Zoo and Museum Trips

The one nice thing about having all your Christmas shopping done and wrapped early is that you finally have time to do some fun family things. This past weekend, we went to both the zoo and the museum.

The Cincinnati Zoo holds their Festival of Lights every Christmas season. Ryan and I went a few years ago when Toyota was having a holiday get together there. Unfortunately, that was when Kris was travelling to Mexico and his flight was delayed, so he didn't get in on time to join us. We've been members at the zoo for 3 years now and this was the first time Kris had ever been there (I actually got a single parent membership knowing this!). It was cold out, but we enjoyed the Christmas lights everywhere and the lights that danced to music. There were a few animals out that we got to see, but mostly enjoyed spending time together.

On Saturday, we went to the Cincinnati Museum Center. They have a holiday train display that we went to last year (but Kris had to leave early, so he didn't get to see the trains) which the kids loved. They were able to push buttons to make trains and other things move, as well as ride a little train. We also went to the Children's museum, playing in all the little areas. Emma got banned (by me) from the water table after putting too many things in her mouth and trying to drink the water. But we all had fun and were exhausted by the end of the day.