The New Year

We were fortunate to have babysitters (Mac's parent's) staying with us on New Year's Eve, sowe got to go out and be adults. We had dinner with some friend's for a 9 o'clock reservation and I don't think any of us had intentions of making it to midnight, but after several courses we were winding up our meal just after 11:30 and we figured we were too close to call it quits. Plus the restaurant started handed out free champagne, so why would we leave?? We've celebrated at our house or other people's houses and stayed up till midnight on New Year's, but I can't remember the last time I was actually out on the town for the big night. Yeah, I guess we are pretty lame, but look at us turning over a new leaf for 2010!

That Sunday after New Year's (Jan. 3), I decided to find out if we could go to Zoo Lights over MLK weekend. Good thing I checked, because that was the last day! So we bundled up the kids and headed to the zoo after nap. We got there around three and pretty much saw everything in the zoo before the lights came on at 5.
Liam made friends with a penguin (you can kind of see it in Liam's reflection). Liam wanted to talk to him and the penguin was very attentive, but mostly because he wanted to eat Liam's fingers!

We also checked out the new lion exhibit. Not sure if you can tell, but Mac is growing a bit of a mane himself. Just call him Captain Red Beard, Arrgh!


And of course, we didn't leave without riding the train.
Happy 2010!