Every year the Calgary Zoo puts on an outstanding lights display around Christmas time. Our first annual trip to Zoolights as a family began this year. It is a fantastic atmosphere as there is Christmas music being played, carolers, crackling fires to warm up beside and of course the mandatory purchase of hot chocolate to stroll around with. It really gets the Christmas feeling into full swing.
This one was my favourite this year - the monkeys were swinging from palm tree to palm tree.
We said a quick hello to our friends the hippos and giraffes before heading back out into the crisp night air.
It was a great start to our family tradition - but a little too much for little Rory this year.
Warm and snugly - Rory couldn't resist closing his eyes for just a few minutes - 'while visions of sugarplums danced in his head'.
