On Saturday, we went to the Brookfield Zoo 'Holiday Magic' - along with thousands of our closest friends. We're members, so Nat and the girls go pretty regularly and she's never seen the parking lot as full as it was two nights ago. The lights were great and the star of the show is the music-sync'd Christmas tree display around the center pond/lagoon. They have 100ish trees lit up that rock-and-roll with the music. And fortunately, it isn't all Manheim Steamroller. A disappointment, however, was the animals. Most of them weren't around or they were inside and we couldn't go in to see them. The big cats, however were on the prowl, so that was kind of neat. Every other time we go see the lions and tigers and other cats, they just lay around on the rocks and yawn. We saw one stalk something - which, I think, ended up just being a shadow - but it was neat to see. If you're taking your kids, make sure you bundle up and bring some light-up t