:30 - 8:30 pm and then every night Dec. 20-23 and 26-30. Parking is free in the south parking lot, next to I-40. There is an entry fee of $5 per person or $4 for members. Children under the age of 2 are free.

Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis has the best zoo! It's amazing and it's free! Monday, we headed there with our STL cousins.

This is not a great picture, but I had to take it (and include it). I felt like it was years before I ever saw the Rhinoceros. Then for the next few years, only in a small corner of his area walking between two rocks. Until today,  here he is.... right out in the open.

Always love the elephants! Rumor has it, there is a baby due any day. They have had two elephants born since I've lived in Saint Louis. They are so cute! And it's a pretty big deal. It makes the news, there are long lines to view the new baby elephant, and the public gets to vote on the name.

And just cause they are so cute...
Though these two often have  T-R-O-U-B-L-E written all over them.

Usually the penguins are everyone's favorite place to visit during the summer because it's cool in there and so hot outside. Fortunately, we enjoyed a cloudy, cool day at the zoo.

And sometimes, my kids wish I would stop taking pictures of them.

This time we took a train ride around the zoo. This is one of the few things that costs money, but Aunt Bonnie treated us all since she's a member. Thanks Aunt Bonnie!

The kids favorite part of the whole trip was going in the dark tunnels under the zoo during the train ride. Which makes me wonder, what else is under the zoo?