Columbus Zoo -> Jaylyn's Birthday Present

Our 1st adventure to the Columbus Zoo...who would have thought we'd end up going @ 9 o'clock at night...They had huge displays of lights...totally awesome...even from the view at night the Columbus Zoo was WAY better than the Cincinnati Zoo


This was the biggest part of our gift to Jaylyn on her 9th birthday...and it turned out to be SUPER fun for her...


She got to bring along her friend (our next door neighbor) Phyllis, who by the way has NEVER been to any Zoo before...so she was extremely excited to go


Because it was night time we mostly got to see A LOT of stone animals...only a few real ones that were in the aquariums..


They had a GREAT time especially posing for pictures


The Carousel was AWESOME..it was a $1 per person but it was WELL worth it..just to see the smiles on their faces...


and then came SANTA!!! I'm pretty sure we caught him just in time before he had to leave because we were the last person in line...and Jaylyn was estatic...she said that was her favorite part of the whole night..she asked santa for a Nintendo DS..nothing else..very cute...


and of course we couldn't miss the free sleigh ride..because only a 1/2 hr prior they were charging people to take their pictures


Lots of laughs....



good times..and they can't wait to come back in the daylight to see ALL the animals


and on our way out...free popcorn and pretzels...to go