zoo lights

Today we went to the zoo lights as a family. It was lots of fun. I was surprised at how many exhibits were not available at first but it was perfect. Especially since I was the first ready to go home. Asher enjoyed going. He even admits to having "fun". Because of his fascination with lights I was initially expecting a bit more excitement but I guess he had to warm up to the idea. The number lights from the 12 days of Christmas did the trick and then he was set from there. He enjoyed everywhere we went.
The reptile house was awesome in the night because they were all awake. I have to admit the bats were awesome but they scared me especially when one poked his body out of the cluster of bats it was cuddling with. The sand cat was Asher's favorite. It was in the reptile house and Asher loved watching the "kitty". At one point it lookalike the cat howled. After leaving the cat to look at more reptiles I set Asher down to get a better look and he took a quick peek then walked away to the other side of the aisle to look at that sand cat again. It was super cute. Once he got there a little boy walked into the spot he was planning on looking from. Asher tried pushing him away he didn't even care that the other kid was twice his size!
The seals were his other favorite. That was a place he didn't want to leave and truthfully I don't blame the kid. I enjoyed watching them too. There were two that played as they swam around there area and a Harbor seal that kinda looked like a spotted bullet. Between the three of them there was a fairly consistent flow of seals. Asher being the cute boy that he is would watch a seal go by and then say "again!" As he did a little dance bouncing his knees. It's a good thing I had a treat for him so we were able to get out of there without a screaming child.